Crohns Disease and bud

[trynagethigh]

Hello All,

I was diagnosed with IBD/Crohns when I was 14 years old and have had it since. I have tried every legal drug prescribed to me and have also had two surgeries to resection my colon. There seems to be a new medicine known as Remicade that is now out but Im really not trying to have someone inject me with mouse antibodies. To make a long story short I smoked bud back in grammar school but had stopped until I was in my twenties when me and a buddy went out and I smoked a joint with him and BAM! my pain and bloating had ceased. I have been smoking ever since. My fiancee refuses to believe what I tell her and insists that I just want to get high. Hell to be perfectly honest I dont think I get high anymore as its not the focus of my smoking. If anyone out there has Crohns then you know this disease is a real bitch to deal with. The pain, diahrrea, blolating, etc. all ceases when I get the THC in my bloodstream, so to answer any questions as to its medicinal value, yes it does calm the intestines and inner GI system by stopping the spasms of the colon and such. I also notice that nicotine does help as well but the bud is what really calms it and I can lead a somewhat normal life. I dont know the medical long term effects of the bud but I will tell you this, as long as it provides me some relief to Crohns I will be smoking it...LOL. People just dont know what its like to have a 24 hour stomach ache you cant get rid of.

Tryna

trynagethigh Reviewed by trynagethigh on 01-19-2007. Crohns Disease and bud Hello All, I was diagnosed with IBD/Crohns when I was 14 years old and have had it since. I have tried every legal drug prescribed to me and have also had two surgeries to resection my colon. There seems to be a new medicine known as Remicade that is now out but Im really not trying to have someone inject me with mouse antibodies. To make a long story short I smoked bud back in grammar school but had stopped until I was in my twenties when me and a buddy went out and I smoked a joint with Rating: 5

[420izzle]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...p?newsid=28584
print this link and show your fiance. It's the real deal.

[trynagethigh]

If anyone else has Crohns I would love to hear from you, I only know one person who has Crohns and she is an older lady (about 65) but does not smoke, shes actually taking the same meds I was taking 20 years ago, some medical advancement huh? 20 years later and still no cure, what the hell is really going on? Crohns patients reach out to me, lets talk.

[trynagethigh]

Thanks for the info 420iz. You have it too?

[420izzle]

No...I don't. I wish you the best man. I have another gastrointestinal 'disorder'. I supposedly have a mystery allergy is the crap they've settle on. I've been to the alergy specialist and doctors and I've tracked my foods etc. Anyway, they think it's an alergy. Basically, after hours of stomach cramping and pain, I do the bowel movement thing, like my body is ridding of evil (always diahrea) and immediatly start hiving all over, then I go into
anaphylactic shock...and that sucks and sends me to the hospital sometimes. I've learned to deal with it in ways, but I find that if I keep cannabis in me, I don't have the problem. Sorry for the details...

[trynagethigh]

No apologies necessary 420, seems we both have the same shit..no pun intended. I feel ya pain brotha, ssometimes I gotta be a contortionist on the shitter sometime just to cut a fart.

Tryna

[Breukelen advocaat]

No...I don't. I wish you the best man. I have another gastrointestinal 'disorder'. I supposedly have a mystery allergy is the crap they've settle on. I've been to the alergy specialist and doctors and I've tracked my foods etc. Anyway, they think it's an alergy. Basically, after hours of stomach cramping and pain, I do the bowel movement thing, like my body is ridding of evil (always diahrea) and immediatly start hiving all over, then I go into
anaphylactic shock...and that sucks and sends me to the hospital sometimes. I've learned to deal with it in ways, but I find that if I keep cannabis in me, I don't have the problem. Sorry for the details...

Have you been checked for Celiac Disease? I have it, and many of the classic symptoms are similar to yours. Over 95% of people sick with Celiac, which is two to three million in the U.S. (1 in a hundred people), don't know that they have it. It's one of the most undiagnosed and misdiagnosed diseases in medicine.

Aso, are you really serious that if you have marijuana in you, there are no symptoms at all? If so, that's pretty amazing.

[Nailhead]

Hey man I've got Crohns disease too, and in fact I just logged on to find out about medical marijuana. I actually just had to take a day off work because I had a bad reaction to some medicine I started about a week ago, that is Prednisone. It felt like my heart beat was very weak, I couldn't sleep at all, my eyes were bloodshot and because it lowers your immune system I got a cold. After reading up on WebMD about some side effects, such as heart failure, I'm sure as hell never going to go back on that stuff! I still feel a little weird right now, I had to go to urgent care last night but I should be fine in a few days.

Anyway, I rarely smoke because I have a commercial drivers license so as part of federal law my work performs random drug tests. However, I'm thinking about learning a little bit more about how to pass those and taking the chance because after taking some medicine that could very well have killed me I think its worth it. I use to smoke all the time when I was younger, so I'm well aware of the side effects, but they are certainly nothing like what I've had to deal with this past week!

I smoked about a month ago and couldn't believe how great I felt, I always have a hard time keeping an appetite, but just a little smoke and I eat easily twice as much as I normally will with no stomach pains. I have been curious as to how it can help long term with Crohns, and I think I'm going to go ahead and try it out.

I live in California, where medical marijuana is sort of legal, (only by state), but when I asked my doctor he kind of laughed it off like I wasn't serious. I might bring it up again with a little bit more of a serious tone and see what he says, but I have a feeling most doctors want to stay away from that contraversory.

About how long have you been smoking? Have you asked your doctor about medical marijuana or is that not legal in your state?

[harris7]

just so you know, Crohns D is a medical cannabis Disease in Canada.
So you can tell that to your g/f

Also,

you said you dont really get "high"
the same effect occurs with opiates. You only get high if you are not in pain. If you are in pain morphine or w/e acts only on the pain and you dont get high, you just dont feel the pain. (unless you take more than you need)

harris

[trynagethigh]

Man its good to hear from everybody.

Breuk no I have never been check for Celiac, I will defintely do some research tonight, and yes when I do smoke one I can actually feel my insides relax and the symptoms slow tremendously. With me what happens is the intestines become inflamed and when the food passes by the inflamed part it creates the pain. I have had two surgeries so far, one to resection my colon and when they went inside they said it was so inflamed they ende up giving me a temporary colostomy bag. I was only suppose to keep it for 6 months but I ended up keeping it for a year and a half. That was the best thing that happened to me. Hell after surgery I gained 30 pounds in one month, although the 3 hots and a cot all day long had a lot to do with it.

Nail, man I know that prednisone will do that to you. My face blew up like a balloon and I had the munchies constantly. I was also taking Librax, Asacol, Flagyl(Metronidazole) at one point, Xanax at night to counter the prednisone so I could sleep, and Azulfidine. I have to get some prednisone now cause mine has been bothering me since last week and the smoke I get here aint been that great lately. Gotta better blend coming soon though. I have been back to smoking for about 5 years now. My first smoke was at 8. Found a roach of my brothers and lit that puppy up. Man that shit had me so zooted I sat in the corner of the room scared shitless to come out cause I thought my grandma would know. I started really at about 15. I did notice that my symptoms slowed but shit I was scared to tell the doctor I smoked weed..LOL. I stopped at about 17 and didnt start back until 5 years ago. Far as I know it's illegal here in IL.

Harris I think mine flared up this time cause the stuff I had lately was crap, and yes you are right, the THC seems to go where its needed. Think I'm going to try my hand at a grow box somewhere at somebody's house with some quality fem seeds, but I need to do a little research to see if there is any particular strain that is good for this. I need to be halfway uncooked cause I run a business from home, but I also need a nice amount of THC as well.

Damn 420iz, you go into shock? Man you have it bad. Watch your diet too. Stay away from milk and dairy, they'll have you locke up tighter than a bass drum. Try to stick to baked or broiled stuff and definitely no cabbage, nuts, or seeds.

If anyone has heard of any particular strain that is good for this let me know.

Tryna