Documenting my treatment and progress
I must apologize for not posting here for a while. No sinister reasons at all, in fact rather the opposite: I ve been very well and rather distracted by normal life! It s seven years, three months and almost a week since my final we cannot cure you diagnosis. I just had the results back from my... Read More
This is a guest post from a friend who has been battling a significant brain tumour and has been taking cannabis oil in addition to his palliative treatments: To be grandiose for just a second, I have some reports back from the frontline in the centuries-old ‘battle’ against cancer. Thought you might find them enlightening,... Read More
Countless numbers of people are prescribed opioids for pain relief. Countless numbers of people s lives are harmed and even ruined by the subsequent problems that dependence, addiction and withdrawal bring. Cannabis has been shown time and time again, year after year, study after study, to be effectively harmless and not physically addictive. This is in... Read More
In order to start a plant you have to have a seed. (I m ignoring cloning plants because you still need to have an established plant before you can try that.) Cannabis seeds are legal to own in most parts of the world, but in many places they are also illegal to germinate. Yeah, I know:... Read More
I had a letter from my oncologist. But first, it’s been quite a while since my last post, so a recap is probably in order. Cue wavy lines and flashback VFX...
My cannabis oil is made by drying harvested plants, soaking them in virtually pure (95% or better) ethyl alcohol, filtering all the plant solids out, then cooking off the alcohol. What’s left is highly potent, highly sticky oil. But to get the best oil you have to put in serious time at the filtering stage.... Read More
This article is specifically about the Green Oil Machine (GOM) and similar water distillers. These are kinds of air still. The GOM is marketed and supported specifically for extracting cannabis oil from buds and leaves, but it s basically an air still with a built-in thermostat. This is what I currently use for producing my medicine,... Read More
It is an immense shock when you get a cancer diagnosis. I know this very well. Your world is turned upside down, you re suddenly facing one or more alarming medical processes and procedures, and you will probably feel helpless and hopeless. Don t panic. Please, try not to. It won t help and it can hurt. Instead,... Read More
A quick how-to guide for vaping cannabis safely AND discreetly Some of my friends use cannabis for pain relief. They love using oil for long-lived relief, but they smoke joints occasionally for fast results, especially with ‘breakthrough’ pain. One friend has been on prescription Tramadol tablets and Fentonyl patches for years, for fibromyalgia and arthritis... Read More
I just had another oncology meeting after my latest CT scan. I always like meeting my oncologist; he grins wider and shakes my hand harder each time. What he said to me today was that we’re in “uncharted territory.” He had originally expected by now to be setting up my next level of cancer treatment... Read More