Medical Marijuana

For me MM has been working very well. I've been smoking it for nearly 2 years now which is approximately the same time my UC showed up. But at first i wasn't using it, i was more on prednisone and other pills and on remicade for months and honestly nothing worked as well as the steroids but cmon we all know being on them for too long isn't the best thing. I hated the steroids. My docs took me off cause i was doing well but they didn't know i was smoking. Ever since i use MM my pain levels have really been reduced to nothing and no pain for even days occasionally. Some people might say my severity might not be like others. But believe me my pain was so intense i use to not want to play soccer anymore for my school and it made me miss my walk for graduation because i was in the hospital. Not only has the pain almost disappeared but my appetite hasnt been better. I didnt want to eat before cause i was so scared of flare ups so i could go all day without eating. That wasn't good. But MM made me have munchies hardcore so my recommendation isnt to go and eat whatever you please, mm isnt a cure, you are what you eat, but go and try any food you didn't like before, like for instance a lot of veggies and tell me you won't love them. Don't fall into bad habits. Make something that could become a bad habit into something good. I love eating again!! I kinda just made sure it didnt become a bad habit to eat anything like mcdonalds or even the foods we UC patientes cant have. Now that i can eat in peace my stomach hasnt been better. I smoke every day though but it hasn't stopped me from school or family or jobs or anything. Im still going. I'll say my tolerance has gone up while using mm but i dont necessarily try to smoke more. I like a body high more than a head high. And for people who use it and become couch potatoes, thats boring. I'll watch a movie with friends. go to parks, swim while high is amazing or be with friends or if all else fails dance my friends or study. I dont wanna say mm is the cure but it has helped a lot with pain and no one wants pain. Id much rather find a cure for everyone

I wonder how insurance will treat MM. Approve it for only certain conditions? Why do I think it will be a big battle. First for state to approve dispensing MM and then another battle for insurance coverage.

Everyone thinks Florida will pass MM next vote since it came so close to passing last vote.

i agree insurance won't ever cover MMJ. MMJ isn't something that gets approved in a state then you go to a pharmacy to pick it up. And typically you have to find a certain doctor to write a script for it. Until it becomes so mainstream that it can be picked up and regulated by Pharms and Pharm companies it won't ever see the light of day being covered under health insurance.

I would like to get a new prescription for MMJ but I hate that it makes me so tired and lazy. I have tried different strains too... just seems to make me less motivated and i am already struggling with exhaustion which doesn't help motivation levels.

Yes, i grew sativa... Edibles make me very paranoid and uncomfortable.

notsosickly - sorry if i am indiscreet, lol, but what do you mean that "edibles make you paranoid" ? I'm asking just because i have never smoked marijuana in my life (and nothing else like that) and i'm thinking that maybe i would try mm if i manage to get it. It's illegal in Poland (the punishment for possessing it can be even more harsh than that for pedophiles and rapists), but now medical marijuana is legal in Czech Republic, so perhaps i could obtain it there :)

i have no idea what the right dosage is and i am an incredible coward so most probably i will never experience it, it's just i've been inspired by some stories of people (on the Indian uc forum) who claim that mm has helped them to maintain remission for many years :)

I haven't gotten to remission with medical MJ, but I do use it to help me sleep through the night. So glad I live in California where I can get it!

Ya I enjoy using it to sleep at night too...no paranoia here, I've known long before I started smoking mj that my body was out to get me lol!!

I go out in public when I'm stoned cuz I really just don't care, but I never drive so there's always someone with me when I'm in public stoned.

jazzgtrl4 are you still doing well on the Rick Simpson Oil/FECO?

I haven't smoked M in over 20 years because the last time I tried it, I had a bad reaction and now the smell and taste just nauseates me too severely.

MM is legal here in MI so I have a friend who makes brownies, cookies etc due to side effects of chemo from cancer. She wanted me to try MM cookies because 2 weeks to a week before my Remicade infusions my joints just kill me. While it does help with the pain, I just can't get over the taste. Is there any form of MM that is totally tasteless?

You can put cannabis oil into empty capsules and swallow.