What the hell is wrong with Brock Lesnar?

O dear that can lead too blood poisoning if not caught in time and theres always the risk of reinfection. Poor guy he must be down to 200lbs!

 

He will recover just fine and be fighting again by spring. Of this I am certain.

 

I also believe he will recover from this. The "career-ending illness" quotes from Dana seem unwarranted.

I was picturing them having to remove his entire large intestine (but who knows what the extent of his intestinal problem is, if the surgery will fix it completely).

 

My mistake, I did mean mono, not staph.

 

With all due respect, I'm not an MD, and I don't know of anybody on here who is if you are please shed some light on your experince in similar cases). Of course, neither is Dana, so unless it was verbatim from the medical staff, his comments were just as much of a guess.

 

Steroids are very dangerous long term imo even when used alone. I have seen too many guys from the gym years ago that used to take them a lot that are having some health issues now more than most people their age.

 

Not an M.D., my comments on Brock's chances are hopeful conjecture based on what I've read. We do not know the severity of his original condition, how much of his intestine was removed, or have any statements from his doctors.

What we have is a statement from Dana on his twitter page saying:

"Leaving bismarck ND right now. Brock had minor surgery and is feeling better. Not 100% sure he is out of the woods but feeling better"

He calls the surgery minor, which could mean they removed an insignificant amount of tissue. Did they remove all of the problem? Unknown.

A bacterial infection from Brock's own intestinal bacteria can be dealt with by antibiotics which he is reportedly taking. Just by what we have been told, there is nothing compelling that would end his career. My thoughts on "career-ending" were that he had a severe intestinal problem. Minor surgery does not indicate that, but we do not know the extent of his intestinal problem and if this surgery was meant to cure it totally or only alleviate it. Is Brock's normal intestinal function permanently compromised by the surgery? Will he have recurring problems? Are any further treatments necessary? We don't know.

What has been released by Dana on his twitter does not mesh with his original statements that Brock's career might be over, but those statements might have been made before Brock's exact diagnosis was known. If the "minor" surgery removed the intestinal problem and he only has to contend with an infection and mono, he'll be back.

 

I honestly didn't mean it to sound as insulting as it did.

 

What I mean is that used either in prescribed Hormone Replacment Therapy, or even high enough to be performance enhancing or injury recovery manner in a reasonable, researched, educated way, they certainly pose risks. However, the risks are extremely exaggerated by the cases of people using them in modern pro body building doses or by just swallowing or injecting whatever the "know it all" at their gym suggests.

I am not saying "go out and take steroids", I am not in self denial because I never plan on taking steroids (or at least without a Doctor and not until I'm around 60 or recovering from an injury or illness), and I'm not suggesting their aren't risks even if done right.

I am saying that the risks are severely exaggerated by dumb users and minimal to proper users, and that there can actually be health benefits; testosterone and muscle mass is good for the human body after all.

 

Latest is that Lesnar is now home from hospital recuperating.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_sp_ot/mma_ufc_lesnar_sick

 

stop speculatin hormone boy

 

someone get his dude a jar to **** in he soundz guilty to me

prolly all jacked up on roidz pretendin he's 60 ffs

 

nah dont worry bout it

happenz when ur on roidz

 

Youz iz totallyz rightz dickheadz.

 

**** to all those who are blaming WWE. The company has done a lot for his career wither you like it or not.