Surgical Recovery: HGH and Var?

sdstealth · Mar 23, 2008

Hey Guys,

Can you give me your thoughts on this, please? I'm waiting for final confirmation that my right labrum is in fact torn, and since I'm not happy about being out for any length of time I'm thinking about how to get back in the game as fast as possible.

I'm 26, 6'2", 205, training for 3 years, and had the best gains of my life in the last few months just lifting and eating clean but big. I'm crushed to be injured.

I'm thinking of running 4 I.U./day of HGH to help my recovery from surgery and 60-100mg of oxandrolone to help with wound healing and some muscle-sparing when I can't lift.

I'm planning on starting soon, before surgery, and continuing the HGH until I'm back in the gym at full capacity. I'm NOT looking for size/strength gains right now, just maintaining what I've worked for while I'm injured.

What do you think? Anything I should add in? Are these going to help in the way I think they will?

Thanks!

The Director · Mar 23, 2008

You did not mention how long you would be recovering.

I'm thinking if you had run GH for a while it prolly would have helped, but it won't do much for you at this late date. You are too young to run it anywayz.

The var? I know that cortico-steroids delay wound healing, but IDK about var.

Pawwn · Mar 23, 2008

Hey dude get some Deca. I'll tell you everything you've ever heard about it helping your joints is TRUE. Now, I don't know if it will accelerate healing but it does make everything run super smooth. Lol, you won't believe it man!

Try some glucosamine, Costco's Kirkland brand works great for me. Finally, make sure you take enough Vit C as your body needs this for making collagen.

I'm sure there are some other things you can do but those are the basic imo.

sdstealth · Mar 23, 2008

The Director said:
You did not mention how long you would be recovering.

I'm thinking if you had run GH for a while it prolly would have helped, but it won't do much for you at this late date. You are too young to run it anywayz.

The var? I know that cortico-steroids delay wound healing, but IDK about var.

Late date? I haven't had the surgery yet. Is this late? I just hurt myself last Saturday and saw the doc for the first time on Wednesday.

Recovery time depends on what they find when they go in. It's likely to be 3 months with no lifting (with my bad arm/shoulder) and another 2-3 before I'm cleared for going heavier and any OH lifts.

sdstealth · Mar 23, 2008

Pawwn said:
Hey dude get some Deca. I'll tell you everything you've ever heard about it helping your joints is TRUE. Now, I don't know if it will accelerate healing but it does make everything run super smooth. Lol, you won't believe it man!

Try some glucosamine, Costco's Kirkland brand works great for me. Finally, make sure you take enough Vit C as your body needs this for making collagen.

I'm sure there are some other things you can do but those are the basic imo.

Thanks.

A torn labrum isn't just joint pain, the tissue is cartilaginous and avascular, meaning it doesn't have much blood supply to receive nutrients to repair. It won't heal on its own.

If the labrum is in fact torn off the glenoid, as the doc suspects, it won't reattach by itself and will need to be surgically repaired.

Still curious if the GH/var combo is going to be a good idea.