preveious cocaine use and resulting bone loss

[fromthegroundup]

hey there! man i havent posted anything on here for a loong time. ok, now my concern:

i had gotten hooked on cocaine for nearly a good year about 1.5 years back. it got very bad to the point i had to confess to loved ones that i had a problem. i've been clean for over a year now thanks to a stronger will and meeting my awesome girlfriend.

now, during that time i got REALLY skinny to the point where it ate at muscle at random points on my body. my hips were asymmetrical, my cheek bones were sunken, and to the concern of this post: my fingers got really skinny.

i picked up a gym membership and have been lifting religiously for about a year and a half now. my hips have shaped up and i've gained plenty of muscle all over my body- except my hands. they are still bony and skinny and- dammit not the man hands i should have (i am 23 years old.)!

the exclamation is because this really bothers me. i feel i should have much more masculine hands with the time off from the cocaine.. but it seems they just aren't forming out again. my grip has strengthened from working out but the size.. remains.

has anyone experienced anything like this? if so have you learned anything to treat it? thanks so much in advance! -damien

 

[Detrevni]

I would say gaining mass in your hands is going to be the hardest part of it imo. Maybe you could get one of those hand squeezer things where it's a spring of sorts and you squeeze it over and over. Other than that just keep doin' what your doing and be thankful the rest of your body is feeling out. I kinda know what you're going through. I was banging shit for about a year been clean all of 2010 and am still skinny myself (5'11" and 140). I was about that thin before I really started using hard drugs though so it's hard for me to gain weight/muscle also. My arms are starting to get a little muscle to them though. Good luck man.

Oh and I forgot. I doubt you have much bone loss but very well could be wrong. If you do it would probably be because extended poor nutrition.

 

[fromthegroundup]

I would say gaining mass in your hands is going to be the hardest part of it imo. Maybe you could get one of those hand squeezer things where it's a spring of sorts and you squeeze it over and over. Other than that just keep doin' what your doing and be thankful the rest of your body is feeling out. I kinda know what you're going through. I was banging shit for about a year been clean all of 2010 and am still skinny myself (5'11" and 140). I was about that thin before I really started using hard drugs though so it's hard for me to gain weight/muscle also. My arms are starting to get a little muscle to them though. Good luck man.

Oh and I forgot. I doubt you have much bone loss but very well could be wrong. If you do it would probably be because extended poor nutrition.

thanks for the reply detrevni :] yes- extended poor nutrition was definately an occurence during my year binge. thank you for you input!