At the end of September, 2025, I contracted endocarditis (an infection of one of my heart valves). This infection came from a standard dentist appointment, and I had a congenital defect in my valve that allowed it to be infected.
From September — early November I was feeling sick and flu-ish but ultimately chalked it up to a virus/covid from a wedding. But all through that time my expenditure was skyrocketing and I was still losing weight/maintaining while attempting to lean bulk. Eventually I started going to the doctor because of my symptoms and got some antibiotics that likely saved my life/prevented me from having a stroke.
My infection still landed me in the hospital for 9 days over thanksgiving, and I had heart surgery to repair my valve in early March.
Now I’m back to my normal(ish) life and back to MF — you can see the algorithm correcting rapidly as I’m back in good health, and slowly getting back to my activity level.
Anyway, listen to your body — and thank you to MF for helping me understand my body much better than I did before. I’m very grateful to still be here and able to do the things I love again!