The Heat Is On!
We hit a toasty 111 yesterday and are expected to be right around the same for today. Tomorrow starts the āextreme heat warningsā for the valley for at least two days with temps expected to soar close to 115 degrees. Our morning lows have come up to the upper 80ās so it is at that time of year when it just never cools off. The temperature is supposed to go back down to 105 by Sunday. You may not realize it, but the difference from 105 to 110 is very noticeable when you are outside for any amount of time. Even the Grand Canyon has been under extreme heat warnings for most of the week. Three hikers passed away from hiking in the heat in the Canyon. The heat of summer in Arizona is no joke and can be deadly if not taken seriously. Iām not sure what is going through someoneās mind to start hiking in the middle of the day in this heat without the proper shoes or enough water, but people do it all the time and have to be rescued. Yesterday I did stuff around the house until my husband got home so I could go pick up the Wal-mart order. It was already 106 degrees at noon so it was warm out there. Last night I took my 100 mg of Brix THC gummy at 4 pm. I remembered to take the other 100 mg around 7 pm. I spent the evening like I usually do, relaxed, high and ache free. This morning I still slept in until 6:30. Iām not complaining, if I can sleep that is good and sure beats nights filled with pain and no sleep. It just surprises me when I sleep past 5:30 am because Iāve gotten up at that time for years. When I was still working full time I was up by 4:30 am to leave for work by 6:30 so sleeping until 5:30 am was like sleeping into me. After all those years I suffered from pain filled insomnia, Iāll take the ability of sleeping in until 6:30 am as a win. Clearly my body needs it if Iām sleeping that long. I havenāt changed the time I go to bed or take my nighttime meds so I could always blame the heat. Either way, Iām not complaining about getting an extra hour of sleep and still waking up refreshed and in no pain. Iām serious, the last almost three years, ever since I transitioned off of opioids to using marijuana to manage my chronic pain alone, Iām no longer suffering in constant horrible nagging pain. Now I wake up with minor aches that are expected for someone my age. Letās face it, I beat the daylights out of this body over the years, a few aches are to be expected at this point. It is my body reminding me Iām still alive and to keep on moving as much as possible. You know the old saying, āa body in motion, stays in motionā. After sitting for close to 13 years because of the horrible pain, Iāve got a new lease on life using marijuana. Getting up to walk across the room doesnāt hurt anymore, I can concentrate and remember conversations again, even high. Iām getting a good nightās rest, falling right back to sleep when I wake up. Iām 64, Iām going to be up during the night at least once, if not twice. I use the heating pad on my lower back every morning to help loosen it up for the day. So far that seems to do the trick. The extra stretches Iāve added seem to be helping my sciatic, if it starts to ache it is usually later in the day now, not early afternoon. By then it is almost time to take my daily dose of THC at 4 pm, so I wait until then. On days it becomes bothersome and starts to hinder my day, if Iām home and donāt have to drive anywhere Iāll take a 50 mg cube of THC to help ease the ache. A 50 mg cube doesnāt get me high, it just relaxes me and takes away the bothersome aches. See? There is always a way around dealing with any aches with marijuana. Between the Rick Simpson Oil and Brix THC gummies, Iāve got my pain management down to a tee. Iām once again more active, doing more and working on increasing my daily step count. I still park as far away from the entrances of places to walk in because I can. When you lose something as simple as walking because of pain, if you get that back you use it as much as possible. All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!
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