Getting Hotter
We hit a high of 107 yesterday and are expecting a high of 108 today. The dreaded 110 is in the forecast by Tuesday. Our humidity will start to increase as our monsoon season starts Monday. It used to be when our dew point hit 55 degrees three days in a row they considered it the start of monsoon season. They changed it a few years ago to just say it runs from June 15th-September 25th each summer. Right now our dew point sits at 37 degrees which is considered very dry, that is what is expected to change by this weekend with a very slight chance for a rain storm to form. I’ll keep you posted as my arthritis doesn’t like the humidity around this time of year. It doesn’t cause me pain like before when I was on opioids, now I just tend to ache a little more than usual throughout the day. Some days it wears on me more than others. On days my sciatic acts up early it wears on me by mid afternoon and I find myself sitting down more often. That is the part that frustrates me! I’m trying to be more active and on days my body doesn’t want me to be, it is a battle. Even on those days I’m still able to meet or exceed my daily step goals so that is a plus. I just push myself, reminding myself that it is not going to hurt worse than an ache. On days it becomes bothersome I know the Brix THC gummies or Rick Simpson Oil will take it all away within an hour or so. Yesterday I made a quick run to my favorite dispensary, Zenleaf, to pick up my online order for more Rick Simpson Oil. I got the house cleaned in record time and was getting ready to shred the machacua I made in the crock pot for this weekend by the time my husband walked in the door from work. After smelling the machacua cooking all day, we had it for dinner. It was the second time I had made it as my husband usually cooks all the Mexican food we eat because he loves to cook. It relaxes him. It turned out just as good as my husbands, which is no surprise, I know how to cook and follow a recipe. Around 4 pm I took my ½ gram of Rick Simpson Oil and by 6:30 pm I was my usual relaxed, high and ache free for the evening. I got lost in some mindless television, stretched and went to bed. This morning I’m not doing too bad, the ache in my sciatic is only at a dull ache so I’ll count that as better than bothersome. I’ve got an appointment this morning with my psychiatrist to renew my prescription for my sleep medication. It is sad but with my past, from my abusive first marriage, I’ve suffered with insomnia for years. First from the stressful situation and then years later with my neck because of pain. So I need to be high and have a sedative to be able to sleep through most of the night. I mean I’m 64, I get up a couple of times during the night. The only difference is now I can fall right back to sleep. Whereas before, once I woke up, I was up for the rest of the night, no matter what time it was in an incredible amount of pain. Now I’m not constantly wiped out from no sleep and constant pain. That can wear on not only your body, it wears on your mental state of mind. I know, I lived it for 13 years before I transitioned off of opioids to managing my chronic pain with marijuana alone. Waking up each morning feeling refreshed and having no horrible pain to deal with puts a smile on my face daily. The minor aches I deal with now are just my body reminding me I’m still alive and to keep on moving. I tell ya, some days that is easier said than done at my age. This past month with everything that went on, between my brother in law passing, putting the dog down and all the parties, I really feel my age this week. I’m not complaining by any means, I still feel much better at 64 than I did at 54, it just sucks being the oldest one in the room now. I hope that doesn’t mean everyone is expecting me to act my age now because that’s no fun! I’ve got plenty of grandchildren I’ve still got to keep up with. So far I’m not doing too shabby! All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!
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