I never thought I would use medical cannabis.
Never in my life did I think I would ever use medical cannabis.
After three car accidents and two slips and falls on our non-slip ramp, I had a lot of damage to my neck and lower back.
I didn’t want to have surgery, but the doctor told me if I didn’t, I may never walk again. I had the surgery, and I can now walk without help, but I have a chronic pain that tylenol doesn’t touch. My doctor sent me to a pain management clinic, but there was no relief, even after several injections into the area where I had pain. The only thing he could offer me was a prescription to get my medical marijuana ID card and purchase medical marijuana. I wasn’t happy getting medical marijuana, but he told me it would work better than anything else he could give me. Since I wasn’t having any of his suggestions about different pain killers, he said that natural relief was his only plan, and that natural relief was medical marijuana. I got my medical marijuana ID card, and soon after, I got medical marijuana. I was petrified to go into the medical marijuana dispensary, but I knew I didn’t have a choice. Two weeks later, I got out of bed without holding onto my cane, and I laughed. My husband asked why I was laughing, and I told him I didn’t need a cane anymore. He told me it was the marijuana doing its job, and I was glad I had swallowed my pride and started using the medical marijuana.