Cucuy

I’ve actually had chemotherapy 14 years ago I actually had cancer before but I’m ok now and when it happened to me I recovered extremely well. Within a year I was back to running marathons again after the cancer. I haven’t even had a follow up appointment or a CT scan in a few years in fact I’m over due for a CT scan and a colonoscopy now but my oconus TRICARE insurance will cover that expense whenever I decide to get that done again. Luckily when I was diagnosed with cancer I was assigned to the Washington, D.C. area at the time so I was lucky enough to get treated at Walter Reed hospital and those doctors were awesome.

Sure,  the munchies -- a godsend for someone who's being pumped full of poison. How can a body possibly heal without nutrition?

We were typing at the same time with the mention of it being effective for nausea. 

Yes, there was no way I was going to take anymore chances with percocet. The nice thing about cannabis is that it can effectively help with nausea, and from what I understand, that's something the Big Pharma boys are still struggling with. 

 

That's a really tough history of injuries, and I'm sorry to hear of its extent. I hope you can find as much comfort and enjoyment as possible and also that your fellow countrymen appreciate the sacrifice you've made. 

 

Thank you I appreciate that. But I’m doing okay.

I remember once on Fort Bragg my wife was driving me back to the hospital for a post surgery follow up appointment and I was on Percocet at the time recovering from the surgery. And I remember puking my guts out out of the window of the passenger seat all up Butner Road. Marijuana actually helps prevent nausea that’s why it’s good for cancer patients on chemotherapy because it quenches their nausea and it puts them in a euphoric state.

It's great that you gave it a shot although you had no previous experience with the stuff. I use it, making my own oil-based edibles, and the only side effect I get from taking too much is a real good sleep and feeling a bit spacey the next morning.  

My only experience with opiates is when I broke my ankle badly. I didn't need any pain relief until a doctor botched the temporary splint he put on. Then I was given morphine, which had no effect, so I was given more. That didn't help either, so I was taken to X-ray, where they discovered the botched splint setting and had to knock me out to fix it. That required fentanyl and a strong sleeping medication to act as a general anesthetic. After I was actually put out for surgery some hours later and was being pushed out the door not long afterward, a nurse gave me two pills and told me to take them. Being spaced out, I didn't ask but then found out it was percocet. Within 20 minutes, I was puking violently and often, so they gave me a bed pan to puke into on the way home and a prescription for more percocet. All that stuff went into my system within 30 hours, and I was sick as a dog for 3 days. I never did fill the prescription and got by on cannabis and ibuprofen just fine.    

 

Thanks for the lowdown on your experience with it. Agreed that 1000 baht isn't a lot if you only need a little to be effective and it keeps you away from pills, especially opiates. 
 
Your mention that you're a disabled veteran reminded me that I had a neighbour in Na Jomtiem who was a US vet. He says he was subjected to experiments in the army, and as a result was left with debilitating pain in his hands. I was in his apartment one day, and he grabbed two medicine containers out of the fridge to show me what he was taking to cope with is pain One was morphine and the other was oxycodone. He hated taking them, so I hope he's found cannabis oil and it's working.  

Thanks for the lowdown on your experience with it. Agreed that 1000 baht isn't a lot if you only need a little to be effective and it keeps you away from pills, especially opiates. 

 

Your mention that you're a disabled veteran reminded me that I had a neighbour in Na Jomtiem who was a US vet. He says he was subjected to experiments in the army, and as a result was left with debilitating pain in his hands. I was in his apartment one day, and he grabbed two medicine containers out of the fridge to show me what he was taking to cope with is pain One was morphine and the other was oxycodone. He hated taking them, so I hope he's found cannabis oil and it's working.  

Yeah I’ve had multiple permanent injuries and multiple surgeries and I’ve been on morphine and oxycodone before myself and I never want to be on that stuff again ever because it hooks you fast and it seriously messes up your stomach bad. Medical marijuana is a million times better for chronic pain. And it has no negative side effects as long as you don’t take too much it’s just better to take a little because it’s pretty powerful. But I’m new to Cannabis so I have no previous experience using Cannabis until now.

So one is safe from the Cannabis tests with a permit then too? That sounds great, ADHD is on the list.

This may help a lot of you here in Thailand, I got my CBD permit to carry and use Cannabis on 2nd June from my Doctor. (who is licensed) Here is a site that may help:  https://thaicannabiscorporation.com/patient/
 
Good Luck
 
 

I changed from retirement to a marriage extension with no 400,000 baht in the bank, just my pension income only, on Monday.
 
Up in Khampaeng Phet the IO wasn't interested in the pension letters or TransferWise statements, only in the income coming int the bank. I topped up my BKK bank book and the IO sent my wife over to get photocopies of the bankbook and I went off to the town branch of BKK bank to get a letter confirming that over 40,000 baht was paid into that account.
 
Such a PITA but necessary. Next year should be easier as I have learnt a lot from this year.