Scary stuff

I had to rush my dad to the emergency room yesterday right after I finished working out I got the call. I had to go all sweaty and gross but who cares, it is a good thing I went. They said he was lucky to be alive. We just had a birthday party for him on Sunday, he turned 71. He said he had felt kind of nauseated and weak but thought it was because he had not eaten much. He only weighs 145 lbs and is 5' 10", little guy. Anyway, when we got to the hospital we actually got right in, he had called his doctor that morning and they are the ones that said to get to the hospital right away because he had been passing so much blood. He has not been to a doctor in 2 years because he is so healthy. He eats healthy, he gets lots of exercise and he is strong so this was all strange. The only thing that he really has had problems with is his stomach. I even remember as a kid he had stomach problems. After about an hour wait the nurse comes back to get all of us and they have him in a room and 2 doctors come in and my dad's doctor, to give us all the info. They proceed to tell us how lucky he is because apparently the human body carries 12 units of blood and he had lost 8 units and they could not believe he had been walking around. He kept thinking that it was going to get better but when he woke up yesterday he could not see out of his right eye and apparently his body was starting to shut down. He was walking all sideways when I picked him up at his house. So, they gave him several units of blood through the night last night and will be putting a scope down into his stomach to see what is going on. I am worried sick and trying to get everything ready to go back to school in less than two weeks. My stress level is pretty high right now. I am going to get my workout in and get right up there to check on him. I am sure they will do the test early and I want to be there.

Thanks for all your help on the hormone post. I am currently ordering a hormone test online to see where I am at and then I will go from there. To answer your question Collette, the progesterone cream works great, I love it but as far as the testosterone cream, I am not sure yet. It usually takes about 3 weeks to notice and I have not used it that long yet. I will let you know.

I still have not decided on my next comp as of yet, I am starting my comp diet on Sunday because that will be the 12 wk mark for either one of the shows I am thinking about on October 25. I will keep you posted.