Quote Originally Posted by kwilal
Been a few months since I posted here. Nothing bugs me like folks who post a story about someone starting the Simpson Oil and then never giving an update as to progress or failure. Anyway, thanks WKRMN on your fathers update, saying a prayer for him. Let's see if I can keep this short & sweet, a Reader's Digest condensed version if you will.
August 2012 I get the news I've got pancreatic cancer.
September 2012 Got my guts removed with a Whipple Procedure which supposedly increased my 3-year survival rate from 6% to 20%.
December 2012-February 2013 Chemo & radiation. They left the chemo port in my chest, said they'd need it when they came back with more chemo this summer.
March 2013 rolls around and a guy I know ask me if I'm familiar with Simpson Oil. Check it out on the computer when I get home and figure I've got nothing to lose. This guy has a license in Michigan to grow pot legally and turns me on to a 10ml syringe full of this Simpson Oil. Looks, smells and taste like the bottom of an ashtray. Thick & sticky. Start taking it the beginning of May, eat about a ML (or gram) a day. The CT scan I had in April showed a few things still going on down there. I take the Simpson Oil every day while trying to educate myself on it.
July 2013 rolls around and we do another scan, somebody messed something up (or did they?) because the Doc (oncologist) was having a hard time trying to understand what they had written in the report. Doc gets pissed and decides we'll just do another scan in 2 months.
August 2013 I bought a rice cooker and coffee cup warmer (thanks for the recommendations, Growgoddess) and made my own using 99% ISO from Amazon, turned out fine.
Early October 2013 brings around another scan. Went to see the Doc last week for results (5 1/2 month mark for the Oil) and he's happy as hell. If you knew the Doc you'd know he ain't a happy kind of guy. He tells me it appears things are shrinking and for the first time in 15 months mentions the word remission. Says all my numbers are great. I haven't told him yet about the medical marijuana I've been doing, haven't decided if I ever will.
Is pot curing me? I don't know. It's still too early to tell and no one could have an intelligent answer based on one scan. Maybe it's the pot, maybe it's the holy water my sister buys me from Lourdes, maybe it's all the vitamins & supplements I've been taking, maybe it's the prayers. Hell, maybe it's all of them combined. All I know is that I'm getting better while fighting a disease that took my grandmother and now wants me. For the first time since this ordeal started I feel like there may be hope. A chance hit on a Googled website brought me to Cannibis.com and here, Growgoddess's post. The things I have learned may save my life, I surely hope so, and for that I thank all of you who have posted here.
So, that's where we stand today. Now that I've talked your ear off, it's time for another question. How much longer should I continue this regimen until I cut back to a maintenance dose? The main reason I'm asking is I've been off work since August 2012 and found out after 18 months it's in the contract that we lose our seniority. Don't want to lose that as I've been there 31 years. Not sure if it would lead to being dismissed (and losing my insurance) as no one has ever been out that long. Anyway, I figured I'd just keep doing the Oil until the end of December (another 2 months) then dry out for a month so I could take a return to work physical and hopefully pass a piss test. This would get me back before my end-of-February deadline. Ideally I'd like to stay on it full time until the next scan but I guess 2 months is better than nothing. Any input from Growgoddess and the rest of you would be appreciated. Thanks again for all you've done.
Ken
Well, it's been two months since I last posted and thought I'd give a minor update. While there is plenty of feedback on how to make RSO in this thread there's not much input from those who are actually taking it. Last night was my final (hopefully) regular dose of RSO, as of now I will just be on maintenance doses. Looking back at it now it's hard to believe I've been doing RSO for almost 8 months straight. What started out as a controllable high 8 months ago has turned into a real chore at the end. I started taking RSO about 9PM when I started, it made for a great night's sleep and I found myself waking 12 hours or so later. As time went on things would slowly change. Falling asleep at 9PM would drag out until midnight or later. Waking up around 6AM became the new norm. My appetite during all this has been spotty, some days I want to pig out, others I don't eat at all. I went from 250# down to 175# after the operation, can't say the RSO ever increased or decreased my appetite. One thing that did change during the RSO use was how I handle food intake. I feel great in the morning and I'm usually hungry when I awake, so I eat. Since the operation removed half my stomach meals are usually smaller and more frequent. About 4 months ago I started getting stomach pains about 4PM every afternoon. These got to be quite intense after awhile and the pain would be unbearable, usually going away after taking a Norco or Vicodin. This was usually shared with extreme bouts of gas. Passing gas would bring some relief but after a couple weeks I found out that if I ate something the pain would go away for a few hours. Sounds easy enough but if you've ever tried to eat when experiencing a stomach ache it's damn near impossible. Doc says I have a mild case of anorexia, hope I lose it as I'd like to put a few pounds on. I'm hoping the pains may have been from the RSO and maybe something to do with chlorophyll or something. Guess I'll find out soon enough.
Anxiety attacks and panic attacks became a reality about 2 months ago. Watching TV I'd see something funny and laugh my ass off, 5 minutes later something sad would appear and the tears would flow. These were emotions that would have never surfaced in the past, I'm a biker, not an emotional guy. Now for the worse part of this whole thing, the short term memory loss. I've pretty much turned into a friggin' zombie. The clock on the wall needs a new battery but I found that if I set the hands forward manually it'll start again for a few more days. This has been going on since Halloween. I know it'll only take 10 minutes to open it up and change it but I just can't bring myself around to doing it. Dishes in the sink have been there just as long. 2 minute jobs take an hour. 5 minute jobs take a week. Spend 10 minutes looking for my glasses and I'm wearing them. Geez, I hope it really is short term.
The last thing I'd like to touch on is support. I would not recommend doing RSO without the support of a spouse or family. I'm a semi-private kinda guy and although this may sound selfish I don't know if I'd want to go through all this again by myself. No spouse or girlfriend in my life at this time but family checks on me once a week or so. If I had to do it again I'd definitely want someone to hold my hand through this. Just the comforting factor would be a godsend. Someone to worry about all the little things so you don't have to. The last thing I needed during all this was to be worried about paying bills and disability checks, etc. The insurance company stopped my disability checks in August, and an appeal was finally approved 3 days ago. Almost 5 months without a check, thank God for the folks. Anyway, that's about where we stand at the moment. Would I do it again? Sure, but let's hope I won't have to. I go back for another scan the first week of January, hopefully the good news will continue. I'll post again then. Thanks again for all those here who have helped me get through this. God knows it wasn't easy.
Ken