Experiment with Cannabis.....

Hi Cheryl!  I have stage IIb breast cancer and I have been on raw cannabis for 5 months now.  I eat the raw cannabis in a gel capsule every 3 hours all day long.  I also take the cannabis oil...(RSO) at bedtime to help me sleep all night.  I feel great and the raw cannabis does not get me high!  I love that!  I did not do chemo, mastectomy, or radiation like the oncologist wanted me to do.  I will have CT Scan done tomorrow and find out what's going on Dec. 18th.  I have never had a bad day yet with BC....except for the lumpectomy in July.  That wasn't so great.  I will post on here my results when I get them.  Take care!

Just added you to my favourites.    There is indeed tons of research on cannabis' medicinal properties.  If it doesn't work, unlike many chemo treatments, at least you are unlikely to regret it.  No S/Es like long term neuropathies, or even hair loss.  It might even make you (me) more amenable to the more conventional treatments, or at least not care as much about how much they suck. 

Hi Bren....I use dried cannabis...mostly the buds.  I grind it up, add olive oil to it, stuff into gel capsules and take one every 3 or 4 hours all day long.  So if you use the dried cannabis you can have it all the time as it won't rot.  I usually grind up enough to last 2 or 3 days...but I could do up enough to last a couple of weeks or even more. 

Cheryl - I also live in Ohio.  I ground the bud in a coffee grinder and stuffed capsules; I obtained my liscense in Michigan so had the opportunity of buying from dispensaries.  I quickly realized that the Indica plant was what I needed to use to get relief from the pain but within 8 months I found it to be too expensive plus a real hassle to travel back up to MI every time I needed more.  I upped my fish oil (I read that was great for pain) to triple the dose I was taking and added boswellia serrata too.  I found that to be rather effective.  Just recently I ordered from Dixie X because of their work in the CBD from the plants.  Have you tried that company; they ship to all the states.  Sending you good thoughts.

on another note my aunty who lost her husband recently and wasnt coping at all.  her son gave her a mull cookie and she says it was the best sleep she has had since losing her husband 6 months ag.

she told her doctor and his response was....

that cookie is probably much better than any traditional anti anxiety meds like Valium or serapax or any sleeping tablet and advised her to keep having them.

my auntie is 78 yo has a little biscuit every day and is coping so much better.

go for it girls.

Barbara, I am totally confused about the DixieX product, so I will be interested to hear what your experience is with it.  From what I can glean researching, CBD is a Schedule 1 substance, just like THC is.  If this is indeed true, I don't know what you just purchased, but it sure wasn't CBD.  I have been asking my friends "in the know," and they're not sure what this is either.

Anxious to hear what you feel with it, if anything.  I have used oil that was 30% THC:3-% CBD and you DO feel CBD but it is the anti-THC.  At least you feel it in percentages that high.  But I just felt like I could not keep my eyes open ... they would get so heavy and I would have to take a little nap.  But that's all.  I had to stop using it, because I have cachexia and while THC causes munchies, CBD decreases your appetite, so that killed that for me.  

xxoo

Melissa

Okay, here is my experience with using the gum.  They suggest using it twice a day and chewing it for at least 10 minutes.  I did not find that the gum relieved any hip/knee pain however it did decrease my blood pressure and for me that is a good thing.  I could never go to the oncologists office without it skyrocketing when it was taken until the last time.  So something was working, my mind? 

Melissa, it is my understanding that the CBDs are not Schedule 1 therefore allowing them to sell to whom ever orders it.  I have also read/heard that the CBD  is only viable when some THC is present.........that would then make it more understandable why I still felt pain after chewing the gum.  I am sure there are many out there, including you Melissa, that understand this topic far better then I. 

If, in fact, the CBDs help prevent metastasis then I would use it regardless of whether it helps with the pain, but then no one really has those answers.  In the end it still remains a crap shoot.

And Barbara, thank you for your report about the gum. I wish it had helped more for your pain, but hoping the anti-proliferative effect works!

Maybe its cuz i'm canadian...

Maybe its cuz i grew up in a pot smoking hippy family ...

Maybe its cuz ive smoked pot most of my life, both recreationaly and for support with physical and mental health...

but i could care less about their laws... 

This herb has far to many benifits , for those of us in pain and suffering daily to find any relief.

We should not have to worry about laws...

Thank you all for the discussion! I have been thinking of growing mmj. I have alot of muscle pain and I do not sleep at all at night. My doc has prescribed different meds to help, but everything makes me feel worse the next day with more side effects. A friend gave me some special cookies and I finally had a great night's sleep and felt great the next day. Helped with sleep and pain with no se's! So I certainly could not take it during the day. It is legal here now and it has been suggested to me to get my license to grow asap under the medical law, as it may be more difficult once they get everything figured out on how to regulate it. All I know is that I feel so much better since my friend has given this to me. I do not know why it is such a big deal, the strain I had did not make me anymore "high" than more traditional pain relief like vicadon or other pain relief. Ibuprofen helps some but not much.

I would be interested in making tea and using fresh leaves for anti cancer benefits. I am not a smoker at all and would rather find other ways to take it.