How AI Saved My Life

For the past 3 years, I’ve been living in constant pain. Non stop lower pain back. Some days it’s 10/10, others down to a 7/10, but it was always there. Like someone jammed a red hot poker into my back and hip. I’ve done nearly everything under the sun to remedy this. You name it. I’ve had every scan, test, rehab imaginable. Spoken to back guru’s, spinal surgeons, stem cell specialists, everyone! The MRI does confirm my L4/L5 is destroyed so that is probably the cause of my never ending pain… right?

I’ve avoided surgery as I’ve yet to meet someone who had back surgery and became better than before. I like to run long distance, lift heavy weights, and be as active as possible, so that’s my benchmark for a good life.

The pain was getting to the point of unbearable. My quality of life severely diminished. My patience down to near zero, afraid to move, unable to sleep properly… life wasn’t good. When I had a flare up, I was not fun to be around (ask my wife!). I would go to events and grin and bear through pain, as I met people, meetings, dinners.
Somehow throughout all this, I’ve built a successful business, had a kid, and moved my life across the world. What could I do if I was out of pain?

I had a consult recently with a world class surgeon and it looked like that was the path forward to get out of never ending pain. A spinal fusion… fun!

In my world, I work heavily with AI, training models and using to to further my expertise in my field. AI is the future if you haven’t noticed lol.

About 2 weeks ago, I had a brainwave…. What if I could throw a Hail Mary… one last shot at avoiding the knife and get out of pain? I decided to build a ChatGPT and train it on every piece of health data about me. My bloods, scans, markers, diet, Garmin data, EVERYTHING. I then gave it my specific pain, symptoms and told it I refuse to get surgery and want this reversed. I also fed it every great back pain book, video, and course I could find from across the interent. Create The Bo Protocol for me to become superhuman again. And it did… I got a program and diet that suggested I would once again be back to a pain free life if I followed it. I treated GPT like my personal assistant 24/7 to check in with, monitor and bounce insights off of.

After 3 days… my pain had gone down to 2/10. I was sleeping better than ever, eating well, lifting heavier than ever and out of pain. A dream I thought impossible finally happening. As I write this, I’m about 1/10 pain and nearly 2 weeks in. I’ve not felt this human in years. It’s insane. My mind is sharper than ever and I feel unreservedly happy again! Not that sense of dread to move the wrong direction and tweak my back and be in bed for 2 weeks…

What was the magic protocol? Well that’s mine and for me. I don’t think it’s a one size fits all, so I won’t share it. I’m also not a doctor or medical person. My insights are just for me. When I titled this email “AI Saved My Life”, I do mean it. I had many dark nights where the pain was overwhelming and I questioned “what’s the f**king point”.

The point of all this… AI is the future in every aspect of our lives. You must start training in it for your business or else you will be left behind. This is bigger than the invention of the internet.

Another quick story.
My father has Stage 4 terminal cancer. His situation is horrific and gets worse daily. They can’t use medications or operate. I recently shared with him how I transformed my health to be pain free and introduced him to AI. He too suffers 24/7 pain in forms that make mine irrelevant. His doctors I believe are useless, he’s just another number to them and the amount of mistakes made by them have cost him time.
He took a dive into ChatGPT with data, symptoms, everything like I did and it gave him some things to try. He did them and… well what do you know…. his pain significantly decreased. He feels the best he has done in months. Could it be reversed? Who knows, but we are in an age where what was once impossible is now possible.

So, this isn’t the typical Bo tactical-do-this for social newsletter. This isn’t medical advice or an invitation to debate either. It’s more of a rally call to tell you how the world is changing, and the pace is blinding. Embrace AI, learn how it can assist in what you’re building, as it is the future. What was impossible 6 months ago in ChatGPT is now a norm.

Don’t worry, next week we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Bo