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  1. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    What opiates do you mean?
  2. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    I have no idea what that means in this context.
  3. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Well first of all, I don't think it would help w/fatigue. You probably need iron & H2O.
  4. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    I DON'T <Shh!> I know enough good folks that I'm able to get around the necessity of a green card. I don't flout the law but I'm also not going to pay some quack $100-$150 (that's YEARLY) for a card that says I'm allowed to possess cannabis. That's how it's normally done. There are doctors...
  5. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    My experience in WA State? The docs I see don't have a problem w/it, but they won't prescribe it. They encourage any behavior/action that will keep you positive & relieve symptoms. My opinion is that the shadow of Big Pharm still looms large in the medical world & no doctor is going to risk a...
  6. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    I'd rather get busted with some cookies or some cannabis treats than hash oil. Some countries might consider that like opium.
  7. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Bake some in cookies, maybe.
  8. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Well I can only speak for myself. Sometimes cannabis makes me completely wrecked. But at least it's fun, & when it wears off I may be a little cranky but I'm not suffering cold chills & temporary psychosis.
  9. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Spend a few months on oxies.
  10. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Maybe you can find & contact another patient &/or family to find out the proper dosage. Too much is no problem, aside from wasting money. I'd worry about giving too small a dose.
  11. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Yes, I'm sure that Washington & Colorado are open markets, lol
  12. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    It could be time to grow your own, if that is an option you can consider. That way you can concentrate on a strain that is literally bred to meet your specific need, & also avoid the "stoner" associations. Just having a small garden can be quite a satifying & theraputic hobby.
  13. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    After taking indomethacin, sulfasalazine, mesalamine, prednizone, azathioprine, & a host of other drugs to counteract the side effects of THOSE drugs, I seriously doubt a little pot is going to hurt my nuts. But thanks for the heads-up.
  14. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    The entire thread is "suggesting" that people break the law. But I think I understand your concern that the forum is not directly involved in or responsible for breaking the law, in the sense that people would use it to distribute (either through sales or outright gifts, or even recommending...
  15. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    I don't know Southern California but that info could probably be found online w/out too much trouble. I prefer Indica strains, I really can't explain why. I feel like Sativas kind of numb my brain too much. Also, I don't feel like marijuana has cured or even controlled my colitis, only given...
  16. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Thank you. I have perused that already! A lot of it is way over my head. I used marijuana for my AS symptoms years ago. My wife would ask me, "Is your arthritis bothering you?" & I would answer, "Probably." lol! But I find that you can't walk through the entire day stoned. You won't get...
  17. Area Man

    Sticky Medical Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Marijuana is wonderful. It doesn't really "heal" me but it sure makes the ride a little less bumpy. I wish I had started it in the early days of my colitis while I was going though all the anxiety & nausea that sulfasalazine brought on & the "steroidal-induced psychosis" that prednisone gave...
  18. Area Man

    New member, UC patient-

    Hello, I live in the Great Northwest (Seattle area). I have had ulcerative colitis since about 2006. I was misdiagnosed initially, & suffered along until a complete physical breakdown brought about a hospital stay in 2008, when I began an aggressive treatment; first w/prednisone to reduce the...
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