CANCER! Fight it with THC/CBD oil!!

[GregWeld]

So this update won’t be fun for anyone to read....

I had a PET Scan Friday — and the docs called and their words were “it’s spread everywhere”. Bones - glute (weird huh) - galbladder - soft tissue in my back (the stab wound I described on Facebook)... many more lymph nodes - lungs.... and a cyst on the brain. Yep - that’s pretty much “everywhere”.

I know in my heart that THC and CBD is what got me the extra 3 years I’ve had since the first “you’ve got 6 months to live”.... and I probably should have taken more and done it for longer with the second diagnosis... but I wanted to experiment and see if I could just hold it at bay with CBD and less THC so that quality of life would be “balanced” — less high — thus more “doing”. The things I like to do are not conducive to being stoned. So I went with an attitude of “if I can just stretch this out a bit” versus going for a complete cure.

I did the 60 grams in 90 days the second time around — and when my next CT scan showed the cancer spot had only grown 1cm — I was good with that “pace”. The difference was it didn’t knock it clear out like it had with my liver cancer. I knew this was going to be a tougher battle because of the location. The lymph nodes vs the liver. The liver is going to filter 100% of your blood so it’s going to get a full on hit of the THC/CBD - whereas the lymph nodes live in a different environment.... they use lymph fluid.... As I sit here today - I’d have made the same choice.

What I did wrong was to stop taking anything when the Mayo guys said I had cured the liver cancer (9 months after the initial diagnosis). I should have probably kept up with a maintenance dose. But chose to keep my ammo dry and stopped taking anything. My thinking at the time was - I don’t want my body to get used to this - I’d rather keep this in reserve for a full shock and awe should I need it again. Who the Fk knows. It’s just guessing. I’m still happy I stayed away from the whole chemo bit.

So I’ve traded in the “pot” for morphine..... now it’s just managing end of life. What a long strange trip it’s been!