Medical Marijuana and nerve pain

[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....

[Maria]

JKDE,
Now that made it crystal clear ~ thanks so much and glad it works so well for you.

[Nihola and Bernard]

Bernard has been using mj for a while now, thanks to the help of his physician and the great work of the BC compassion club, and it definately assists in making the day and night more tolerable in regards to pain. He's eaten and smoked it and both work. Smoking doesn't last as long, but begins sooner. Make sure that you have access to try a variety of types. Pure Indica strains are the only ones that help him, because the other strain, or blends, cause him to worry too much (he's a thinker). He also only takes a very small amount, much less than most people would use recreationly. Taking more just brings greater awareness of the pain. I'm not sure if this is true of all conditions, but for back and nerve pain, it certainly seems to be the case. It does make him less of a go getter, so we try to get something accomplished, however small, before he takes it. It does make him happier, because the body relaxes a bit and doesn't constantly tell him all about the pain that's going on. He's still on other pain meds, the max. daily's of Gabapentin, Ibuprofin and Acetaminophen, although often enough he can reduce the amounts now that he uses mj too. The other things we've tried this winter is a full spectrum light, just to try to keep depression from creeping in too much and causing even more pain. We bought a 10,000lux SAD light, and it does seem to help (but that's another story).

Good luck

[dshobbies]

Hi there N & B,

Glad you joined us. Your information is interesting and should my pain increase, it's something I just might look into. I'd also like to know a little more about the full sprectrum light for depression??? Never heard that before.

Please start a new thread and tell us more about Bernard and his condition, remedies, etc.

Welcome to the forum, Dale

[Maria]

Very glad you joined this forum and appreciate your input on this topic.

I've often wondered if because of my long ago use of mj in a recreational way it usually seemed good if it was good (stuff that is) however being much older now and when in serious pain tend towards a depressive line of thinking that definately "thinking too much" would not be good nor would anything that would enhance the depressive train of thought.

I've been told with medical mj there are many more blends that are available than "back in the day" and it sounds more like going into a local coffee shop with all the varieties.

So it's interesting to hear Bernard's experience and actually I think it would be interesting to know more about medical mj and the varieties available that are prescribed to help various conditions (such as migraines, back/neck pain) because I believe that reaching that peaceful state of mind where musculoskeletal relaxation is evident would be excellent in terms of reducing spasms that cause pain if nothing more.

And just mental peace of mind goes a long way. thanks again.

[Eddie G]

I find cannabis works for my spasms so I prefer it over Valium. I take 1 to 2 less Oxycontin with cannabis. I prefer to vaporize over smoking. Eating it is safer than smoking too. If I have to smoke it, I would use a bong with ice to cool the smoke.
The have different strains for different reasons. Some are more
"heady" and some are more physical and muscle relaxing (my preference) which I think they call "couch lock". I assume thats an Indica or a hybrid.
They took chronic pain out of the NJ law which leaves out ALOT of patients. I just hope that "Intractable Skeletal Muscular Spasticity" is a fancy term for my severe back spasms or I'm left out too. The "wasting syndrome" and "chronic pain" in the NJ law is related only to HIV/AIDS and cancer. Not the wasting & chronic pain from spine trauma like I have.
Is there really a difference though?

[mmglobal]

Flipping channels last night, I stumbled into a program called cannabis weekly. It was interesting to see the low-budget attempt at a news magazine type of program about such a hot-button topic. They had commercials for vaporizers (like the one above), products to enhance your tomato production (called "Bud Grow"), high-tech hydroponic systems and more.

The news items surrounded local city council meetings and the efforts to control the pot stores. Many legitimately want to shut down the stores to keep from having pothead gathering centers near schools, or they simply don't want to see such establishments in their neighborhoods. The flip side is the need to provide access to patients who truly need and benefit from the availability of medical MJ. They had poignant presentations by 70 year-old cancer patients... unfortunately offset by the screams of the less needy patients who get a medical MJ card for a stubbed toe and are now crusaders for the cause.

I still haven't gone there yet and hope I don't have to. If I ever need it, I hope it's available.

Mark

[jane1111]

I say try it, if it helps than good for you......I will be using it when they take away my pain pills, which they are already talking about, and with their pain meds I am still at a 6-7 on the pain scale, so once they let the federal government tell them how much pain meds I am allowed and abandon me than I will be going rogue and using pot, it has worked for me in the past, and I will fall back on it again when needed. If God did not want us using this plant then he would not have made it.....and I am sure that the pain meds are messing with my liver, which pot does not, so that is another plus for pot...so I guess I will be moving to one of the 11 states that have legalized medicinal use and try to live as pain free as possible, if I can not find any relief than my life won't me much worth living, so there it is......

[Maria]

In which the utilization of cannabis on regular basis is the norm.. and other plants as well that alter consciouness or work on the central nervous system.

I have to wonder about all the prescription drugs I've ingested with all the potential side effects and/or untoward effects as well as how they are metabolized in one's system and stay in the body for periods of times.

I wonder about my major organ systems and the prescribed various medications I take and then I wonder.. are we really looking at what is most healthy for the human body overall?

I dunno.. I don't think so when I put together my bottles of pills to ingest on daily basis tho I've come to think of them as my vitamin pills or BP pills or such.