Home Early
Today we are headed over to my niece’s house for a few hours. We are planning on coming home earlier than we have been as my husband is wiped out and exhausted from overworking himself these last few weekends. He figures by the time he explains to someone how to do something, he can already have it done himself. That is why I’m so thankful my daughter knows how to do some of this stuff and learns fast by watching. Yesterday the machacua and beans were a hit like the carnitas was last week. They got a lot accomplished over there while I sat outside and warmed my aching sciatic in the hot chair in the shade. Everyone kept asking me if I was hot out there and I was fine. It hit 110 yesterday and we are on track to hit 110 again today. I guess Mother Nature decided to treat us to the dreaded 110 a few days earlier than forecasted. I couldn’t tell it was that hot out there, I kept drinking lots of water and coming inside to check the progress being made on the house. We made it home around 4:30 pm and I took my ½ gram of Rick Simpson Oil. By 7 pm I was high, relaxed and somewhat ache free. Around 8:14 pm my sciatic was still aching so I took a 50 mg cube of the Brix THC gummies. By 9:30 pm I was completely ache free while I finished watching a new true crime podcast that came on. My husband ended up waking me this morning around 6:45 because he knows I never sleep past 5:30 am and wanted to make sure I was okay. I’m glad he woke me, it totally throws my whole day off if I sleep past 6 am. We should have been at my niece’s house by now but I’m still moving slowly with heat on my back as I sit and type. It takes me some time in the morning to be able to get moving with this body being stiff when I wake up. Some mornings are better than others. It still doesn’t come close to all that pain I suffered with while still on opioids. I’m so thankful I found the healing qualities of marijuana to help me manage all of my chronic pain to zero. I mean I’m 64 years young, I’m going to have aches throughout my body. I expect that, it is my body reminding me I’m still alive and to keep moving. I’m talking about no longer suffering day in and day out with bone deep constant horrible pain in my neck and shoulders that would radiate throughout my entire body. Remember, I’ve got a neck made of titanium (S2-S7), two metal rods from the back of my head into my shoulders and a body full of arthritis. I suffered in debilitating pain for almost 13 years on opioids to transition over to using marijuana to manage my chronic pain to minor aches. So to be sitting here day in and day out with minor aches is nothing short of a miracle to me. I take a ½ gram of Rick Simpson Oil every afternoon around 4 pm. I enjoy the evening high, relaxed and ache free. I get a good night’s sleep to wake up clear headed and refreshed for the day. If the aches become bothersome before 4 pm, I like to have the THC gummies on hand to take 50 mg’s of THC to help ease the aches. 50 mg doesn’t get me high, all it does is relaxes me and takes away the bothersome aches. This process has worked for me managing my chronic pain for almost three years now and I couldn’t be happier with the results. The best part? I’m clear headed and not in constant horrible pain! I don’t miss the fogginess from opioids. My mind was so bad I thought I was coming down with dementia, I couldn’t carry on a full conversation without forgetting what we were talking about. It was that bad. Now my children know when they call me I’m clear headed and present, even when I’m high to carry on a conversation or listen to whatever is on their minds. They are happy to have their mom back and we have worked hard to strengthen those relationships. I’m happy to still be around to soak it all in! All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!




