Any medical marijuana sucess stories?

[silverpenny10]

I don't go to conventional doctors either except for accidents when my guts are spilling out. I'm in exceptional health because I do the opposite of their suggestions, for real. Mega doses of vitamin C to bowel tolerance (to the tunes of 35 grams/day during the healing period only), vitamin therapy and nutrient dense diet helped me heal a complete fracture without surgery. Never had any pain. Proved it!

[LeeE]

Here's an example I thought you might enjoy reading.

<http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n132/a01.html>
Pubdate: Sat, 26 Feb 2011
Source: Journal Tribune (ME)
Copyright: 2011 Journal Tribune
Author: Dina Mendros


LEAF OF RELIEF

Biddeford's Medical Marijuana Dispensary Set to Open in March

BIDDEFORD - Bill Harnden's life has been one of almost constant pain. He was born with degenerative disc disease and has chronic, intractable back pain from the five fused discs along his spine. He also had a non-malignant tumor on his brain stem removed, which has caused significant pain in his neck. Although the 60-year-old man from Auburn had worked in financial management, he had to give up his job in 2007 because of his condition.

To manager his pain, Harnden was taking eight doses of the painkiller Tramadol every day, which left him feeling sedated most of the time.

That was until June, when Harnden began using marijuana to ease his pain.

"It worked, nothing short of miraculously," said Harnden. "It's given me a new lease on life. Thanks to the medical marijuana, I'm more energetic. I lost 55 pounds."

Harnden has also cut down his dosage to one pain pill a day and eventually plans to cut out Tramadol completely.

"I encourage those, if they think it could help, to give it a try," he said of medical marijuana.

Harnden said he became interested in the drug from the publicity surrounding setting up new dispensary system in Maine after voters approved a referendum in November 2009..."

[Obie]

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Originally posted by silverpenny10

I don't go to conventional doctors either except for accidents when my guts are spilling out. I'm in exceptional health because I do the opposite of their suggestions, for real. Mega doses of vitamin C to bowel tolerance (to the tunes of 35 grams/day during the healing period only), vitamin therapy and nutrient dense diet helped me heal a complete fracture without surgery. Never had any pain. Proved it!

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There is this

Although vitamin C can be well tolerated at doses well above the RDA recommendations, adverse effects can occur at doses above 3 grams per day though overload is unlikely. Possible adverse effects of megadoses include diarrhea, increased oxalate excretion and kidney stones, increased uric acid excretion, systemic conditioning ("rebound scurvy"), preoxidant effects, iron overload, reduced absorption of vitamin B12 and copper, increased oxygen demand and acid erosion of the teeth. In addition, one case has been noted of a woman who had received a kidney transplant followed by high-dose vitamin C and died soon afterwards as a result of calcium oxalate deposits that destroyed her new kidney. Her doctors concluded that high-dose vitamin C therapy should be avoided in patients with renal failure.

[DanielP]

I think that if I were in your situation, I would consider some massage therapy along with your PT. Imagine what a healthy, strong set of muscles goes through in your situation. Trauma, atrophy, re-balancing.

[silverpenny10]

Those concerned about acidity, buffered C is a better option. Research Linus Pauling, noble laureate.

[PaulW]

Pauling didn't win a nobel prize in medicine. His results with vitamin C couldn't be replicated.

[silverpenny10]

Obie:"a woman who had received a kidney transplant followed by high-dose vitamin C and died soon afterwards"
Couldn't be that she died from the kidney TRANSPLANT??? Nah, it's got to be the dangerous vitamin C! Stop eating all citrus, peppers, fruits and vegetables immediately!

Every time I feel a cold starting up, I take 2 grams vit. C every few hours and nip it in the bud. This is replicated over and over again.

[silverpenny10]

If MJ can cure cancer (amongst numerous other natural remedies that are non toxic and practically free), what else can it do?
http://phoenixtears.ca/

[Rene]

I stepped in a pothole at work and factured my ankle in 2008. A piece of bone in the shape of a sharks tooth carved into my ankle cartilage and conective tissue for a year after the accident. I couldn't walk for mor than 30 minutes without being swollen and unable to walk for about three days. I finally had surgery to remove the loose bone fragments and reshape the cartilage and "bone ends" that were chewed up by the shark tooth shaped bone fragment. My first night post-op at 2:30am I'm making my way to the restroom, high on percosets, I feel off my crutches and landed cleanly on my right buttocks. This fall tore my hip "labrum" and caused swelling in the area of the pysatic nerve. I was in serious pain but I wasn't getting better. The meds had me so constipated I was "going" maybe once a week. I was in bad shape post-op. The doctor recomended "Celebrex" and he handed me a half dozen boxes of pills. These pills were "free" of course. I didn't take the pills at first. I thought I could " tough" my way through the pain. I don't wish that pain on anyone. I beggd to die it hurt so much. I couldn't even roll over in bed. I broke down and took the "Celebrex" and it did everything it said it would. I was moving around in 4 days and I finally got a break from the pain. One nasty little side effect of this medication is weight gain. I gained 35 pounds in about 8 months trying to rehab. I could literally feel myself growing bigger but I couldn't stop taking "Celebrex" because I still had pain issues. I told my doctor "Celebrex" is like crack, it's so addictive. He just laughed and said " I use it too". A snafu happened with the pharmacy and they sent me a bill for a refill of "Celebrex", it was $12 a pill. I was was so done with big Pharm and all the corperate greed at that point.
A friend recomended MMJ to me after learning about my situation. I obtained adoctors "script & recommendation" and began treating my injury with MMJ. After 10 months, I lost the 35 pounds and actually played a game of basketball with my kids. I'm still healing three years later but for me MMJ was the best pain med I could find. I agree with the recomendation of stretching, it helps loosen your joints. (no pun intended). It's not for everyone and you should learn about the types of MMJ and what the do for you. I was in your deep set of pain so I know. You have bone and muscle pain. Look for indica buds, they will ease your pain and allow you to stretch and loosen up. I have had the " rub" in my ribcage for years and when I smoke indica buds I can stretch my ribs by breathing deeply and it "cracks" my ribs like a person cracking their knuckles. You also need intensive message treatments too in order to get the right energy flowing within you. You should look into getting a hand massager they work wonders. Good luck to you and again, it's not for everyone but some people really do and have benefitted from MMJ.

[silverpenny10]

I don't know the exact nature of your injury, but if it's a compression fracture, a friend told me about chiropractic doctors utilizing a modality called decompression that's supposedly extremely effective. Don't know if it's offered here on the BI, but worth some research?