Traumatic Brain Injury: Pituitary Damage

Maybe explains why James Toney has failed tests?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DXiCr3-jE

 

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Specifically the dirty test he had after beating Ruiz, my question is was it due to actual legitimate use? This video clearly shows he had almost nonexistant testosterone in his system, post fight he tested dirty for Stanozolol, which is synthetic testosterone. It's a possibility that he was on the stuff for legit reasons...

I'm not saying anything about acting ******ed, rather I'm saying he may have started using steroids in response to pituitary damage he received, which his hormones were very ****ed up, as the doctors explained. I don't know if you've ever known someone with a severe testosterone deficiency, it causes horrible problems, not just small complications.

 

In this video his own doctor is talking about how ****ed up his hormone levels are, I wonder why he didn't get a prescription? I'm amazed had been fighting for so long with pituitary damage, because when your hormones are ****ed up, you feel like total dog ****... Either way Toney deserved that win and the belt, I'm confident in saying I don't think he ever abused steroids, he had legitimate deficiencies he was medicating. He has always come off to me as a straightforward guy, old school, never ducked anyone etc... I don't see him as a cheater

 

It's not that I don't believe you at all, Toney very well may have used steroids, but I'm more asking if it was in response to real deficiencies he had? I think we can both agree for instance that trying to be a fighter having nearly non-existent testosterone levels would be difficult. His doctor in this video said he had damage to his pituitary gland, and the tests backed that up. This video says his results came BEFORE his fight with Ruiz, he had several different hormone deficiencies by that time; subsequently he tested dirty after the fight... It seems like a stern possibility he was using them to correct deficiencies, albeit not under the direction of a doctor, which I don't condone... I just think there might be more to it.

Edit: Lets say he went into the Ruiz fight with hormone levels at the quantity shown on the test he took at the time, can we agree he'd be at a very severe disadvantage? I'm saying I think he may have been taking **** to counteract true deficiencies.

 

Right, but torn bicep or not, he undoubtedly has pituitary damage and horribly ****ed up hormone levels, which his doctor empirically confirms. He would absolutely be in need of hormone replacement to correct these deficiencies, those are serious issues, so I don't see why he had any trouble getting the proper hormone prescriptions? He clearly has legit issues.