try to help myself by using cannabis

[Stix87]

hey guys and girls some may know that i suffer from ibs havent be diagnosed with it yet as there is no diagnosed for ibs but they just do all the other tests first then they say its ibs. iv had every test under the sun that i can think of iv had camera in the mouth x2 and camera in me rear end x2 and swallowed a lil camera a few months back and nothing i use cannabis so that i dont have to run to the toliet all day it auctlly stops me from goin wich is great so then i can go a bout my day. now i have been getting in some bad pain lately and being goin to hospital coz its really bad where i cant handle it anymore. well my second last visit to hospital was when i had a inflamed pancreas and they told me its from smoking cannabis i explaned that i only smoke 6 to 8 bongs a day everyday and they blamed it straight on the cannabis. then i went in the other day with bad pains and explaned i was in hear last time with a inflamed pancreas and they said its from smoking. we done some more bloods and nothing came bak so then they proseded to tell me that im killing my pancreas and that i will end up dieabetic and after that death i smoke for my problems and i also like to smoke with mates when ever i get to see them. well turns out the pain is from bad food i must of ate beacuse i had a bad morning yesterday iv only had 1 cone in days to let my tolerence drop a bit. not sure if this is in the right spot if not im sure some one will move it. thats it i guess

[Stix87]

hey frazz iv been seeing a gastroenterologist for 3 years now and still nothing mate im learning more bout my body over the years / what agrees with me and what doesnt.

[everest]

big mistake telling em you use gods meds man . mr5s e is theatre nurse now , whenever drugs are mentioned secondary care follows ... they talk about you an diagnose you easily .. drug user .. wh ooooooooo ..

all the best

ev

[Stix87]

i see where ya coming from mate i like to be honest bout everything that way nothing can be missed

[htbj]

That sucks man I'm in a similar boat with IBD I find the mj helps with all my symptoms. I told my gastro Dr and they reckon it's just the cigarettes

[Stix87]

hey htbj thanks for droping in yeah from what i undrstand ibs and ibd are very similar cannabis helps me heaps it stops the urge from wanting to go to the toliet wich can last for hours from 430 in morning all they way until lunch on a bad day but have 1 cone and thats it no more running to the toliet for me helps with my stomach pains

[Mama Cass]

Hey Stix. I find it helpful in situations like this to start at the beginning & work backwards . I'd go check just how the pancreas functions & why. What are the advantages/diadvantages of it then work back to their diagnosis, see if it tallys.

 

Ya got me thinkin now. Can see me spending my day on google! . Maybe it cannabis causing my dehydration???? No doc can answer that one!!

 

Here's a start. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Pancreas_explained

 

Has anyone tested your kidney function, checked your BSL (blood sugar level). Did the hospital do any tests like that or did they take a stab at it?

 

Surely after all this time something would be showing toward kidney failure or diabetes, so why hasn't it already been picked up?

Edited August 26, 2012 by Mama Cass

[Stix87]

hey mama cass iv done a few bsl tests when i have been to ed and times where iv had to stay in ova night. yeah im pretty sure iv had a kidney function test iv had so many tests now so much bloods as well as stool samples, camera tests in both ends x 2 and also swallowed a lil camera a few months back also had a ct scan , my bowels were folding into its self a few years back wich took them along time to find a simple ultra sound found that problem. hopefully one day i get answers

[merl1n]

I totally agree with helping yourself, you are the only one who knows what works for you. And although Dr's are involved they only need to know the symptoms. If there is an easy out for them they will use it. The problem is smoking. The medical fraternity is against smoking. Tobacco is being aimed at presently and no matter what the ailment smoking is the cause. If they cannot find a diagnosis the cause can be smoking, its a fall back position There is also rumours going round the primary health sector that due to the rising costs of health care smokers may be excluded from accessing some services, lets hope not.

I have previously informed the dr's and specialists of my cannabis use and will never do it again. There is automatically a 'label' you get when you disclose. Cannabis is illegal, illicit. You are an illicit drug user, that is a crime, That makes you a criminal. Now this is a bit extreme, I agree, but in my medical file is a statement saying I smoke cannabis and that follows me everywhere. Now I use it medically and initially like you I was free and open but the judgement made on me due to the fact I smoke a bit of weed, (OK, so quite a bit of weed) was the cause of all my ailments until they actually found something they could pinpoint.

Still years after they had their bloody 'diagnosis' I'm an illicit drug user, so that places me in that column and the judgement is made automatically.

 

Cannabis has no scientific proof that the AMA (Australian Medical Assosciation) will support and trying to get a Dr who will, publicly, support its use is rare, very rare. Some Drs may 'turn a blind eye' but to publicly support.........You'll be lucky.

 

My advice. Don't disclose. Investigate for yourself, the information is out there somewhere, but don't disclose.

 

Merl1n

[Vape]

sounds like ya doctor has shares in Du Pont .Cannabis is the safest active medically accepted substance on the planet. I believe injestion is the key. The only reason cannabis is illegal is so the billionaries stay billionaries ..

 

Your doctor is obviously not very well educated. id get a few opinions..

 

Sirvapealot :-D

[Stix87]

heys guys back again thought i would let ya know whats goin on. first up ya right merlin i wont be telling any doctors that i use cannabis as med/ rec ever again as im sick of being labeled a drug addict. they ask me do you use needles and stupid questions like that yeah im drugie coz i smoke cannabis . now last time i was at ed the doc said i will never put weight on while im smoking cannabis and guess what iv put on 3 to 4 kg and still smoking so he can blow that theroy out of his ass. also like to add that i now have a job working part time in a factory where i can run to the loo as much as i want its not easy working while ya sick but im trying my best to keep pushing throu it some days harder than others. it feels weird working again after so many years sitting at home or stuck in a hospital bed :bonghit: