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‘Without marijuana, I’d probably be dead’
Written by Katie Kerwin McCrimmon on Feb 22nd, 2012. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org
Good for you that you have found what can control your illness. Hopfully the fight with the Feds will be over son and you and myself as many others who need it can feel free to live a pain free life. I have Neropathy and sever muscles spasams along with sever pain from arthritis and think I would end my own life witout the ability to control my bodys downfalls with medical marijuana. I am so sorry you are living the life you are, due to the ignorance of others including our goverment
This story does not hold together well. There are only 8 reports on this condition in the literature (some are merely historic, relating to Leeuwenhoek). The only successful treatment was the phrenic nerve crushing, which yielded long-lasting effects, long after the nerve regenerated. That paper describes a way to test whether the approach would work. Did the staff at Children’s try that? Their solution, MJ, is not necessarily in the patient’s best interest, psychosocially or medically, if a better option is available. And a cheaper one.
Crushing the phrenic nerve may be affective, however, the diaphragm on the side which the nerve is cut/crushed is permanently paralyzed. The diaphragm then rises and the lung on that side collapses. I feel like using medicinal cannabis is more in the patients interest. There does exist CBD rich cannabis, which has low THC levels and does not produce nearly as much of a “high”.