Hey 420,
I'm pretty new to these forums. I shopped around a bit before deciding which online community I would call home and I ultimately picked this place over ----- as I was really impressed with the weekly articles and the information on this site is incredible!
So I'm also new to the idea of MJ as a medicine for myself. I've had my moments with it as recreational en devour before but I have a condition now which my current doctor doesn't think anything can treat and I have a friend who swears by MJ as a medicine for a similar condition.
My condition, although I'm sure it has a name I do not know what it is, but I'll explain it to you and you can tell me if you think MJ can help out with it at all. If MJ can't help with it but some other natural herb medicine could please advise.
I spent the better part of my teenage and early adult life 12-25 (I'm 28) now teaching, performing and training break dancing. During that same period of life and continuing now into my adult life if I wasn't break dancing I was doing my other hobby/profession which is computer programming.
With these two very wrist intensive activities I feel confident in saying that my wrists cause me excruciating pain on a regular basis. Now I realize I can't break dance till I'm 80. As painful as that is for me to accept I can't not work with computers. That's what I do for a living but I've been considering cutting back my hours as the pain get's so intense after an hour or so of hacking. I've done everything I can to accommodate my wrists.
I have an ergonomic keyboard, I take frequent breaks, I have wrist pads and rests and as of lately my doctor tells me my "wrists don't have a diagnosable condition, they are just tired and need a break". He is a great doctor, been in our family since I can remember. He's very anti-medication which I've always agreed with. I get that my body is trying to tell me that my wrists need a break "BUT I CAN'T TAKE A BREAK" from work. It's my lively hood.
He doesn't seem to be familiar with MJ as a medicine and I'm hesitant to discuss it with him. So this friend I have uses MJ to cope with cancer and said that it can be very good at subduing pain when used as a topical ointment. Or maybe as a spray. I'm not sure really. I don't even get how MJ can be turned into something other than some dried plant matter so the idea of it being used other that just as something you smoke perplexes me. This friend has referred me to his doctor to get a "second opinion" on my condition and I'm not even sure what to say to his doctor and quite frankly, being younger, looking younger, and being of a typical racial stereo type (shaved head, asian) I feel quite embarrassed even bringing this up with anyone and I'm afraid I won't be taken seriously.
So the reason I'm here: I want to know if MJ could be used to either heal or reduce the pain I feel in my wrists during the work day, whether or not it would affect my ability to process complex equations (I'm a programmer after all) and how would I administer it. Depending on it's mental effects I may also need a note from my doctor for my employer as I'm not sure they would be impressed if I smelled like MJ at work, especially when doing presentations in front of our clients.
Thanks for taking the time to read and respond. I deeply value your experienced suggestions.
Namaste
I'm pretty new to these forums. I shopped around a bit before deciding which online community I would call home and I ultimately picked this place over ----- as I was really impressed with the weekly articles and the information on this site is incredible!
So I'm also new to the idea of MJ as a medicine for myself. I've had my moments with it as recreational en devour before but I have a condition now which my current doctor doesn't think anything can treat and I have a friend who swears by MJ as a medicine for a similar condition.
My condition, although I'm sure it has a name I do not know what it is, but I'll explain it to you and you can tell me if you think MJ can help out with it at all. If MJ can't help with it but some other natural herb medicine could please advise.
I spent the better part of my teenage and early adult life 12-25 (I'm 28) now teaching, performing and training break dancing. During that same period of life and continuing now into my adult life if I wasn't break dancing I was doing my other hobby/profession which is computer programming.
With these two very wrist intensive activities I feel confident in saying that my wrists cause me excruciating pain on a regular basis. Now I realize I can't break dance till I'm 80. As painful as that is for me to accept I can't not work with computers. That's what I do for a living but I've been considering cutting back my hours as the pain get's so intense after an hour or so of hacking. I've done everything I can to accommodate my wrists.
I have an ergonomic keyboard, I take frequent breaks, I have wrist pads and rests and as of lately my doctor tells me my "wrists don't have a diagnosable condition, they are just tired and need a break". He is a great doctor, been in our family since I can remember. He's very anti-medication which I've always agreed with. I get that my body is trying to tell me that my wrists need a break "BUT I CAN'T TAKE A BREAK" from work. It's my lively hood.
He doesn't seem to be familiar with MJ as a medicine and I'm hesitant to discuss it with him. So this friend I have uses MJ to cope with cancer and said that it can be very good at subduing pain when used as a topical ointment. Or maybe as a spray. I'm not sure really. I don't even get how MJ can be turned into something other than some dried plant matter so the idea of it being used other that just as something you smoke perplexes me. This friend has referred me to his doctor to get a "second opinion" on my condition and I'm not even sure what to say to his doctor and quite frankly, being younger, looking younger, and being of a typical racial stereo type (shaved head, asian) I feel quite embarrassed even bringing this up with anyone and I'm afraid I won't be taken seriously.
So the reason I'm here: I want to know if MJ could be used to either heal or reduce the pain I feel in my wrists during the work day, whether or not it would affect my ability to process complex equations (I'm a programmer after all) and how would I administer it. Depending on it's mental effects I may also need a note from my doctor for my employer as I'm not sure they would be impressed if I smelled like MJ at work, especially when doing presentations in front of our clients.
Thanks for taking the time to read and respond. I deeply value your experienced suggestions.
Namaste