Most days I stagger along the road using my sholleyor stick for balance to my local supermarket for a few items. This way I need not feel guilty when I see my health professional & relate my daily walk.
Anyway, there’s no need to pad this tale out I’ll keep to the point.
By the time I arrived at the checkout I was pooped & asked for assistance in packing my food into one of my recyclable Carrier bags (a competitor’s bag).
The cashier broke free from her friend with whom she had been laughing & chatting at length.
“I am very slow, I have Parkinson’s disease” I threw this in for added sym/me/pithy.
The cashier replied by saying she had friends with this awful condition & proceeded to do the hippy shake sat in her revolving chair. “Just like that”
“Have you tried wacky baccy?”
“My friend says it always works a treat, .try it dahlin”
Her friend still stood nearby. Chipped in with great nods of approval.
I paid up my items, and as no one came forward to supply me with this remedy I toddled on, pondering the pros and cons of breaking the law to ease my symptoms. Does the supposed relief of shaking etc justify breaking the law?
After all C. Dickens wrote “The law is a ass a idiot “(sic)
Having had PD for 23 years I take every opportunity to talk about this condition. It’s not all about the shaking. NO two people are the same, same goes for medication
Well meaning people tell me that a miracle cure has been found…….it hasn’t,
The Parkinsonism society is first rate, but they are still limited to treating the symptoms
I myself would definately give it a go as i have heard it helps many. What right has anybody got to tell you your not allowed? After all your the one in agony Sod them give it a go if it means relief from your pain i would. Good luck.
I have heard it is very good for people suffering with various complaints, mainly MS and it certainly helps them so what do you have to loose. There are plenty of youngsters taking it without suffering from medical problems.
You can only try it. If you do not smoke then use it in a cake mix. Good luck.
People should ALWAYS be prosecuted for taking illegal drugs whatever the motive. I would certainly report someone to the police if I had evidence they were on illegal substances. Cannabis screws up the brain.
I am sorry to hear about your illness and feel that, if an illegal substance can help you, you may wish to try it.
The problem is, unless the substance comes from a reliable source, how can you be sure it is safe? If you are considering using it then I would suggest you do some research by speaking to people who do use it and establishing where they get it from ( 2 girls at the local shop are unlikely to know the pros and cons of using it unless they are ill and do themselves!).
I tend to think that you need to consider whether your life is so badly affected by your illness that it is worth taking the risks, which are a breaking the law ( not that important when you are suffering) and risking whether this stuff can do any further damage to your body.
I am no expert on things like this, but please be careful if you choose to take the risk.
If cannabis was so wonderful in helping pain the drug companies would have found a legal way of exploiting its use.
I am happy to be a ‘grass’ as you crudely put it. I would always report anything illegal, even if it involved my nearest and dearest, that is what a responsible citizen should do.
Oooohhh Robert matey, someone rollling spliffs for you??? - If it wasn’t for the fact my lungs are so crap and I couldn’t put up with the smoke, I’d have one with you - good luck matey!!!
You can get medicinal cannabis(Sativex) legally in the UK…NHS funded in some cases and at your dictors discretion. Although for MS sufferers this is a positive step.
you can also use a UK prescription in Holland and, as long ias customs are informed, bring the medicatiin back to the UK.
Cannabis has been decriminalised in the UK so get used to it.
I have only seen cannabis once in my life ( apart from the photos of the plants shown on TV)… it looked like an Oxo cube that they crumbled into a cigarette, and I said " No thanks".
I don’t know what it costs, but if money can be made on it, I wouldn’t buy it from anybody that I didn’t know. If it doesn’t come from a legal source, so can easily be checked, then how do you know they are not selling you something else, when you are trying it for the first time?
As far as I can see only Sativex can be legally obtained from the NHS, usually for sufferers of MS. Do you think it would be wise for the OP to ask his doctor for some advice on this?
Robert Chronic pain is a terrible thing and if you can alleviate it even for a short time by taking cannabis it is worth a try.
Have you spoken to your doctor about this, he may be able to help.
Chronic pain is a terrible thing and if you can alleviate it even for a short time by taking cannabis it is worth a try.