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

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Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:08:12 +0000

[…] for side-effects with using cannabis? I have lost 20 lbs, I am exercising daily again, I am much more conscious of what I am choosing to eat and I have been more focused on my writing […]

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:10:54 +0000

In reply to John Whiting.

Hi John!

Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing! We each have our stories, I like to think mine make me stronger!:)

Hoping that you are well!
Cheers!
Meg

By: John Whiting

John Whiting — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:33:56 +0000

Meg, I too understand your missing those activities. I grew up swimming (competitively), canoeing, backpacking and skiing. I still dream of participating in these activities without any limitations. I have been diagnosed with MS since 2010. My symptoms escalated quickly resulting in my ending up in nursing care for five years. While there i tried to exercise but the PT staff didn’t understand that NO Pain – No gain is NOT for MS patients. Too much exercise only exhausts the body, not cause muscles to grow bigger and stronger.

I became exhausted to the point that I developed a case of Shingles. When I was clear again in five weeks, my limited ability to walk with a wheeled walker had fled the scene. The CNA’s came round for my next session with the walker, I got to the edge of the bed, pushed off and went straight to the floor! No first steps, no steps of ant kind, just a new interaction with the floor.

The PT’s or the administration never apologized. They just ignored the situation and I got to learn yet another greater limitation with no help whatsoever. Sometimes the professionals think they know netter, but in my experience they don’t know shit, and they are unwilling to own up to that too.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:17:41 +0000

In reply to Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog).

Thanks Claire!

Confidence is a great way to explain it. I know that I CAN do it, I just have to remember that and ignore the doubt:)

Cheers!
Meg

By: Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)

Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog) — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:13:44 +0000

Well done for persevering Meg – I think that it is so easy to have our confidence knocked and then change our actions as a result. I have scheduled this to my facebook page x

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:26:28 +0000

In reply to Tisha.

Hey Tisha!
First off – LOVE my Segway!:) Although I have been fortunate to not have to use it for a number of years now, it gives me peace of mind that it is in the garage when/if I need it again.
Cannabis has definitely been a game changer for me! MMJ stands for medical marijuana – just another term people use when talking about the medical properties of the plant:)
Thanks for your kind words about the blog – it has served as my journal for a number of years now. I just recently finished re-writing the book I wrote a few years after my DX and it’s amazing how therapeutic revisiting some of the stories has been. It makes me realize just how much I have been through and how far I have come!:)
I hope you keep in touch – and let me know if you get the opportunity to try cannabis:)

Cheers!
Meg

By: Tisha

Tisha — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:58:33 +0000

Meg I happen to come across your blog while looking to see if others with MS are using Segways. And I see in one of your other posts, that you do (or did). I don’t live in a state that medical cannabis can be purchased, but I heard the great things it can do for those with MS. I’m planning on moving to CO because my health is #1 and living down south isn’t helping me much here (with the heat and humidity). I was diagnosed in Jan 2011 and stopped taking meds thinking the MS wouldn’t progress until I got older. NOT! It has and now I’m on Tysarbi. You are an inspiration to me. Your blogs don’t hold back and I like that. I’m a single parent of 2 girls and I can say I’m fairly young (just turned 46) and I’m not ready for this disease to overtake my body. Can you tell me what MMJ stands for?

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 05:41:40 +0000

In reply to Doug.

Hey Doug!

Thanks so much for the kind words! “Unvarnished”….I love working with wood and really like that term when applied to me:). Hoping you made it through the streets of NYC in the blizzard without too much damage?:)

Cheers!
Meg

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:30:45 +0000

Love your writing and your willing to be vulnerable and tell the unvarnished version, often to some good laughs, too! I’m a quite follower but always look forward to your updates, it helps me come to grips with my own recent dx. L

ike walking in the wet showers, I was in NYC this spring and was caught in a freak blizzard. Same idea – shuffling around completely terrified and not being very sure-footed, just waiting to eat it on the sidewalk. It’s the worst!

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:44:09 +0000

In reply to tresswann.

🙂 You bring up a good point with the vicious cycle – I am EXHAUSTED when I get home – yesterday I couldn’t even get my ass off the couch to make dinner (and that doesn’t happen:) I know that back when I was in shape and working out daily, the MS still made it so that I had to nap for at least an hour after my workout, but then I would feel so much better. HOPING to get back to that point – swim for an hour, nap for an hour?:)

Cheers!
Meg