Re: medical marijuana......Thank you Sonnet:-).....nm
From: Barb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:52:10 -0500 (CDT)
Sherri,
Please continue to visit this forum.
There are always going to be some issues that raise a spark.
I've had my share too,but in the long run have learned alot from the
women on this forum.Renne,Sonnet,Koolaid,Victoria(just to mention a
few),are more than helpful and thoughtful.The support is wonderful.
Sometimes we can be questioned and I myself used to put up the defense
mechanisms,but no longer need to.If someone does not like what I
wrote,that is their choice on whether to question it or not and of
course to correct me when I am wrong.
The annonimity people are the ones that usually post with negative
things which is something that I don't even respond to.
I think that we're all entitled to opinions and should not hesitate to
express tem,but to attack someone the way some did to you and to Sonnet
was not fair.
This is a good place to share information,debate(which is good) and vent
when we have to.
I wish you a painfree day and I do hope that you eventually find
something that works to manage your pain.
I'm still working on mine.
Have you tried bio-feedback?
I've been using that,along with physiotherapy,chiropractor care and it
is helping.A few hours of being pain free does help.I don't know if
those would help you.I do know the bio feedback is starting to kick in.
I know I am going to get the blah's for this comment,but essential oils
are very beneficial with many types of pain.They can or are as potent as
some meds.
You may need to relax a litte more and that always helps with pain
management.
Try some massage therapy if you can afford it.There are several
different stretching exercises to help ease pain in yoga.I try
everything possible.
No-one can ever comment and say they know the pain cannot be that bad.So
unfair,as they don't live in our bodies and we all have a different
thresh hold for pain.
Aroma's have a powerful effect on the body.
Problem is..that sometimes you also develope a tolerance to them and
have to use something else.
Wishing you health and peace!
>
>Thanks for your concern and well wishes Barb. My mother had a
>hystorectomy a few years back due to a battle with endometriosis and
>fibroids (most of the women in my family for whatever reason have had to
>have hystorectomy's). I was diagnosed with PCOS in March 2000 ( I take
>metformin and spironolactone...and have been given a variety of pain
>meds as well...throughout time). Have had a funky battle with facial
>hair and thinning scalp...and was diagnosed with adult onset diabetes in
>1998:-( I have had a constant battle (since age 11 when I started
>menstrating) with horrible cramps (which hurt so bad that it would cause
>me to vomit...and would keep me home from school)...now I have no period
>(i think due to depo shot) but continue with the battle with
>cramps...sometimes I have good days and sometimes I have bad. It does
>at times remind me of labor pains (not horribly severe ones....but it
>still feels like labor-type pains:-| I am sorry to anyone that I have
>offended on this board....but when I get the chance to occasionally
>smoke weed it does releive me from some of the painfull moments...and
>eases some of the discomfort of painfull intercourse when it is for what
>ever reason painfull (not in my vaginal area...in my abdomen where my
>ovaries are...and near my cervix area). I don't rely in any way on
>mj....but am very greatfull when I am able to recieve it's benifits. I
>have only posted very few messages on this forum in the last couple
>years that I have followed it....and it seems as if my posts are greated
>with either no comment or acknowlegment of anyone on the board....or
>someone takes issue with my question...yikes....lol.
>
>Peace and light,
>
>--
>Sherri
>
>At Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Barb wrote:
>>
>>Dear Sherri,
>>I am so sorry to hear that you are in so much pain.
>>I understand your wanting to know if marifjuana can be prescribed for
>>pcos.
>>YOu didn't mention what the problems were,therefore I asked if you were
>>in severe pain.
>>Believe me...I have thought about it too at times for pain control,but I
>>also think of the consequences it can have with women with PCOS and even
>>others for that matter.
>>As Sonnet wrote...I think the majority could not understand why you
>>would want marijuana for PCOS as it usually does not cause pain.
>>Now we understand and I apologize for anything that may have upset you.
>>I too,have very little venom left from constant,nagging pain.Pain that
>>doesn't end.
>>
>>It does sound like endometriosis from what you explain.I lived with very
>>bad cramps three days out of my menstral cycle and felt as if I were
>>giving birth...so,possibly this can be how you are feeling.Boy,..do I
>>know.
>>
>>Explore some other possibilites for your pain with your doctor and I am
>>certain he will come up with a good pain med for you.
>>My condition is a little different as I have pcos,but other disorders
>>that there has been little or no pain relief for my symptoms.
>>
>>I wish I could help,but to anyone suffering in pain as you are..my heart
>>does go out to you and I will keep you in my prayers.
>>And just a quick point to add before I sign off....sometimes we look at
>>people on the streets..the drug addicts etc and belittle them..but
>>meanwhile it could have been pain that got them to that place and this
>>forum is helpful before someone uses something that in the long run can
>>make them more ill or else getting addicted to more potent
>>drugs..eg..cocaine.etc.I have seen this pattern with chronic pain
>>sufferer's in the past.
>>
>>Once again,my apologies for asking about this.
>>Hope you can understand my concern.
>>
>>>At Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Sonnet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi Sherri -
>>>>
>>>>As has been discussed thoroughly already (grin) the main use for medical
>>>>marijuana is pain control. But PCOS is rarely associated with pain.
>>>>When you speak to your doctor, you may want to ask for a prescription
>>>>related to endometriosis, rather than PCOS - someone somewhere is likely
>>>>to see that as a mistake or a loophole and it could get you in trouble
>>>>or you could possibly have your presciption denied. Just a heads up,
>>>>good luck!
>>>>
>>>>At Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Sherri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>First off thanks Kim D. & Genny H. for your supportive input...
>>>>>
>>>>>Victoria....yes I do in fact realize that God made the plant that
>>>>>cocaine is derived from ( I believe heroine is made from poppy). God
>>>>>also makes the hopps and barely and water and all other ingredients that
>>>>>go to make beer....the potatoes to make vodka....and so on and so on,
>>>>>blah-de-friggin blah...in fact I know for a fact (well i have faith that
>>>>>he does) that God makes a good many items that man can transform. Now
>>>>>mj is usable after simply drying it....i.e. man does not have to fiddle
>>>>>with it...to create something usefull something (whether you agree or
>>>>>not) something benificial. Oh I won't go on a diatribe over it...no
>>>>>need to...I have a life....and not much venom in me. As for my pain
>>>>>Victoria....this is the LAST place that I would have thought I would
>>>>>ever encounter a critisism or raised eyebrow when I mentioned that I
>>>>>have bad cramping...you have no idea what pain I am talking about as I
>>>>>surely can NEVER know what you or anyone else tolerates in their own
>>>>>bodies. And...unless you are an expert regarding how THC reacts in MY
>>>>>body...I don't think that you can predict/judge/determine its effects on
>>>>>me and my system. And yes....a narcotic such as Vicadin, Lortab...and
>>>>>good old synthetic Ultram Do cloud and fog up my head....go figure. Your
>>>>>post has shown the "bad vibes" to be indeed true. Sorry to get your
>>>>>"war on drugs" panties in a bunch. My posts....both of them was in no
>>>>>way shape or form ment to be disrespectfull to anyone here or this
>>>>>board. Anyway Victoria I am not gonna change your mind by anything I
>>>>>say....nor do I want to. As far as the munchie issue...truly truly I
>>>>>can smoke enough to relax my body to ease my cramping...cramping that I
>>>>>wish was only a friggin hour without the "munchies". I suppose if, like
>>>>>I stated if I smoked enough to get "baked" and then sat around and
>>>>>giggled stared at the boob tube I might get the munchies....but usually
>>>>>after I am free from pain I wanna go about my day and make it
>>>>>productive...maybe that is why I don't get the munchies....who
>>>>>knows...not something I loose any sleep over. I have had family members
>>>>>that have died from very painfull illnesses and cancers that I wished
>>>>>could have had the benifitted from medical mj...so it is a serious issue
>>>>>to me. Sorry that my original post was taken as merely me trying to
>>>>>promote a "street drug". Anyway...you will likely have negative to
>>>>>combat this post...have at it I suppose.
>>>>>
>>>>>PEACE & LIGHT,
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Sherri
>>>>>
>>>>>At Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Victoria wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I didn't see where Barb, Sonnet, Koolaide or Renee were giving any negative vibes. They asked serious and fair questions. I don't see where you've tried anything but Tylenol and Motrin, OTC medications, from your first post. You talked about pain medication in this post, but nothing specific as to what you've taken. What does your doctor say? I also have a hard time believing that it affects your cramping pain, but you don't get the 'munchies' or 'fog' on it. If the pain is that bad, you'd have to do a lot of it to get the pain to go away correct? Unless the pain was only an hour or so, you'd have to do some pot for a couple days, if you like others on here with ovulation pain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You didn't mention specific treatments, only an illegal drug. You have to know that those sort of questions are going to come up and that responses may not always be what you want with this position. You also have to know that not everyone sees marijuana as an innocent drug. Cocaine btw, is an herb or poppy grown in Afghanistan that God also created for some reason.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Victoria
>>>>>>
>>>>>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Sherri)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>hi Renee,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Actually marijuana eases the severe cramping that I have...cramping that
>>>>>>tylenol and motrin will not touch. And believe it or not pot does not
>>>>>>fog up MY mind like the pain medications seemed to. And I don't happen
>>>>>>to get the munchies...I don't know why I just don't...not to say that if
>>>>>>I happen to be hungry I won't really enjoy noshing on something....but
>>>>>>that is how it is whether or not I am under the influence or not. I
>>>>>>guess it all depends if you are smoking to get baked out of your
>>>>>>gourd....or simply smoking enough to ease pain. I am really shocked at
>>>>>>the negative vibes I am getting over posting my original post....guess I
>>>>>>thought that we were evolving to see other methods of treatment...was
>>>>>>not like I was talking about free-basing cocaine or shooting up
>>>>>>heroine...just talking an herb that God created for SOME reason.
>>>>>>PS...my favorite "munchy" in the whole world is celery sticks and ranch
>>>>>>dressing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>sorry all,
>>>>>>Sherri
>>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>--
>>Sincerely,
>>Barb C.
>>
--
Sincerely,
Barb C.
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