Sneezed Wrong

Yesterday a sneeze came out of nowhere and I didn’t get my head turned completely straight and tweaked my neck. With the metal in my neck and shoulders I have to be careful when I sneeze to have my head straight forward or this happens. It hurt badly and it feels like a bruise down on my lower shoulder. Like right where the metal ends in my upper shoulders. It will be tender for a couple of days and go away. I have to be careful how I move and turn my head sometimes forgetting it is all made of metal and will only turn so far. We didn’t get as hot yesterday as expected, with all the cloud cover, but it was still hot and muggy out there. I know we were out in it at the grocery store picking up all the sale items for the week. By the time we got home I was beat from being out in the muggy weather. I took my 100 mg of Brix THC gummy at 4 pm and another 100 mg around 8 pm. I spent the evening like I always do, relaxed, high and ache free. I watched my shows on TV, stretched and went to bed, sleeping until 6 this morning. I’ll take the extra sleep, clearly my body needs it if I’m sleeping in each morning. I’m still going to bed around the same time and only getting up once or twice so that hasn’t changed either. After suffering for so many years with pain related insomnia, it is a big deal that I’m sleeping more. You have to realize that I have to be medicated and high to sleep or my body will not shut down enough for me to sleep longer than a couple of hours. That is how bad I suffer from insomnia. It’s like my body no longer produces the chemical in my brain that makes you sleep. That is why sleeping past 5:30 am is a big deal to me. Today we are under day two for our extreme heat warning, expecting highs around 111 degrees with humidity to go along with the heat. There is a chance for monsoon storms this evening then we are supposed to dry out and cool off to 105 by Saturday. It may sound silly saying cool off to 105, but you can feel the difference between 105 and 111 degrees. Especially when that 111 degrees comes with muggy, humid air. The heat will sap your strength even just walking across the hot parking lot. Plus, you sweat more when it is humid out there. I don’t pour sweat off of myself in 105 degrees when the air is dry like I did yesterday in the mugginess! I was so hot and tired after the grocery store I completely spaced going to the dispensary for 35% off RSO. Not having my truck first thing in the morning is really throwing me off. I’ve got to make the phone call to schedule the work to be done on his truck so hopefully they can get it in quick, get it fixed and I can have my truck back for early morning errands. Today I’m going to try and get this place cleaned and straightened. I haven’t felt good, not painwise, but just low energy, so nothing has been done around here in over a week. I’m blaming the lower dose of gabapentin and the mugginess. I’ve just felt blah the last couple of days. I know in another week or so I’ll start feeling better only to go through it again when I drop the dose down to once a day. I’m bound and determined to go off of this medication before the end of summer. I can’t believe we are already at the end of June, the 4th of July is in another week. Damn, time is flying by so fast. I don’t think we’ve been home but one weekend in the last 6 weeks. We still have several weekends over at my niece’s house for the remodel. I’m enjoying myself as I use her pool and heat my bones in the shade while they are all busy working. I’m the official runner if they need parts or food and I’m perfectly okay with that. At this point in the game I’m just thankful I’m still around to watch. I’ve accepted the fact I can’t help like I used to. With my neck, shoulders and lower back, I’m pretty much useless when it comes to helping with the remodel. I can grab tools or trash bags but everyone pretty much has a heart attack if I step on a step stool. So I stay out of the way and I’m not in pain. All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!

Extreme Heat Warnings

You know it is going to be a hot one out there when it is 98 degrees at 9 am. It was still 102 last night around 9:30, so it didn’t cool off much. We are under extreme heat warnings for today and tomorrow with highs expected to reach 112 or hotter. Add in some clouds and moisture in the air and it is going to be miserable outside! We are also expecting a windy and dry weekend which is making the power company already send out warnings to people in Northern Arizona for the power to shut off because of the high gusty winds and extreme dry conditions to help prevent any more wildfires up there. We’ve got several wildfires burning already in the state they are trying to control, we don’t need anymore if possible. All of our hiking trails are closed from 8 am-5 pm because of the extreme heat and everyone is being reminded to stay hydrated. Yesterday I was out in the heat putting gas in my truck just to get out of the house. With my husband driving my truck until his truck gets fixed, I’m stuck at home until he gets home. So when he said the truck needed gas in the morning, I told him I’d go do it right now and grabbed the keys and off I went to Sam’s Club to fill up. It was hot out there, we hit 110 degrees yesterday but there was a breeze that made it feel cooler than it was while I was standing there filling up the truck. Yesterday I spent the day doing my best to stay busy around here. I’m hanging in there with only taking two gabapentin a day instead of three. I know in another week or so I’ll start feeling better and not be so cranky. My pain levels have stayed the same so the gabapentin isn’t making a difference except to make me sick if I stop taking it cold turkey. That is why I’ve been going off of this medication slowly, it makes me go into withdrawals and it is not even an opioid. Maybe it is because I’ve been on this medication for over 15 years and my body is used to it. All I know is I get all the symptoms of the flu and get sick as hell if I stop taking it completely. Sounds like withdrawals to me! I plan on waiting for another week or so and then I’ll go down to taking it once a day. When I talked to my pain doctor about going off of this medication he told me I could keep some on hand for days I may need it. No thanks, once I’m done with these, I want to be done for good! Just like I did with oxycodone’s, the doctor gave me a prescription to have them just in case. They are in a drawer somewhere, never touched. Marijuana has done the job of helping me manage my chronic pain alone for three years now and I couldn’t be happier with the results I feel daily. I’ve got it down to ½ gram of Rick Simpson Oil or 100 mg twice an evening of THC gummies. That is enough to enjoy the evening high, relaxed and ache free, get a great night’s sleep and wake up without excruciating pain each day. I go all day without pain. On the days I may have aches that become bothersome I know I can take a 50 mg cube of THC gummy and within an hour that ache is gone. But those days have luckily been far and few in between. The new stretches I’ve added seem to be helping my sciatic, we’ll see how I do over the next couple of days when our monsoon storm chances go up. So far all I’ve noticed is a more pronounced pressure-like feeling in my neck and shoulders, kind of like my neck is pushing down into my shoulders making my shoulders scrunch up to my ears. It doesn’t hurt, it is just there. As the day goes on and our dew point goes up it will start to feel like a heavy blanket is laying across my shoulders like pressing against them. That is the only way I can explain it, I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the barometric pressure and all the metal in my neck and shoulders. It sure beats the constant pain I lived with all those years on opioids when the pain would radiate from my neck and shoulders throughout my entire body. Now I sit here every morning typing about how good I feel and how happy I am about it! All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!

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The Heat Is On!

We hit a toasty 111 yesterday and are expected to be right around the same for today. Tomorrow starts the “extreme heat warnings” 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 80’s 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. I’m not sure what is going through someone’s 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. I’m 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 I’ve 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, I’ll take the ability of sleeping in until 6:30 am as a win. Clearly my body needs it if I’m sleeping that long. I haven’t changed the time I go to bed or take my nighttime meds so I could always blame the heat. Either way, I’m not complaining about getting an extra hour of sleep and still waking up refreshed and in no pain. I’m serious, the last almost three years, ever since I transitioned off of opioids to using marijuana to manage my chronic pain alone, I’m no longer suffering in constant horrible nagging pain. Now I wake up with minor aches that are expected for someone my age. Let’s 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 I’m still alive and to keep on moving as much as possible. You know the old saying, “a body in motion, stays in motion”. After sitting for close to 13 years because of the horrible pain, I’ve got a new lease on life using marijuana. Getting up to walk across the room doesn’t hurt anymore, I can concentrate  and remember conversations again, even high. I’m getting a good night’s rest, falling right back to sleep when I wake up. I’m 64, I’m 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 I’ve 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 I’m home and don’t have to drive anywhere I’ll take a 50 mg cube of THC to help ease the ache. A 50 mg cube doesn’t 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, I’ve got my pain management down to a tee. I’m 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!

Extreme Heat Coming!

We are expecting a high of 110 degrees today and it is only going to climb from there throughout the week with temps close to 115. There are already extreme heat watches out for Wednesday and Thursday of this week which will turn into extreme heat warnings on those days. It’s that time of year if you spend any time outdoors you need to stay hydrated as your body can lose up to four water bottles worth of hydration in an hour. The heat can whoop your butt if you are not careful and drain you of your energy. I don’t mind the extreme temperatures, I stay inside if possible, it is when you add a higher dew point and humidity I start to complain, loudly. Yesterday we had a wonderful time at my niece’s house swimming and celebrating Father’s Day with all the dads. All but two of my grandchildren were there having a ball swimming in the pool with their cousins. It was fun for me watching them all make plans to go to the movies together later in the evening. Pooling their funds together to get all the tickets was pretty cool for a group of teenagers. Well, my great nephews are now 20 years old and my grandson is 19 so I guess the three college students were scraping the funds for them and my other grandson to go. I also had a blast watching my niece’s two granddaughters play in the water, they are both so cute and precious I just melt when they smile. The smoked pork roast went over as a hit, along with my husband’s bean dip. There was plenty of food, fruit, veggies and desserts, none of us went hungry. Overall, I’d say it was a fun time had by all and we enjoyed ourselves in this heat. The water in the pool was still refreshing and almost chilly when you got out. That will change this week with the hotter temps we are expecting. We were home by 2 pm and my sciatic was starting to ache. I didn’t do a damn thing once we got home but sat and rested my sciatic. Around 4 pm I took my 100 mg of Brix THC gummies and by 5:30 pm I could feel the THC start kicking in. By 7 pm I was still high and waited until 8 pm to take the other 100 mg of THC. I watched the new show about storm chasers on Discovery Channel, stretched and went to bed. This morning my sciatic is at a dull ache so I’m counting that as a win for the morning. We are down to one running vehicle so my husband is using my truck until his truck gets fixed from the accident he was in this past Friday. I put in a Wal-mart order for pick up after he gets home today. It will be hot out there but until he hears back from insurance, he’s not getting a rental car. Luckily by pulling the fender away from the tire he was able to drive it home safely and park it in the driveway until it goes to the shop for repairs which I’m hoping is sooner than later. I’ve noticed lately when I end up taking my THC gummies past 8 pm I end up sleeping in the next morning. This morning I slept in until almost 6:30, which is unheard of for me as I can’t sleep past 5:30 am any other time. My problem is I’m high off the 100 mg from 4 pm and forget to take the other 100 mg before 8 pm. If I don’t take the other 100 mg’s I have a harder time falling asleep. Sounds like a good problem to have to me. I’d rather sleep in and feel refreshed than have a hard time going to sleep in the first place. I still have to take medication to help me go to sleep on top of being high so there is that. Being able to sleep, wake up during the night and then fall right back to sleep is a big deal when you suffer from insomnia for years. That’s right, marijuana has not only helped me manage my chronic pain, it has helped me sleep again at night as well. I’m telling you, I’m living proof marijuana works to take your horrible pain away and give me a life back. I’ve been more active in the last three years with marijuana than I’ve been in all those years stuck in pain on opioids.  It truly works and is nothing short of a miracle in my eyes. All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!

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Happy Father’s Day ’26

Each year on Father’s Day, I miss my dad. So today, I hope everyone that still has a dad on this earth calls their dad and says hello. Be thankful your dad is still here to wish a Happy Father’s Day to! Father’s Day and Mother’s Day always remind me life is short, enjoy it with loved ones while we can. Especially now, whenever I’m in the room I’m usually the oldest one there besides my husband who is 6 months older than I am. I’m hanging on the backside of that hill kicking and screaming holding on for dear life the whole way! That is why I’m so thankful I feel better now at 64 than I did at 54. I not only feel better, I’m healthier and more active now than I was then. Or should I say I’m now able to be more active because the horrible constant pain in my neck and shoulders is gone. The ½ gram of Rick Simpson Oil or the THC gummies each day take care of keeping all that pain away. That is how simple managing my chronic pain with marijuana has become. Once a day at around 4 pm I  take my daily dose of THC and go on with my day. I enjoy the evening high, relaxed and ache free each night. The high I get is what I consider the added bonus to the evening of being without pain. I do my nightly stretching and get a great night’s sleep, waking up refreshed and without severe pain. Waking up with a minor ache here or there is perfectly normal and expected at my age. It is my body reminding me I’m still alive and to keep on moving it. That is my motto and I’ve stuck by it for the last 3 years. I don’t mind the aches, it is when those aches become bothersome and start hindering my day I get frustrated. I know the new stretches I’ve been doing are helping as my sciatic hasn’t bothered me until much later in the day than usual, so I’m counting those new stretches as a plus and will continue them nightly in hopes it continues to feel better.  I know when we have a change in weather and the monsoon storms start building in our area again I might start to feel it earlier in the day but I’ll keep you posted on that one. That is the reason I started writing this blog, to share my experience of transitioning off of opioids to managing my chronic pain with marijuana alone. So far I’m still hanging in there with dropping my gabapentin from three times a day to twice a day. I’ll get myself weaned off of this medication hopefully sooner than later! Yesterday we smoked the 9# pork roast and ended up cutting it up and throwing it in the crock pot for a couple of hours to make it just a bit more tender. It shredded so easily but still took some time to get done, it was a huge pork roast and shredded my biggest crock pot is to the rim. My husband is also making his homemade bean dip to take with us over to my niece’s house for the Father’s Day swim party and lunch. I always enjoy spending time with my grandchildren, children and extended family. Phoenix is expecting a high of 105 today which is considered our “normal” average temperature for this time of year. By the end of the week we’ll be sitting at 111 to 113 degrees. Ah, the joy of summer in the desert! As long as the humidity stays low I don’t mind the hotter temps, it is when you add moisture in the air I start complaining about the heat. We are coming close to the days when you open your door and it feels like you are walking into an oven. It happens every year right around the end of this month and stays until September. We keep our fingers crossed it is cool enough to sit comfortably outside by Halloween. I imagine we’ll be home before 2 pm this afternoon so my husband can get to bed so I’ll enjoy the afternoon relaxing, maybe catching up on some podcasts I’ve been meaning to watch. I took my last ½ gram of RSO last night so I’ll be using my Brix THC gummies for the next couple of nights until I go to the dispensary on Wednesday for 35% off wax and concentrates. It is all workable and budget friendly when it comes to managing my chronic pain with marijuana. All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!

Another Thing

Yesterday morning my husband called me to let me know he had been involved in a car accident on his way home from work. He and the other person involved were both okay, but his truck’s front end is going to need some work. He was able to pull the fender away far enough from the tire to drive it home. It is just another thing we’ll have to deal with in our already stressful life. That means he’ll be borrowing my truck for work until his truck is fixed. It’s not like I have any driving to do. I can wait to run my errands once he gets home, it will just be hotter outside when I run them. I could have sworn we have rental car coverage but my husband seems to think we don’t. Either way, my truck just sits in the driveway most days so with it being summer I’m not taking my granddaughter to school so I see no reason why he needs a rental car. Most days he’s home before noon so it won’t be too bad until his truck is fixed.  Once he made it home yesterday he relaxed for a few minutes and we headed over to my niece’s house so my husband and daughter could do more work on the house. It is really starting to take shape.  I managed to get the closet cleaned out, only taking the clothes I know I’ll wear, all the rest is going to be donated. I feel better knowing that it is done and there were four large kitchen trash bags full of clothes that were packed in that closet along with the box for me. Those clothes were packed tight in that closet, half still had the price tags still on them. Christmas, Halloween, there were all kinds of different holiday t-shirts, pants and pajamas. My sister loved to shop, that is something we always knew, I guess I just didn’t realize how much she actually shopped. By the time we got home yesterday evening it was close to 5:30 pm so I took 100 mg of my Brix THC gummies and threw a frozen pizza in the oven for dinner. I was high, relaxed and ache free, settling in to watch some mindless television for the evening by 7. My sciatic started to bother me late in the afternoon, so I’m still thinking those new stretches I’ve added are helping. It didn’t start bothering me early in the afternoon, it was later in the day so to me that was a win. I took another 100 mg of THC gummy around 8 pm, stretched and watched TV in bed until I got tired. Today we are hanging out at home, we’ve already put the 9# pork roast on the smoker to get that going for tomorrow, we’ll keep an eye on that for the next several hours.  I’m feeling worn out today, not sure why, just blah and no energy. My husband thinks it is because I sit outside in this heat and that is what makes me feel whooped. He’s probably right, but the heat feels so good on my bones I can sit outside in the shade and feel the light breeze to stay cool. I sat outside in 105 temperatures for close to two hours yesterday, everyone at the house thought I was nuts and kept checking on me. I reminded them that if I get too warm I can just get in the pool or come in the house. plus I stay hydrated. Most of the time I’m freezing in the house by the afternoon and have on a flannel to stay warm. My body does much better in the heat than it ever does in the colder weather. By next week we are going to heat up into the 110+ temps so summer is definitely in full swing in Phoenix. I don’t mind the higher temps, it is when you throw in humidity with those higher temps I start complaining. We’ll see how my body does with my arthritis and the humidity this summer. Last year I made it through just fine, I think I ended up increasing my Rick Simpson Oil from ½ gram a day to ¾ gram a day to help ease the achiness during the day, then dropped back down to ½ gram in the fall.  When you are managing your chronic pain with marijuana it is easy to switch between products and dosages to meet your pain level needs when necessary. It really is that easy, all you have to do is go to your nearest dispensary and start asking questions, you might be surprised by what you learn! I’m glad I did! All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!

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Hotter Weather Coming

We’ve got a nice “cool off” coming for this weekend with temps dropping down to 105 degrees. The humidity and dew point has dropped and we are drying out. We’ll have to enjoy it as by the middle of next week we are looking at temperatures to soar to around 115. That my friends is the joy of summer in the desert. You never get used to the heat, you just learn many different ways to deal with it. Like doing your errands as early in the morning as possible before the main heat of the day or not forgetting to put the sun screen in your window when you are parked in the direct sun. Stay hydrated and always have water with you. Never forget to use sunblock when you’ll be in the sun for any amount of time over 10 minutes. Little things that make a difference in this heat. It is here to stay for at least another three months so you live and learn what works best for you in this heat. They are reminding people to not go hiking in the afternoon in this heat, but there are still mountain rescues on the news almost daily. People forget to turn around when half of their water is gone, you’ll need that for the rest of the walk back down the trail. Some hikers have been injured or fallen so that requires even more rescues for first responders in this high heat. Even with signs at the start of all the trails reminding people, they don’t pay attention and hike anyways. Years ago, we were stranded out in the middle of nowhere with a broken down vehicle, without water, it wasn’t fun. We were lucky we didn’t suffer from heat exhaustion or worse. I was sunburned and dehydrated, it wasn’t a fun experience and we learned our lesson from it. Yesterday I stayed busy around the house trying to get some things done. Around 5 pm I took 100 mg of THC gummy and by 6 pm I was high, relaxed and still ache free. I was so relaxed for the evening I didn’t even take my next 100 mg of THC until close to 9 pm. I probably didn’t need to take the second dose of 100 mgs because I was still high from the first 100 mg, but I took it anyway. I got a great night’s sleep and woke up this morning without any aches to mention so I’m counting that as a win for the day. I’m still doing those new stretches each night so we’ll see how I do today with being on my feet for an extended period of time. Once my husband gets home this morning we are heading back over to help at my niece’s house so I’ll be outside, probably in the pool or running errands if they need parts. Better yet, I need to clean out that closet with all my sister’s clothes in it. I told my niece I’d do it and have avoided it ever since. Time to face the overwhelmingness and do it. If they are not in that room painting when I get there, I plan on starting the closet today. Time to face it. My sister was a secret shopper and had clothes all over her house, most with the tags still on them. I’ll go through and pick out only the things I know I will wear. I’ve got too many of my sister’s clothes because they were hers and I haven’t worn them. So I need to get rid of those at some point as well. I guess that will be done when I bring home the new stuff from the closet we found stuffed full of clothes that we missed three years ago when she passed. One way or another I’ll get it all done. I promised my children our house would be cleaned out before we get too old or pass so they won’t have to do it like we’ve had to do with my sister. It is just too much to put someone through while grieving. Now if I could get my husband, who keeps everything, on the same page we’ll be doing something. Only time will tell on that one. I was right, my husband is smoking a big pork roast to take on Sunday for pulled pork BBQ sandwiches. He loves his food and loves to cook. I’d be happy with cold sandwiches but he’s got to have an entire meal. That’s fine, it will be Father’s Day so he can do whatever makes him happy. Food makes him happy. Marijuana keeping all of my pain away makes me happy! All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!