Would you tell an older "churchtype" lady you could score some weed

[Inchworm]

If you thought it would help?

Doesn't it help with the stomach problems of chemo?

:hi:

[annabanana]

1. I would approach it very gingerly. .

"You know.. there is something that might help. . ."

That way you could get a read on her first reaction to the suggestion. . before you have to expose your unsavory connections :P

[Inchworm]

4. I'm no doctor

I just assume that it would help. I'd hate to make anything worse.

She knows my unsavory ways.. . .well, you know.

:P

[annabanana]

7. I have read in many many places that it

DOES have a salutory effect on nausea..

[HillbillyBob]

28. I a long term HIV/AIDs and 3x cancer survivor.

The short answer is YES. It helps with the chemo/ radiation/ and hiv meds nausea, it helps with the gut spasms, it also helps with managing pain, it does not take away the pain, but it helps me get a handle on it. If I take oxycontin or other opiates I get sick from them and they do not really help the pain.

[Inchworm]

30. Thanks!

I was kind of fishing for real world experience here as well

:yourock:

[WhiteTara]

35. do you eat it or smoke it?

If you eat it, do you cook it? Thanks.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. Ask her if she likes brownies,

and then bake, baby, bake................

[Hepburn]

3. OMG.....

...Alice B. Toklas lives! :applause:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. Hey,

she never died..........

:)

[Inchworm]

5. Funny you mentioned this!

That would be my delivery method!!! LoL :rofl:

I made her some salt-free sourdough bread and she loved it. Some treatment she had mandated NO salt for 2 weeks.. or something.

:hi:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

11. You're a very nice person,

and I'll bet she's fully open to - and grateful for - your help.

And, yes, grass does ease nausea associated with some medications.

You really are nice ......................

:toast:

[Inchworm]

16. hehe

to show how suprized she was with the bread and how well she knows me...

she offered to pay me with beer. I love 'er. :rofl:

:toast:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

18. She did?

And you're wondering if she'll be open to the idea of herb?

I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Just have stuff on hand when the munchies hit ................

:hi:

[Inchworm]

20. brownies.. AND

chocolate chip cookies!

I'm not too good at hiding my insanity :)

:crazy:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. Well, thank you

for letting me take a little bit of your fine ride with you.

Twisted is nice..........

[SammyWinstonJack]

41. Let her know upfront what the 'secret' ingredient is.

:smoke:

[burning rain]

15. That would probably go over better than offering P&P, at least.

:D

[Tangerine LaBamba]

19. OK, you got me -

what's P&P?

[burning rain]

39. Getting together......

to do drugs and have sex.

[pansypoo53219]

37. so i could just put in brownies?

i really cannot stand the smell of pot. i figure i would hate smoking it.

[KakistocracyHater]

6. no, you're supposed to have a friend there

& then casually mention, ignoring the older lady, that some doctors are actually recommending marijuana to counteract the chemo. Never look at her, just be sure to say it loud enough, & mention perhaps the whereabouts of someone...

Rather like std's amongst the elderly, just loudly complain that tetracycline no longer takes care of (put an std here) & there's more to worry about for the post-menopausal women than they realize. I saw the ep of Daily Show where they were attempting to tackle the very thing.

[annabanana]

8. very good. . . n/t

[Inchworm]

9. My tact is.. umm..

less abstract. :rofl:

I just worry. I guess it comes with age. I know four people rather close who are having various cancer issues.

The Inchworm Cartel of skrew the man!

:D

PS: good idea though

[lunatica]

10. Ask her straight out if she's ever considered smoking pot for the nausea

and other symptoms. Then go from there. How she answers give you your cue

[Inchworm]

14. That's more my style

But it does IN FACT help with the side-effects of chemo?

:)

[dflprincess]

21. I've been told by those whose used it that is does help with the side effects

It also allowed them to keep food down and a person's body certainly doesn't need to deal with being malnourished and cancer at the same time.

There's also been some threads around here the last few days that it may also work as an anti-cancer agent.

[Inchworm]

26. Thought so

thanks.

:)

[HillbillyBob]

33. Yes it actually blocks some of the signals between the brain

and the stomach..I honestly forget the body /mind mechanism.
I have had to take some really really vile meds that made me heave to the point where it was triggering seizures (epilepsy on top of everything else).
Another recommended method is called vaporising. It does not burn the material, but gets warm enough to release the thc, so you don't have the coughing associated.I sure could use some now!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. First off ...start by calling it

Medicinal Marijuana ;)

[Inchworm]

17. That would imply

doctorness.

Weed, grass, hmm.. devilweed? :D

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. exactly ...ask her if her docter has mentioned it as

an alternative method ....

I tell you though...do something to get the conversation started. What can it hurt? All she can do is say: are you crazy :D

[LostInAnomie]

24. Just start blowing bong hits in her face.

She'll either get the idea or you'll just get pretty high. Either way you feel like you've done some good.

[Inchworm]

25. Noted

I don't mess with the stuff myself. All ANYONE needs is for me to think deeper or ramble longer :rofl:

:hi:

[sam sarrha]

27. here is a >>Link>>

http://www.jackherer.com/


http://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html


http://www.jackherer.com/chapter06.html
Marijuana was America’s number-one analgesic for 60 years before the rediscovery of aspirin around 1900. From 1842 to 1900, cannabis made up half of all medicine sold, with virtually no fear of its high.

Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, NORML, High Times and Omni magazine (September 1982) all indicate that, if marijuana were legal it would immediately replace 10-20% of all pharmaceutical prescription medicines (based on research through 1976). And probably, Mechoulam estimates, 40-50% of all medicines, including patent medicines, could contain some extract from the cannabis plant when fully researched.

[Inchworm]

29. You rock!

Just what I needed.!!

Thanks a heap.

:yourock:

[Webster Green]

31. It works great for nausea from chemotherapy..

When I did chemo, if I didn't have any reefer, I would need to bring a puke bucket with me for the drive home.

If I had pot before my injections, I would stop for a cheezeburger on the way home. No shit! :P

[Inchworm]

32. Awesome!

I'm so doing this.

Thanks.

:)

[Hippo_Tron]

34. I absolutely would offer it

Remember, it's not really a vice if you're using it for medicinal purposes.

[Inchworm]

36. I'll use that line

:D

[Dappleganger]

38. Definitely!

Granny may surprise you--when people are in pain they don't care where they get relief. I took it while going through BC twice and would do it again in a heartbeat.

Where did my stash come from? My sister-in-law with MS. ;)

[The Straight Story]

40. Tell her Jesus turned your cigarette into pot and told you to give it to her

and if she didn't smoke it she would go to hell.

:)

[MagickMuffin]

42. Dr. Lester Grinspoon has been studying Cannabis since the 60's

His research at first was anti-Cannabis, but he soon found out how it could help his son who was diagnosed with Leukemia. Since then his research has been to prove the effectiveness of Cannabis.

Maybe you could approach the topic by suggesting Cannabis instead of Marijuana since MJ has been used in such government propaganda as of how dangerous.


http://www.marijuana-uses.com/

Good Luck