Chronic Pain

[420]

Do you suffer from chronic pain?

Does Cannabis help ease your pain?

Please share your experiences with us.

[GREENFISHY13]

yes i suffer from cronic pain, and yes cannibus helps ease my pain.

i have seveare arthritis, scoliosis in my lower backand three sprained discs, my knees are f*#%#@, migrains all day every day, can't sleep, want to eat but is difficult to do so.
i smoke MMJ for these reasons and more, and i find it to be extreamly benificial. not only does it make all of these things none exsistant for awhile, it won't kill my liver! yay.
i have never had a bad experiance while medicated,
and those who say they do i think just had a bad day in general.

[Dr. 215]

I'm still pretty young but from skimboarding the beaches of southern california for over 10 years my back is shot. The sweet leaf helps ease my pain and bring me back to the sound of barrels in my ears and feeling that rushing water again. Man i cant wait for summer.

[greenface]

i have ankylosing spondylitis from age of 14 , chron disease age of 19,three times brain concussion ,cut three fingers on left hand age of 14 and 21 , broken hell and memory problems , migrains like i have rock concerts in my head.i take eight tablets on day for my pains,cant sleep,walk or run, i do not smoke but i make tee and that help me a lot more
than tablets.

[Bee23]

It helps with migraine pain tremendously. It has the ability to incapacitate me for hours if I don't treat as necessary. Migraine type: caliper,cluster :(

[chuckjun]

i have arthritis pain from a broken back diabetic neurothopy in my legs and am currently fighting liver cancer with radiation treatments. medical marijuana helps all the symptoms from these things somewhat. pharma just made me an addict.

[HappyKitty]

My very best wishes to all of you, thank you for sharing your stories.

[Iam694]

I have had 5 spine surgeries so far and still have pain. Yes cannabis helps. It is one thing I can depend on to bring some relief.

[tintala]

I have chronic sciatica from a herniated disc a L5 s1, along with lower back pain it causes. Not to mention thoracic disc herniation, both rotator cuffs blown and anxiety.
i use cannabis to keep my quantity of meds down. I will get off these pills with the help of Blueberry. God help me.

[klep420]

Yes i have chronic pain and MJ helps, I actully had a back fusion last Aug. They put 2 rods in my back. so needless to say...I always have pain. They try to keep me on Percocet and gezzz...The MJ makes me feel way better then them pills.
I need my Mary Jane!!!!

[Mile Hi Dave]

I broke my back in '96. I woke up from my coma 17 days later hooked up to a m*rphine drip and unable to move from the waste down. I crushed 3 vertebrae (L1, L2, and T5)down to 50% their normal size, blew out 5 discs and had a small piece of one of the vertebrae lodged itself against my spinal cord. took them 7 MRI's to find it. They removed the chip surgically and 3 days later I started getting feeling and movement in my legs. I spent 3 months at Craig hospital here in Colorado for rehab. I now have arthritis, scoliosis that was caused by the injury and some of the nerves in my spine are "barbed", can't remember the 50-letter technical term, these "barbs" sometimes "catch" and cause major pain - for that pain I use f*ntanyl suckers, but to get thru the day, in general, I can get by smoking some good green herb or eating a brownie. They had me on O*y, Fl*xaril, and Amb*en for sleep. I hated the feeling of being doped up and, on my own, started smoking pot and decreasing my intake of the pills. I still have my moments, but I can say, with the exception of the f*ntanyl, I haven't taken any of the meds in over 4 years. I do have my "moments", but I put up with those. My last MRI, 3 months ago, actually showed things are degenerating and they want to put rods in. I have a real fear of allowing them to do this, since it is my back. I am debating on not doing the surgery until things get unbearable. I still work, just can't see myself on SSI and not working. As long as I have my weed...I know I will be fine. Here's my question...Indica or Sativa...which helps the most for chronic pain...I get mostly Indica buds here so if Sativa is better, I will grow it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[420]

indica is best for chronic pain...

[geist]

I fractured two vertebra when I was 18 and for 20 years I've tried various remedies with very little success...from regular pain killers
and muscle relaxers, experimental research from UCLA(out of my own pocket), epidurals, pain block medication, etc etc. Nothing
worked very well, until I found out I had cancer and after the surgery I was given several pain killers including Perc*cet(the only pill
to rid me of back pain completely) Nothing helped the pain from the stent that was in me during recovery. I will say that after the stent
was out I had a few weeks of recovery time in which I was in no pain whatsoever, I didn't know I could be that happy....eventually
no more pills, but that was fine I didn't want to constantly take Perc*cet...so I went back to my grumpy ass self....
there are other injuries to my back, and discs that are jacked....but you get the idea.

Today I only take one prescription to help block pain because I must drive for work and I can't do that after taking MMJ.
However I stopped taking the pain killers and muscle relaxers...thanks to cannabis, and a book called Pain Free. It is
the best and safest way for me to control my pain.

[lvdk32pnpg]

Originally Posted by Bee23

It helps with migraine pain tremendously. It has the ability to incapacitate me for hours if I don't treat as necessary. Migraine type: caliper,cluster :(

i also have migraines.. mmj is the only thing i have found that acctually works and keep my migraines away. no medicine helps and smoking is the only solution to my chronic pain. im just so glad to have found out so young be cause ive had migraines as long as i can remember and im thru taking pills that dont help and make them worse and only put toxins in my body.. im just glad that such a great medicine exists

[chika]

i have severe pain in my pelvic region, been to doctors since it began 9 years ago, they thought it to be endometreosis, however after a laprascopic and hysteroscopic surgery they found nothing to back up that theory. i have been to tons of dr's and taken all sorts of meds ranging from many different types of birth control pills, iud, anti-inflamitories, darv*cet, perk*set, am tired of going to hospitals, ers, drs, and getting shots of dem*rol, and taking all this bologna that doesnt touch the pain. have no answers as to what could even be wrong, but i know the ONLY thing that can take the unbearable pain i go through every month away is smoking mj. i am so discusted with everyone that wants to tell me it is a drug i am an addict... when i know that if they put theirself in my shoes they would be smokin it up as well. i am now being told i can no longer smoke it because my husband is a marine and it risks his career. i can not deal with the pain and i dont know what to do. i just need to smoke to be somewhat ok, and other than that nothing so far i have tried works. nothing. so i suppose i just keep going to drs and getting violated until when and if they ever find out the cause of my intense pain and fix it. so for those of you who can legally smoke it up for your pain, i envy you, please dont take it for granted...