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Amy
At Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Tinker wrote:
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>I want all endo patients to know that there are alternative therapies to
>manage pain. If you live in California and ten other states you have
>legal (according to state law) access to cannabis. According to
>Americans for Safe Access, medical cannabis use has been endorsed by the
>American Academy of Family Physicians,the American Public Health
>Association, and the American Nurses Association. Cannabis provides
>relief from nausea and pain, symptoms many endo sufferers present.
>Chronic pain does not have to be managed by pharmaceutical narcotics
>with side effects that are similar to the symptoms of endometriosis.
>Cannabis has no comparable side effects and acts as an analgelsic and
>anti-inflamatory. Please got to http://www.safeaccessnow.org for more
>information on medical cannabis.
>
>And on another note....remember when you go to a doctor you have choices
>and you are in charge. It's your body and you don't have to agree to
>hormonal therapies which simulate menopause. Each case is different and
>we don't all need to be on hormone therapy. Certainly, Western medicine
>and it's advances are helpful but don't forget endometriosis has been
>around for centuries and some natural remedies can alleviate our
>symptoms.
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