Medical Marijuana and nerve pain

[jchebert1979]

Thanks guys. I am pretty much on my last leg with medication as I have tried everything in every combination imaginable. I am very worried about trying MM because of how terrible it used to make me feel when I would use it recreationaly.

The severity and location of the pain that I have makes it feel like I am on the verge of panic at all times. I can't inhale or exhale too deeply and I cannot drop my shoulders past a certain point or it will feel as if I am being electrocuted. I also have to be very careful because if something relaxes me too much and I cannot control my breathing or shoulders the same thing happens.

I have doubled my pain medicine lately and am now at 20-40mg of immediate release oxycodone every 3-4 hours which is doing nothing. Not only do I think this is very unhealthy, at this level I will run out before a doctor can prescribe more and I will be treated as a drug addict.

[Maria]

From my understanding there are many types of marijuana now for various probs. I'm not sure if you are going to try smoking it or the marinol but maybe the smoking wouldn't be good for you because of how deeply it's inhaled in order to get the effect (as I recall)... it used to make me to sort of gag or usually cough when inhaling it (way back in the day).

[jchebert1979]

I know nothing about various strains and all of that. I was just going to get some from my pothead cousin in college, lol. I don't think that it will be the route for me but at this point I am willing to try just about anything.

If it were to work well I would probably get one of those vaporizers that heat the herbs without burning them thereby lessening the toxic byproducts.

I did have a breakthrough last night/this morning. The burning was so severe and then all of a sudden my shoulder and arm violently spasmed. It was so violent that it snapped my head and neck. This happens all the time, especially when I am drifting off to sleep but this time was worse. I was able to go back to bed and when I woke up this morning I felt better than I have in a long time.

See there are pains that suck, but I could totally live with. Like the pain in my mid back that feels like I've been hit by a bat. It's a severe soreness, but I can live with it. If I had to live with the post op surgical pain I could do that as well. It is this severe burning, electrical pain that I cannot live with.

Oh well. I will try to enjoy the relief that I have experienced and hope that it continues.

[JKDE302]

Vaporize it!!!! B/C: its not good to put smoke in your body if you have DDD...

Great drug for pain and stress...probally the best...

[Maria]

I know nothing of this.. is this like using a Hookah (hooka?).. I'm so behind the times here re pot tho there are tons of medical marijuana dispenseries around (and much controvery re legalities of dispensaries) and I know of a number of people that are using it for various reasons. I just *assumed* (you know what they say about that word) they smoked it in a joint/pipe.

[jchebert1979]

I read about them a few years back and thought nothing of it because I don't smoke (tobacco or pot). You see them in the ad in the back of magazines but I've seen them advertised in more mainstream stuff.

Basically they heat the herb to the point that releases the chemicals (THC, nicotine, etc.) without burning it and chemically changing it.

It's safer, which is better, but I don't think it's completely safe.

[JKDE302]

I know some guys that I grew up with that play in the NFL and use the Volcano Vaporizer for pain...I wish I had the heart to ask them to pay for my ADR surgery since they play pro ball....I feel so bad that my family wants to use the 401k for me to have surgery...

Anyway here is a pic...I used it before and it works great....