***These show notes are an overview but take the time to listen to the full podcast either from this site or better yet, subscribe to the Functionised Podcast FREE on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio or your Android device and listen to this deep podcast from there. Monday was like any day but it was beginning to shape up into something special. Jim Goetz found himself in the best shape of his life. He was now fitter and healthier than he had been in his 38 years so far. How can someone be stronger and faster with better endurance than he was 15 years ago? Through research and application. Jim Goetz has been applying these techniques for the past two years and combined with the ARX Fit and advanced program design, achieved his personal best. By Tuesday something was not totally right as Jim's HRV was off and felt an unusual amount of fatigue. By Wednesday, Jim was exhausted and started spiking a fever. Jim attempted the usual natural supplements such as crushed garlic, Oreganol, Mauka honey (topical) and plenty of fluids. It was not working and the infection only grew. It was only two weeks prior Jim encountered bilateral scabs on his elbows from a rug burn that did not seem serious. On Wednesday afternoon, while attending a webinar, the right scab began to bleed. Thinking nothing too much of it, Jim cleaned it and went back to the webinar. By Thursday Jim had a dark lesion on his elbow and was incredibly feverish and had a malaise. By Friday morning, the lesion grew to the entire arm and emergency medical services needed to be sought. Jim is not someone who enjoys allopathic medicine. He got into physical/ manual medicine for many reasons. Jim has not even taken an antibiotic in 20 years. To go to a hospital was a big deal. On Friday morning around 11 am, Jim asked for a ride to Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel, NJ. Despite being Alilas 4th birthday (daughter), Jim checked himself in and began the barrage of tests and beginning of a multitude of antibiotics, before settling on Vancomycin. The Vacomycin began as 1g and was upped to 1.5g. Shortly after a few rounds of IV antibiotics, Jim was officially checked into the hospital to continue testing and treatment. The technique to get through uncomfortable MRI's (with and without contrast) for 45 minutes is visualization. Chunking up the time and focusing on numbers or images certainly helped. Otherwise it was a phenomenal way to extract information from an enemy. The radiologist Seth, at Bayshore Community Hospital was however phenomenal!!! When it comes to food in a hospital, one can still live a ketogenic lifestyle. Chantea kept Jim fully stocked with monk fruit sweetened cacao, YC the Silent 1 brought Panera and Burger Bros NJ kept the Functionised Meal flowing. Part of recovery is keeping sane and following ones goals. It was out of the question for Jim to sit and feel sorry for himself or do nothing. People without purpose die. People without purpose sit around and pity themselves. What is the purpose of pity other than something negative? Sure enough Jim used his sense of humor to do some "abs" in the hospital bed but did attempt bodyweight squats. The antibiotics and infection severely winded him but none the less he continues to pursue restoration of health. Just one day out of the hospital, his day consisted of Netflix, hydration, medication (both allopathic and holistic), lymphatic flushes, and whole body vibration training.
As flattering as the nurses did treat Jim, towards the end there were some discrepancies in treatment causing Jim to look for a new physician and check himself out of the hospital a day or two early. When you preach to choose your own doctor, you have to be willing to back it up and this is what Jim did. The bonus would be no more 4 am blood draws and adequate sleep with the ability to allow his fever to persist at a level adequate to help fight the infection. While Jim continues to recover at home and at Functionised Integrative Therapeutics with his wife Chantea and kids as well as Team Functioned, he put out a video with regret he was not able to be there for a few days for the team members of Team Functionised. Coach Jim's passion for those he works with is uncanny. The time and effort he puts into each individual is as long as it takes. There is no pulling up short. There is no pulling up lame. All we do is a journey that we can show up to or not. What are you going to do? Are you going to show up or are you going to lie there? Showing up is not the easy action but without showing up, nothing changes. Updates in treatment and repopulation of the entire flora will be forthcoming. The mad scientist Jim Goetz is definitely ordering off menu with his proposed plan. It is a far cry from picking up some probiotics at the health food store and popping the for a month. If you have comments or questions, feel free to leave them below. |
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