in and risk something bad happening if I feel fine ? Not getting the surgery meant that I could have an issue at some point in my life with it again and that I may not be as lucky as the first time that I survived . After going into surgery , I was woken up by the doctor 1.5 hours later and his words were : “ I did not operate on you .” When I heard those words , I was devastated . I wanted to get this over with so bad and yet another setback . He then proceeded to say : “ the problem fixed itself , you are all good now .” 6 months prior when I was told the first surgery did not fix everything , I asked the doctor if it was possible this problem could fix itself and he said “ no , it is not because it is a structural issue we have to go in and change it .” I prayed heavily and knew that only God along with some luck could do something like that . But I did think it was highly improbable and figured I would be happy just getting the surgery and having the problem fixed . I went home on a Wednesday after this procedure and was back to training by Saturday . Since then , I have a brand-new appreciation for life . I have had a second son , my training is better than ever right now ( although it took about 9 months from the first surgery to gain back the muscle I had lost ), my fitness consulting business is going amazing despite these lockdowns and the best part of it all is I am healthy . At times of the slightest discomfort or when I notice any symptoms that could relate to my head I do have a slight trauma . PTSD from this experience is common and of course I am paranoid that something could be wrong . What the doctors said was that this issue was very unlikely to happen in the first place and extremely unlikely to happen again . Once the problem is fixed , there is nothing to worry about pertaining to this issue . My passion to be a great bodybuilder is still very alive and I work hard on appreciating the little things in life and being grateful . As much as we all love bodybuilding , I encourage all of you to also prioritize and appreciating other things . There is much more to life than bodybuilding . Sometimes we get very caught up in preps and instead of being grateful for our health and our ability to prepare for a show , we start focusing on the discomforts of the prep . I am so grateful for my family and the fact that I get to work helping people transform their physiques while being able to see my 2 boys all day and raise them . My goal is to show them that dreams can come true and that us as human beings are extremely powerful if we work smart , we work hard and find the best way to play the cards we are dealt with in life ; no matter what hand you get . Thank you all for reading and I cannot wait to see you all at some CPA events as some of the best days of my life have been at CPA shows !
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