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mr.brunch

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And speaking of pain . . . I had a laser burn of my eyes yesterday - a laser iridotomy for narrow angles. I had never heard about this but my optometrist sent me to a specialist mumbling something about cataracts and since I didn’t need that, they found this, which can be a precursor for glaucoma. Whatever. It was free except for the $155 for some before/after pressure test - which isn’t mandatory – and it just confirms that it worked. Yeah, I know, it’s a $ grab and since they get paid for the laser procedure by the cheap-ass gov’t, they scratch for pennies elsewhere. Anyways, the laser burn was essentially pain free but my neuropathic pain (my fake leg pain) from my stenosis drove me nuts all day. I had to skip my daily stoned dog walk in the morning and since it was my eyes, I refrained from smoking any cannabis because we all know what happens to your eyes under the influence. :rasta:

Not a fun day . . . until . . . I stumbled in the door mid-afternoon and after a quick hit from my hash pipe followed by a small bowl of some leaf . . . the world became a much better place.
If you don’t mind me asking, which vertebrae is the stenosis with you and where does it hurt for you?
Only because I know I have moderate L4//L5 stenosis from a scan last year, but I’m getting a lot of hip pain and groin pain (along with the lower back/legs/and coccyx area) so im trying to play medical detective since the docs have gone silent and the pain doesn’t seem to match the problem area

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tobedetermined

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Sure. My first 2 bouts were L4-L5. The pain was lower back and lower legs and feet. After 5 minute or less on my feet, I got severe pins & needles. So severe that it was debilitating – I couldn’t walk or stand for very long. Lower leg cramping as well. And I could not get my lower legs warm enough. I could pile on blankets and still feel cold but my legs would be sweating. My first op removed a chunk of L4(?) and the 2nd op Dremeled the same area.

This time around it is L2-L3. The pain has moved higher. I still have back pain but this is coupled with severe cramping in my upper legs – my thighs scream at me if I stand too long. When I go for my stoned dog walk, my legs scream for the first half. Then if I sit for 2 minutes in the park (bending the spine of course) the second half is relatively pain free. So drugs + exercise + safe bending seems to help temporarily. As does a well drugged stance . . . sideways on the couch with my back propped up and forcing myself into deep relaxation – which usually ends in a nap.
 
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mr.brunch

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Sure. My first 2 bouts were L4-L5. The pain was lower back and lower legs and feet. After 5 minute or less on my feet, I got severe pins & needles. So severe that it was debilitating – I couldn’t walk or stand for very long. Lower leg cramping as well. And I could not get my lower legs warm enough. I could pile on blankets and still feel cold but my legs would be sweating. My first op removed a chunk of L4(?) and the 2nd op Dremeled the same area.

This time around it is L2-L3. The pain has moved higher. I still have back pain but this is coupled with severe cramping in my upper legs – my thighs scream at me if I stand too long. When I go for my stoned dog walk, my legs scream for the first half. Then if I sit for 2 minutes in the park (bending the spine of course) the second half is relatively pain free. So drugs + exercise + safe bending seems to help temporarily. As does a well drugged stance . . . sideways on the couch with my back propped up and forcing myself into deep relation – which usually ends in a nap.
Thanks mate.
looking at the online nerve pain maps it seems to be L1/L2 and the S region for me - nobody mentioned that so maybe it needs another scan. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 

oldmaninbc

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I was sort referring about diet in general too. The secret to easy and healthy BM is simply to eat the right kinda foods (and drinks perhaps) .
The `secret´ is basically just to consume foods which contain water and fibre and ideally consumed at the right time of day. In other words - lots of fresh foods and veggies :)
Other gut friendly foods are oats, ripe bananas, cooked potatoes for instance. I´ve also noticed that bread, pasta or too much rice will have the oppostite effect - which really sucks imo :(

A mag deficiency will still need to be supplemented but perhaps it´s possible to reduce the amount so the laxative effect of the magnesium is not required anymore :)
I've worked on my diet for a few different reasons, maybe I'm just getting too old to put so much emphasis on my diet. These days if my bloodwork comes back good I accept that as good enough.
I'm nearing the end of my time, what motivates me the most is enjoying food, eating my cannabis cookies and having harmony in my home. I have several chronic health conditions that cannot be changed only managed. Two days a week for the past 15 years I eat meatless. I like fruits and vegetables.
 

nepalnt21

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my job can get pretty physical at times, and i suspect i get repetitive motion injuries more often than other ppl.

i also tend to pull things, bruise things, etc. and am often finding myself with stiff necks, back pain, joint pain in general (my friggin knees the last couple years, no more skate tricks with height/ impact).

when i reach for weed specifically to treat pain, it's usually that kinda joint pain.

and i know exactly what type of shit to go for:

chem '91

aka the skunkVA cut, the original chemdog.

whether in pure form, or in hybrids... it kills. pain, that is.

i used to find it mediocre because i was looking for the wrong thing. i don't find it to get me VERY high. but i quickly noticed how well it would help me decompress after work, and started using it like that... and then i noticed the magic it did on my muscles/ ligaments when i had joint stiffness.

so far, the chem91 leaning phenos of ONYCD have been the best for me [onycd is chem91 x tres dawg]...

although i LOVE tres dawg and the tres dawg phenos of onycd (and anything chemD related), it is the 91 pheno (it can really be smelled, strange cause i assume it's some cannabinoid and not neccessarily the terps, but idk...) that really hits the pain.

seriously, to the point where if i'm laid out in bed and can't even move my neck (happened just a few months ago, luckily i was already off work), all i have to do is hit two big bowl packs of the chem and it is like night and day. sometimes completely debilitating pain... GONE!

and i'm talkin NO other strains will touch the pain. the chem 91 stuff DESTROYS the pain.
 

nepalnt21

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also, i have no idea if it's the cbd itself, or just the massage action but i find that cbd lotion really does seem to help certain muscle pains.

cheapest way imo is to buy cbd powder in bulk and just add it to something i was already gonna rub on myself. no jokes, please lol
 

nepalnt21

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can it be found in a femmed/auto version? asking for a "friend"...:whistling:
idk about autos, but nspecta's got the 91, and most maybe even all the other non- extinct chem cuts... his brand csi humboldt puts out S1s, it's like some gotta save up and wait for them shits, i want so many of his beans it's dizzying.

and skunkVA himself works heavily with the 91 and has a bx he uses, lucky dog seeds... i'll tell you how his "twin peaks" is, hopefully i'll get to it in a year or two. the beans are nice and chilly and safe until then.

if you can find em, jjnyc has tons and tons of chem stuff, pretty sure the onycd i mention is by his company top dawg seeds, i'm too poor to have personal experience with buying and growing his stuff lol one day maybe

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my high ass forgot you said fems, lol i think
nspecta is the man to see on that front... he does a lot of like i said S1s, but also a lot of feminized elite cut x elite cut type crosses, and i mean choices by the metric tuck fun.

i really wanna try chem91 x triangle kush one day if he releases them again and i'm not broke, still haven't tried anything from him
 
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