Quote Originally Posted by Kandii
Hi! Have been looking on the www to find info. Im 40 (you wouldnt know ;o) female and from UK. I have had UC (colitis) 18 odd years am a tad fed up with it. Huge flare 16 years ago, then another a year later, this was when I had my children. Settled ok since until 2 years ago, made the mistake of holiday in Tunisia, its outside Europe so coli different....since then been on and off steriods, take azacol all the time, tried azathioprine (yuk) Anyways, getting very sick of looking for answers, so thought I may try a bit of this! Have access to vaporiser. What sort of amount should i be thinking about using how many times a week?? I had some on Saturday but was wiped all Sunday as had too much, even tho it was fun! Do work, so need to be practical! Lol. Dont smoke and never have and dont want to. Wouldnt mind cooking with it, dont really care as long as it works. How long is it til you notice any change? Thanks for listening and hopefully I'll get some answers! Kandii 'Im a Newbie'
right then. I medicate using cannabis only, am 20 from leeds. i was on asacol like you are, taking 6 tablets a day. i stopped these though they made me worse, same goes for colozide. prospect of taking any of these NHS meds now scares me so simply not an option anymore, not when i know weed works.
when i smoke this is what happens: INSTANT relief, pain and cramping disappear, slows gut transit so fewer stools (rarely find myself needing loo after smoking a spliff) and better formation. ideally i could roll big fat spliffs with strong indica strains all the time as i am sure this would be better, unfortunately i have to ration what i smoke and i don't know what strains/species i egt when i pick up. smoke half a spliff before food and half a spliff after is a good thing to go by.
I don't often bake with it as I cannot guarantee that the weed i get is free from pollution, smoking 'dirty' weed is less of a risk i think than eating it (though neither is desirable but this is the uk). if you know you have good clean stuff though i would bake with it > has a more subtle effect doesn't kick in straight away but definitely improves your colitis. In amsterdam i ate space cakes and had a great nights sleep, it does numb the pain as well and you'll experience fewer stools. in summary; probably provides longer lasting effect than smoking but is not as immediate and instant. put about 3.5 grams (an eighth) into about 12 buns, don't leave in oven longer than is necessary. before adding to mixture, melt pan of butter and sprinkle the weed in, leaving it on a low flame for 10 minutes as THC dissolves better in fatty solutions, then add to rest of mixure.
vaping is the way to go! i don't have one myself but it is the benefits of the herb without inhaling bacci or vegetable matter. had a go on a mates the other week- as effective as smoking i would say, but i'd had a biff as well so could not really distinguish.

Look up Sativex, we need more and more people in england to start asking about this. it is an oral cannabis spray you adminster under your tongue. i have tried getting it but the PCT are swines and won't let me have it, instead i must continue to street deal