Stoutman, that is not good but then you yourself are qualified enough to know that. Yes, anything you can do is most likely best discussed with you MD/GP first. You don't want to damage yourself in the process.
TD: Well, am I ever pleased to hear that. Sounds like you are going the right direction and you may even find you other conditions improving with time. So, do keep it up, you'll feel much better for it.
My wife just had another appointment at the Hospital on Thursday and we finally managed to persuade the head of the pain clinic to send a letter of recommendation to her GP (MD is the USA), asking him to finally prescribe either Sativex or Donabinol (both Cannabis based legal medications) to her.
I know there are some here that'll inevitably shout out the usual 'don't take drugs' slogan but cannabis is a well known and valued medication. I just really go the hump with the Hospital who kept refusing to write this letter but at the same time recommending that my wife continue smoking it. Sorry? What on earth are we paying our National Insurance contributions for, if the one drug that actually alleviates her spinal pain, muscle tension and as a side effect increases her appetite, is to be bought illegally, on the black market run by criminals with little or no respect for human health or life (ie. spraying plants with insecticides and fungicides) and me having to deal with these people, paying out of my own pocket, plus of course running the risk of getting arrested.
Let's see what her GP makes of this letter. There is a chance that he will refuse but with that letter we can at least then go and find one that is more in favour of natural treatments then trying to ram more chemicals down her throat, which in turn require other chemicals in an attempt to combat the side effects of the first batch.
Sorry for the rant. I needed that.
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