Questions & Answers

What specific strain of Medical Marijuana have you found to be affective? Which issue of yours did you find it helped/hindered? What method of intake did you prefer? Did it help
People interested in trying this medication option should try a strain that others find helped their similar issues
To give a Pain Patient something that affects mood and creativity is not giving them the input they need. Opinions made with bad data do not help.
So What is Your Advice to a new person considering THC… read more

Because I have a few other conditions, that may be life threatening. I can't get the doctors o focus on my pain.

To be frank I don't care if the other things kill me, if they don't relieve the pain life isn't worth living anyway.

Anyone else had this problem, how did you get the doctors to understand.

My doctor decided since I had physical dependence that I was an addict and she discontinued my medications and wanted me to go to methadone, I refused since the jump from 4 10mg oxycodone daily to methadone was a bit drastic for reasons that weren't true to begin with. She refused to continue seeing me when I refused MAT for addiction when I had dependence and not addiction (dependence is a predictable side effect of taking the medication for a duration of time, addiction is the uncontrollable… read more

When eating on occasion I am unable to swallow. Things can be just fine and I take a bite and try swallow and the food gets stuck. It has become scary at times because when it's lodged I'm not able to breath and I'm choking. It's only been going on for about a month so I was just curious if this has happened to anyone else.💜

I keep seeing on the internet and keep hearing about CBD and how it helps relieve pain, or so they say. I would like to know if anyone has gotten relief from them. Also any other over the counter migraine or vitamin that may have helped someone. I really need to find something that works. Thank you.

The doctor brought it up to me today. It is very new and it is a surgery. They place 2 pieces of cadaver bones to stabilize the SI joint. Was wondering if anyone has any thoughts about this surgery?

When I've had flare ups or just worse pain than usual, I've found that the Pain Scale just doesn't meet my needs. When I am having a low pain day I'd rate my pain as 5-6 , not 0. My pain is constant and severe. Have you become well practiced in masking your pain? I can distract myself from the pain until it gets to 8, after that I start crying but as it worsens I get more and more quiet. I get into bed and lie as still as possible with the electric blanket roasting hot and heat packs. Last time… read more

For me my typical inclination is joke on something like "well at least I got out of bed" or "I've been better I've been worse" .... But here lies the rub in what is appropriate to say the people that I live with don't want me to mention it at all they don't want me to talk about it they don't want me to say anything about it even if someone says hey how you feeling today I'm expected to respond with fine how are you as if I were just any average person on the planet. How do you handle it when… read more

I have just started taking CBD oil and thought I would post this here. I have been posting regular updates on my page for those who are interested, so they can get an idea of what it is like from my experience with it. If anyone is interested, then just tap on my profile link and view my updates and you can even add me to your group and I will add you back to keep you updated and informed about it. Hope there are folks who will find it helpful!