Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Why Was I So Scared to Try Cannabis?

Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Why Was I So Scared to Try Cannabis?

I am nearing my one year anniversary…of my first experience with using cannabis to help with the chronic pain that comes with my MS.  As I look back over the past year, and I recall just how intimidated I was at the start of this journey, I’m feeling proud of what I...
Multiple Sclerosis & Hope: Thankful For Cannabis

Multiple Sclerosis & Hope: Thankful For Cannabis

I hope that all of my US readers survived turkey day!  Although I had imagined a beautiful shot of the table, worthy of IG or Pinterest – THIS is what I got…which is just fine with me, because it is a far better representation of my life than some perfect...
Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: It’s All About The Terpenes

Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: It’s All About The Terpenes

Before getting to today’s post about terpenes I wanted to share what I wrote in middle of the night last night.   “It is really hard to not feel like a loser when I have to lie down and take a nap after being awake for less than two hours and have only...
Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Marijuana Is Helping Me Get Back to Exercising

Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Marijuana Is Helping Me Get Back to Exercising

As a child I was always doing something. From soccer, swimming, skating and tennis to skiing every winter, getting exercise has always been a big part of my life.  I have always considered myself extremely lucky that I was already in shape, fit and strong when I was...
Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Research Is Needed – Please Sign

Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Research Is Needed – Please Sign

A lot has happened in the year since I began to learn about cannabis in the hopes of finding relief for my chronic pain.  I see more and more mainstream media platforms, like the Today Show, running stories about medical marijuana.  I run into more mentions on social...
Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Things I Have Learned

Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis: Things I Have Learned

A year ago this time, I was weaning myself off all of the medications that I had been prescribed by my doctors.  It took me blowing up like a balloon while on one of the pain medications and realizing that the new “bigger-version” of me was still in insane amounts of...