Getting back into it

[Ih8grvty]

And hiking naked? Not after the experience of hiking down into Slickhorn Canyon, out on Cedar Mesa, and running into naked old people who were smoking pot and bathing each other.

Two things here,
First is that it appears we have met before.

second is No matter how you feel about pot, do not discount its medical uses.
That includes MS.

http://www.empowher.com/muscular-dys...atients-report

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...iclekey=109018

http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article...=4558#research

http://ms.about.com/b/2009/05/19/che...-sclerosis.htm

http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclero...in-ms-patients

I wish you much luck, in both returning to the outdoors, and in your battle with MS.

[Spooky]

No matter how you feel about pot, do not discount its medical uses.

MS is an extremely painful disease if nothing else, and there is a lot of misinformation and harsh judgments out there. I usually don't mention it at all for those reasons, but figured all of you would understand coming back from injuries and/or rehabbing.

I'm pretty familiar with pot's medicinal uses. I hate the stuff, can't stand the high, but will use it as a last resort when prescribed narcotics haven't worked.

I sneak outside, and then creep back in because I'm paranoid and am terrified the kids are going to catch the "Just Say No!" mom with dilated pupils and a box of Apple Jacks in one hand and the other hand groping through the fridge...

Thanks for your well wishes. I've improved the last few years instead of progressing. If you met me you'd never know anything was wrong.

[Spooky]

http://ms.about.com/b/2009/05/19/che...-sclerosis.htm

P.S. Julie Stachowiak, about.com's MS blogger, is a great friend of mine and has clear, concise, and factual info on the subject. She herself is dealing with it and is in the process of writing a book that I had the opportunity to contribute to. You chose an awesome reference.

[blueeyes]

The practice loop at Gooseberry is an easy ride. Sarah my 10 year old loves it.

[Ih8grvty]

The worst thing about pot is the social effects that come with it, and the legal penalties that fall upon those unlucky enough to get caught.
My kids know the truth about pot, they know why its illegal and how I feel about it, they also know that Dad has smoked pounds of it over his life, and that he does not approve of them using it under the current legal regulations.
They also know that Grandpa uses it currently. Moved to washington state just so he could use it legally.
He has been on pain meds for over 40 years for back, neck, stomach, and ankle surgeries.
after the last year of him moving, getting approved for medicinal use, and started using it, he has cut down his Oxy and Lori use by over half. He was supposed to be dead any day now, but currently is feeling better than he has for years and saves over 1000 dollars a month on pain meds. Still cutting down, his pain meds use, but doing well.
He hates the taste, so uses it in cooking to help cover it up. Very interesting 2 hours on the phone with him to explain how to extract what he wants to get the best effects and benifits. Making it in to home made suckers seem to be the best way for him to go. so sweet it covers up alot of the taste, and no need to even go outside when he can just pop a sucker in his mouth.
Maybe you should think about something like that if your going to use it for your MS.
Just make sure the kids do not find the sucker stash!

To me, it makes it taste like crap, ruins good food to make it with pot, it also makes brownies feel more like gum than a dense cake.
Its the only way he can stand to use it though.

I am full of information about Marijuana, anything you could care to discuss, aside from where to get it!
I am not telling anyone to break the law and go ahead and use it, I just think that if you get desperate enough to break the law and take the risks to treat yourself for serious illness, you should do so with as much information as possible. Good luck no matter what method of treatment you choose to go with.

[Spooky]

I am not telling anyone to break the law and go ahead and use it, I just think that if you get desperate enough to break the law and take the risks to treat yourself for serious illness, you should do so with as much information as possible. Good luck no matter what method of treatment you choose to go with.

Marijuana also lowers the body's immune system, something people with auto-immune disorders really benefit from.

I'm using an immunosuppressant treatment that's not been studied beyond 2 years of use; I'm on year 4. Which I think is kind of hilarious. It's risky - 1 in 700 die from it, but I think it's worth the risk as it's reversed the worst problems I had. Just not the pain.

Believe me, I'm all over the treatments. I don't have time for this crap.

[Ih8grvty]

While it helps substantially with the pain from injuries in my neck and head and shoulder and knee and on and on, I just am a stoner that loves the high, and has never minded the taste.

[Spooky]

The practice loop at Gooseberry is an easy ride. Sarah my 10 year old loves it.

The Gooseberry Mesa White Trail?