Squats Cure Cancer (The Saga of big val)

[rippednmichigan]

Sup buddy, you've been missed.

[jwood]

great to hear from you big val!! Good luck with your show tonight, keep us updated how it goes.

Can not wait to see you crushing weights again!

[Bodybygamma]

SMASH FING LIFE Big Val!

[jslep]

take your time val we'll all be waitin for ya when ya get back here.

as far as the scar......just my perspective......it should be worn as a badge of courage!! you are a survivor my friend and that scar is proof.

[BendtheBar]

Good to hear from you Val. I've been wondering what you've been up to quite a bit lately. Best of luck with the show and let us know how it goes. Hopefully after the first song it will be old hat again.

I just wanted to let you know my daughter is now in Junior High and still playing cello. My wife and I appreciate the guidance you and your wife provided. It really did help me with my decision to encourage her. When it all came down to it, my daughter made the decision to keep playing which was surprising, and nice.

It's fall...try a beard. One of my favorite bassists, Mike Watt, made the jump...he now looks like a Spartan.

[big valsalva]

Hellooooo everybodyyyyyyyyy!

I'm just posting up a quick status report.

For right now, lifting is on hold. My right shoulder is all FUBAR. Limited ROM. Overhead pressing is out of the question at the moment. It also hurts like heck, which is a bad thing because I'm a right side sleeper. I don't know what those doctors did, but it wasn't like this pre-op.

The rest of my life seems to be falling into place though. In a few minutes I'll be heading out to do my fourth show with my band. It is good to have that back. Now its time to build and expand. I'm eating just about everything I want. Whole apples are difficult yet because I can't get my mouth open enough to take a good bite, but other than that I have minimal problems. The speech is still lagging. Sometimes it sounds like I have my mouth full of peanut butter. So I try not to talk much.

I'm going back to Mayo on Monday, November 8 for my quarterly check up. I'm going to ask about my shoulder and speech. Maybe I can get some therapy rolling.

I miss lifting, I really do. Maybe after Thanksgiving, I can get in and try to do something...ANYTHING. I imagine I can squat and deadlift. Who knows? Maybe some light benching will be trheraputic for my shoulder.

I'll stay in touch.

big val

[CoopDawg]

goodluck to you big val, will pray for your healing bro

[Rich Knapp]

Thanks for the update Val. Glad to see things are for the most getting better. ^5 Small steps lead to a long walk.

[glwanabe]

Nice to hear from you V.

I've been having some shoulder issues as well. Actually a friend of mine also has some shoulder issues. Check this out and see if this fits your issues. It fits my shoulder issue just about spot on.

Shoulder Bursitis | Rotator Cuff Tendonitis

[jwood]

Good to hear from you val! hang in there and get healed up bud.