Ben is working through it!

[fzoid4454]

you're lucky your parents weren't christian scientists.

I got a taste of what it would be like, though. My regular GP was a lazy quack, so when we went to see him on Friday, he diagnosed me with strep throat. My dad said "neck stiffness and sensitive to bright lights.... sounds like meningitis." Doctor laughed him off as someone who reads too many medical stories/articles.

Parents left town with my grandma and two of her sisters to hit my sister's college graduation. Just me, my older brother (18) and my little brother (12). I went downhill really fast. My brother got worried, took me to the ER (just found out a month ago that what worried him is he told me a joke, and when I laughed, only half of my face moved! WTF?). I vaguely remember that, and lying across three chairs despite the big woodem arms on them because I couldn't stay upright. But we didn't have a note from mom and dad saying they could step in if I was dying, and we got sent home.

When my parents got back Monday afternoon (Memorial Day weekend), I was a delirious, incoherent, barely responsive mess, so they took me to our GP, who turned pale, did not let them in the door, and told them to take me to the ER again.

Since it is a potentially fatal disease and the bacterial strain is especially contaigious, the shit hit the fan when county health officials started looking into things and wanted to know why I was left unadmitted and untreated for several days AFTER seeing medical professionals. When I got my medical records later as an adult, you can see the huge changes in the ER and our GP's accounts of what happened in their original medical records, at the time, and the story they told county health.

 

[Aurelian]

Almost lost one of my nuts to staph, it is no joke.

People probably don't know but yeah you can get it from sex.

 

[Aurelian]

He'll be doing 400 lb deadlifts before the summer's over.

I know this isn't that serious of a statement, but I'm worried about him over exerting himself physically.

 

[kdday]

Its incredibly inspiring to watch, I lost my thyroid and tore my acl in the same year and acted like it was the end of my life for a few months

 

[Tibbles]

Its incredibly inspiring to watch, I lost my thyroid and tore my acl in the same year and acted like it was the end of my life for a few months

Same for me when I blew my ACL. Nothing like what Bens going through but the first time you get hurt it changes your perspective on things, I always felt invincible before that. Easy to get bitter in the moment even though people go through things 100 times worse, impressive to see Ben so positive.

Wishing Ben the best, sometimes regaining muscle from being underweight can be way quicker so hope thats the case for him.

 

[MGS]

It's insane he lost so much muscle. It wasn't like he was out for six months. His body was literally eating itself. This is scary, and highly disturbing.

That's most certainly what saved his life, someone half as fit as him would be 6 feet under right now.

 

[Söze Aldo]

That's most certainly what saved his life, someone half as fit as him would be 6 feet under right now.

Interesting enough, he admittedly started TRT following his retirement and if you saw him right before he was hospitalized he was actually looking much more jacked than in his fighting days.

While the extra muscle might have helped, I assume they had to pull him off TRT during his hospitalization and that may have played a role in the heavy muscle loss. Pure speculation of course.

 

[DumpsterBaby]

What a fucking winner.

 

[Meathead Jock]

Saw the video on instagram

Fantastic to see and his positive attitude is a real credit to him and inspirational for many not doubt

Yea. Ben's been doing mental Monday's on Facebook for like 5 years and has an online course on mental toughness.

The way he is responding to this shows his lessons were legit. The guy was mentally prepped to overcome the hardest of obstacles in a way that very few are