Quality of Life (QoL) in a Tablet

In 1994 I had neck surgery.C-5, C-6, and C-7 were fused together. I was in a car accident 6 weeks later. My neck was ok but I have had pain since the operation.I have had every pill for pain, muscle relaxers to Morphine patches. I become immune to pills quickly. Cannabis, on the other hand, using it to take care of the pain, can get me through my day without my arms getting numb or the constant pain in my shoulder blade and arm. I can get along with my day as a normal person. It works!!

I have a shoulder injury from high school football days, that’s been around a long time. Within the last month or two, I had an episode last month where I picked something up and I pulled or tore something in or around it. The pain from that area got extremely intense last night. Because I was taking Idrasil for my headaches I took an extra one and the pain improved to only about 15% of what it was. My total dosage was 1.5 pills. Thank you Idrasil…

I take Idrasil™ in the evening. Within an hour my body is relaxed, the discomfort is relieved and my mind stays clear. Idrasil™ helps me to get a good night’s sleep with no lingering effects in the morning.

I have been diagnosed and living with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) for all my life(20yrs), but it wasn’t until 7 years ago that I began medication. Ritalin did not work for me because it would cause major mood swings in the evenings as the medicine would wear off. After about a year of Ritalin I switched to Adderal, and that has worked great, but if I took it too late in the afternoon, because of its time release, I would always have difficulty going to sleep. I began smoking cannabis in the 10th grade as a “recreation thing”, but as I used it more and more, I realized that it not only helped me get to sleep a lot easier at night, but had a better effect on me than my medication did. Now I just use my cannabis medicine.

I am 43 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 1999. I have gone through two chemo treatments. The first treatment, with Adriamycin and Taxol, made me so sick I decided not to undergo further treatments. As an R.N. I understood the implications of halting treatment at this point, and my physician warned me that it was very possible there would be a recurrence if I did not continue. We talked of alternative treatments for the debilitating effects of the chemo drugs. He mentioned Marinol (the legal oral synthetic THC) vs natural cannabis in combination with anti-nausea drugs such as Zofran. After some time passed and my body returned to “normal,” I decided to continue the chemo treatments. Again I was so sick, stuck between that feeling of wishing you could throw up in order to feel better and not being able to. As I lay in bed clutching my pink emesis bucket, unable to swallow even ginger ale, I decided to try a little cannabis. I took a very little and it was incredible! Ten minutes later I was out in the yard, helping my husband wash his truck. I was able to continue my normal routine the rest of the day. It gave me a voracious appetite and I gained 9 pounds instead of the feared opposite. Spread the word. There is no reason to suffer.