MissMeganM wrote: |
Good Lord, I'm surprised ALL people with IBD don't smoke pot, lol. If you aren't into smoking it........well......you see all the ways to ingest it that don't involve smoking, lol. When my Crohn's disease was really, really bad - smoking pot was the only way I could drum up enough of an appetite to eat. And at that point, I weighed less than 100 pounds and I'm 5'7". I was so skinny it was ghastly. If it wasn't for marijuana, I wouldn't have eaten at all and probably would have wasted away completely, lol |
I hear yah girl,...my Crohn's had wasted me nearly to nothing in the past as well :/ and a person becomes desperate to survive such a battle.......
I am attempting to analyze this a bit with a more open mind than I have in the past,.......hell, if I agreed to years of the dangerous and controversial Remicade that caused so much damage in my body,...I should be able to get myself to examine a careful test of a natural method more closely.
If more Doctors are allowed to prescribe it to their patients in test trials at very least, to document it's value, this could be very interesting, maybe at that time I will step on board.
Wow, what an experiment THAT would be, lol, .....someone film me and Youtube it for your enjoyment, LOL. I can almost hear my doctors laughing if they were to read my post in here, .... because I am little miss 'Health Nut', I'm not big on alcohol (quite seldom actually) , I don't smoke, I don't use illegal drugs, I eat as organic as possible and preach strongly against pesticide use in gardens, all big into healthy lifestyle and keeping fit......... I think my friends and doctors would be tossing big money on the betting table that they'd never get me to use weed for some of my problems, lol ..........but ........... I'm tired, I'm old, ...and us Crohnie's know full well how awful our struggle can be and our will to stay alive, ....if it does that much to assist in nausea, anxiety, promote eating, among other things I know are true, then perhaps I shouldn't second-guess it so much pertaining to my own life ........I have clearly seen how helpful it's been for patients, improved their health and quality of life and eased the psychological terrors of their treatments and extreme pains, alleviating some things that other Therapies could not make a difference.....
......but as with all things, there must be a careful balance regarding usage.
If it becomes legal, and my situation worsens, I just might step out of my strict box of thinking and give it a go .............................
........................................ or not..................................LOL
Let's put it this way,........it would shock the Hell outa people if I did, lol, ...including myself.
But then, I surprise myself sometimes.
In the meantime...........(holds up her icy glass of lemonade) ... Cheers!
~Doe