Medical Marijuana Update #2 by Jennifer Kacey

So I've learned tons more in the month since my last update! All of the info I'm going to talk about is NY since that's the only program I have experience with.

This is the Time it's supposed to take things to kick in...but I'll put in parenthesis how long it takes things to hit my system.
- Vaping - 15 min. (Some things it takes forevers or it doesn't hit at all and other kinds hit almost instantaneously - AQUA!!)
- Tinctures which I haven't tried at all - 45min to an hour
- Pills - 45min to an hour (takes almost two hours to take effect)

Dose will last...And pills take a while to kick in but they give the longest lasting relief.
- Vaping - 1-2 hours (where's off fast - believe it has something to do with a very high metabolism which we're looking into)
- Tinctures - 4-6 hours
- Pills - 6-8 hours (or if you take two one night to try to REALLY sleep for the first time in almost 2.5 years and then it lasts for like 16 hours)

At the dispensary I go to I can only pick up 3 things at a time. So that could be a pill and two vape cartridges, etc.

I learned in the highest strength vaping they have two different strains when the paperwork just showed one. So I tried Indica to start and instead of crashing me out so I could sleep it just made me giggly and I wanted to stay awake and watch YouTube videos FOR HOURS. Pretty much everything but going to sleep. So I tried the Sativa strain next and that one seems to work better for me. Still doesn't straight knock me out but makes me feel closer to sleepy. Yeah. Sleep and I are still not really on a first name basis.

Learned my middle of the road vape is a hybrid of different strains and might explain why I reacted better to it. And they have another strength in between the middle and high doses which is also a hybrid. It's Aqua. Tried that one next and really like that. It numbs my stomach almost immediately which is a welcome relief. I thought I could eat what I wanted while numb and have no after effects. I was quite wrong.

If I do all the pain dumps in my system as soon as the meds run out. Oh so not cool.

On the pills they offer a reg strength and an extra strength. I can take 1 pills or two. 1 pill at first didn't really seem to do anything, but 2 pills is CRAZINESS. See the wolverine pic above. Oh my goshness! You guys think I'm bouncy on a normal basis!!

It's taking a lot of trial and error and I'll completely admit to a very hodgy podgy process right now. I'll get more scientific about it as I move forward and I'll keep you guys posted!
Keep your heads up! We'll get there!


Decadently Yours,
Jennifer Kacey

Jennifer Kacey is a writer, mother, and business owner living with her miniman in Texas. She sings in the shower, plays piano in her dreams, and has to have a different color of nail polish every week. The best advice she’s ever been given? Find the real you and never settle for anything less.

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Medical Marijuana by Jennifer Kacey

So I've been sick for a while. Some days it's very much an uphill battle to be positive and hopeful and keep scraping to find some kind of meds to help me even though I'm already on tons. My doctors are trying but it's a daily struggle to feel okay, much less my preferred AMAZEBALLS!!

And trust me.....I've tried tons and tons of meds. My stomach is even more of a special snowflake than I am as a whole :) and it doesn't tolerate meds very well.

After a huge amount of research....and buying a house in NY (no it didn't have anything to do with my decision to buy a house there but it sure is an added bonus)....I decided to apply for my medical marijuana card.

Then I had to do a huge amount more research on what Dr to see in NY and what all of the requirements are and what I'd need to provide from all of my medical professionals in TX. It was very much not an easy process but I decided I wanted to try. Plus I've always wondered why I keep every scrap of my medical file going back years and I could finally put it to good use!

Feeling like ass from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed really blows and not in a good way you dirty birds!
I'm not gonna lie - I feel weird talking about this, feel odd admitting to it. Not bad....just odd. I've gone around and around about if I wanted to discuss it but I finally decided to suck up my funky feelings and own my decision.

Society as a whole isn't very accepting of holistic type healing / meds and let's face it, society also tells us from the time we're in the womb that pot is bad bad business and to stay away and you don't want to be "that kind" of person.

My thoughts....

This is my life. My quality of life. My future. My present and I have like....THE BESTEST LIFE EVER and I want to be able to enjoy every moment even more.

So I took the plunge. Applied. And was approved. My NY Dr told me I was the poster child for the program. Pain and muscle issues and horrible nausea for years. Food and I are enemies and I'd very much like to change that.

Once I received my certification for the program I had to then apply with the state for my actual card. I had to submit a passport style picture to be used on the card. The day I took the picture was one of my worst days I can remember. I can always find something to be happy and thankful and bubbly about, but several weeks leading up to that day were torture. I hadn't gotten any sleep in almost two weeks, have had headaches non stop for months and that day I had been up since 4am after terrifying nightmares. That morning I sat on the side of my bed and just cried and cried because I felt so awful.

I love that the picture was taken that day because I will ALWAYS remember how horrible it started. But then later in the day I was approved for something that is hopefully going to really help me. Lordy I'm sure hoping so.

I've tried three things so far and one isn't supposed to really kick in for weeks so I have fingers crossed on that one. One of them I get some relief off of but still figuring out dosing and timing. And the third one that is supposed to seriously knock my ass out so I can actually sleep gives me the giggles and makes me bouncy. So to say I have a ways to go is quite an understatement but I'm willing to try. Because feeling like ass every day is really REALLY not allowed in my wheelhouse any more.

So why am I sharing?? Because I'm hoping if I do then someone else reading this might give the program in their state a second look or a first look and not let the stigma surrounding it, nor anyone else's perception or opinion of it, keep them from finding hope and relief and a better quality of life. Because we ALL deserve that. Every. Single. Day.

I only have one trip around this Popsicle stand and I want to enjoy every moment I get to be here!

If you're interested in the program in your state then I'll share where I found the best info to help me in my search.  Here is the website with TONS of info for all states and where I was able to get nit picky on exactly what I needed to do and how and where and when and all that jazz!
https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/

Love you everybody and may your day be AMAZING!!


Decadently Yours,
Jennifer Kacey

Jennifer Kacey is a writer, mother, and business owner living with her miniman in Texas. She sings in the shower, plays piano in her dreams, and has to have a different color of nail polish every week. The best advice she’s ever been given? Find the real you and never settle for anything less.

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