Reply #73: Then you should talk to...

[Hell Hath No Fury]

a friend of mine, Kathy.

She has had severe polycystic liver disease for most of her life. It is not pretty, causing her severe pain on a daily basis. She has been to pain clinics, been put on narcotics, and has endured medical proceedures done to "deflate" the major cysts that are truly gruesome.

She is 54 years old grandma and never smoked pot in her life.

Well, her son does and he gave her some to try for her pain. She baked it into brownies and tried them.

After the first try, she had no more liver pain.

The pot did make her sleepy so she learned to take it at night. She has had none of the bad side effects the various narcotics gave her, and hasn't had to have a cyst drain since. As much as the drug helped her, she still feels uncomfortable that she is taking an illegal drug.

I have also personally seen it do great things for AIDS patients with wasting. Each of my friends had been occasssional smokers of pot, but far from potheads.

One reason it may have done "jack shit" for you back in the 70s is that today's pot ain't your grannie's pot, from what I'm told.

I don't smoke -- never have, never plan on. But if I ever develop an illness that could be addressed by using pot, I would certainly be open to trying it.