Anyone use MJ for medical purposes?

Yea terrible reflux. To put it in perspective, last sunday I tried to eat my first meal of the day. I was so damn hungry. But I couldn't eat. I took two bites of a sandwhich, and it made me throw up. When my medicine quit working, after I had to take a break from MJ, I lost 10 pounds in a week. And I am a skinny motherfucker too.

oh yeah, i know that searing esophageal burning. medication doesn't help at all (or didn't in my case) because it's a physical, structural problem. you have a hole in your diaphragm! when i had the hernia repair (and i was 17 at the time), i also had a procedure called a nissen fundoplication - basically 1/4 of my stomach was wrapped tightly around my esophagus, kind of like a beef roast. now, my stomach acid stays in my stomach, where it belongs. i can't throw up, but it was absolutely completely worth it to stop that pain.

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Originally Posted by Storm Crow

I use cannabis daily to prevent migraines and my adult sons give me flack for it. Frankly, I don't care! THEY have never wanted to bang their heads against a wall because of the pain! THEY have never felt like screaming when a bright light hits their eyes! THEY have never had sounds go through their heads like a knife! When I went to college (at age 50), I was using food stamps, a PELL grant and doing work/study (2 jobs- tutor and bio lab slave). It wasn't easy, but it can be done! I graduated with honors. Tell your parents to take a flying leap and make your own way! - Granny:hippy:

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I may just print out the city ordinance regarding medical marijuana, and get a recommendation from a doctor here, and confront my parents and tell them that it helps. I'm still scared of what they'd do though. I mean, no matter how many times I say "I hate my family and never want to see them again", I don't entirely mean it. I mean my dad doesn't have a very good record of treating me and my brothers with respect, but he's still my dad. I only have one, and if we end up cutting ties, I know I will regret it later.

They just don't understand the frustration of being in absolute pain, and the only thing that helps worth a damn is illegal.

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Originally Posted by missybit

i had a hiatal hernia, but had it stiched up (and the doc took pictures for me!). almost 10 years later, i haven't had any problems from it. do you also have reflux? they often go together.

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Question. What exactly do they do? Like do they have to open your whole chest? I have a huge fear of anything penatrating my skin.

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Originally Posted by GotWake88

Question. What exactly do they do? Like do they have to open your whole chest? I have a huge fear of anything penatrating my skin.

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nope, they do it laproscopically. I have 5 small scars, each about an inch long, in a sort of circle around my belly, and one right above my navel. sometimes i tell people i had a bellybutton ring ripped out, and sometimes i tell them i was shot, just to see if they believe me.