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Originally Posted by FineazPR
I too use MJ for my MS. It helps my spas'recity, alot. Some days I can barely move 'cause I am so stiff (espeially on rainy or humid days) and in constant pain. I feel like I am covered with "charliehorses." (PS I for one am SO sick of this shit!!)
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Try to keep your "chin up"... I know you get fucking sick of hearing that shit- I certainly did in the first few years of my diagnosis, but as you know- it helps for us with MS to try and stay as "stress free" as possible-as I for one, am so sympathetic to your plight- since I too have MS and I know what you're going through. I was diagnosed with progressive MS in April of 2006.
Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating disease whereby the afflicted person's brain and central nervous system are attacked by their own immune system and it attacks the myelin sheaths [a white fatty substance that coats all brain and spinal cord connections] and the myelin is "eaten" away by the immune system and the brain and spinal nerve connections are exposed and the connections eventually die, leaving behind "plaques" or " multiple sclerosis" [ Latin for: "many scars"] which occur in all parts of the brain, brain stem and central nervous system. Because the sclerosis occur in all parts of the brain etc. as afore mentioned, many different problems occur systemically because many different areas of the brain which are affected control a variety of systems within the body.
Medical marijuana
is one of my "keys" to having a life much more comfortable, with markedly less stress, and physiologically- a kind of relief that no pill or injection can bring. MS- It's a hard thing to have to put up with, but when I get encouragement from others with MS it helps much more than "advice" from folks who are not going through what "we" are going through. People without MS have NO IDEA what we suffer with day to day, after day. It's hard to swallow what MS does to us. MS is a cruel thing and it definitely robs us of our dignity because we are most often dependent on others for help with even the most mundane things, and a life that is "normal". A MS diagnosis is so hard to digest- we look like average folks, but most with MS shows symptoms that folks can't plainly see in the early stages of the disease- and it's just so very insidious. I know you must be sick of dealing with it because I am too, but unfortunately we have to "eat shit" and try to deal with it as best we can.
My mother also had MS- she was diagnosed in 1986 but lost her battle with MS and passed away in 2000 at the age of 49. My mother's sister also currently is battling as well and isn't expected to pull through it. It's very hard for me and very frightening- I am 39 and I'm wondering if I too will not live a full life and pass away within the next 10 years like my Mom did... I want to see all of my children grow into adulthood, marry, and have children and for them lead a wonderful, productive life- I just don't want to miss a thing.
I am wondering if you have a MS support group nearby you? It does really help because you get a new perspective on life with MS by you hearing [and supporting] others with MS by them sharing their "life with MS" stories.
As we know with having MS it's a different disease for everyone. By going to a support group you can learn new coping skills and what works for others with MS, and certain things they do to cope; and that might just help you. I have major SPASTICITY in my legs and also RLS [restless leg syndrome] and both greatly reduced for me by smoking marijuana. But I take 14 other medications and a once daily injection of Copaxone *[ glatiramer acetate ] thought to reduce MS flare-ups.
There is no cure for MS currently and many of us with MS are encouraged to participate in medicine trial studies because the disease is relitively "new" to the medical community. There are only 2.5 million cases reported world wide and 400,000 are from the U.S. out of the total 6911450250 people on Earth. [ check out this website for a running world population clock:
World Population ]
I am in constant chronic pain due to having severe arthritis throughout my body, moderately severe spondylosis in my spine; all but 3 of my discs in my whole spinal column are herniated and the cartilage between them is being rapidly worn down. My right leg is now longer than my left leg due to my hips shifting their position.... I also have had to deal with epilepsy which was diagnosed in 1994- and the list goes on and on...sigh***
Friedrich Nietzsche once said "that which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger..."
I'd gather that according to Nietzsche- we with MS are Hurculean...
Trust me I am not trying to blow sunshine up your ass- because I am definitely NOT happy with MS either! BUT I will tell you that I totally know where you're coming from and I encourage you to reach out to your local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and see what they might be able to help you with- they do so much for us folks- they can assist with a wide variety of things.
So I say to you: Keep on smoking it up!
Whether it's legal or not in your area for medical marijuana usage I say to you...enjoy the benefits that medicinal use affords you and may God bless you and soften the way throughout life for you...
***I strongly wish for everyone else who reads this post to seek out and donate funds or volunteer with your local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society...every little bit counts...
