The following is an exchange of emails between yours truly and a fellow PCa Warrior with extensive knowledge about the subject matter. The discussion is edited to minimize unrelated material:
Don O (me):
We have not made contact for quite some time...cannot help but wonder how you are doing. My PCa remains under control thanks to Dr Myers and Xtandi, but it is only a matter of time. My plan is to ease on out when push comes to shove. This plan includes marijuana which I have never used, and know little if anything about. It looks to me as if there are many, many options. I don't know how much pain and mental anguish I am in store for. I do know marijuana can ease both. I thought my education might possibly begin with you. Can you help me develop a plan of action?
Don M: (fellow PCa Warrior)
Great to hear from you. I'm still on xtandi. It's been about 5 years. My PSA is about .3 It's been sorta stable rising sometimes and then other times not. I have zero symptoms, scans are also clear. However, coincidentally I have my oncology appt today. If the xtandi fails I'm not sure what my next stop will be. Regarding cannabis, I'm very familiar with but I personally don't think it's curative. It's can help with pain relief etc... Also, if you don't want the psychoactive effect (being high) which is the THC in the cannabis choose the strain which has the CBD cannabinoid. CBD has no psychoactive effects and the growers have learned to breed out the THC in the plant. Also, you don't need to smoke cannabis. There are many forms of delivery like capsules, food, candy, drinks, and tinctures. Thanks for reaching out again. Lets keep in contact.
Don O.
I am laying the groundwork for when my PCa meds begin to fail, i,.e., when the pain, suffering and anguish begin to take hold. I am indeed searching for a cannabis product that produces a high, particularly one that I have control over.
You seem opposed to a product that would produce a high. This is my objective as I said to ease the pain and suffering which are sure to arise when Hormone therapy becomes ineffective. I would be interested in your reasoning in this regard.
Don M.
No, I’m not opposed to the high effect at all. I assumed maybe you like some other people new to cannabis for medicinal reasons don’t realize there is cannabis available without thc. You can have both THC and cbd. In Michigan you have lots of great options. Please let me know how it works for you
Don O:
I would very much like for the two of us to stay in touch. At the very least let's agree to inform one another when our Xtandi fails and what we intend to do about it.
When I contacted you I was thinking about what I might do to combat the pain and misery that may result when all standard medical interventions begin to fail. Without knowing its technical name psychoactive cannabis is the product I had in mind. Offhand I suspect I will experiment with the tincture option when push comes to shove. Any additional comments you have relative to these thoughts would be most welcome.
Don M:
My oncology appt. went well but my PSA had a little bump. I'm at .32 but I think I know why. I've been traveling between Arizona, California lately and I didn't have enough xtandi meds. Besides that my #'s are good. Yes, the tinctures with CBD will work well. Just go to a real medical or recreational cannabis store. I think you live in Michigan and if I'm correct you have medical and soon to be recreational stores.
Don O:
I'm not quite ready, but on an experimental basis I thought I would purchase 1 bottle of CBD oil (1000mG/mL) from Buy Weed Online (for $190).
Would appreciate feedback from you before I proceed.
Don M:
So Michigan is a legal state for medical and recreational marijuana/cannabis. I'd personally go to one of the stores nearest you and ask them for a CBD in a capsule, oil, or edible format. You'll find a better quality, tested per state law product to choose from. Plus the price you mentioned seemed high and I don't think it's what you want. The legal stores have cannabis products that have all been tested in 3rd party labs for safety and cannabinoid profile.
Hope this helps but again I would not buy anything online. You don't know the efficacy of the product. In a licensed store by the state of Michigan you'll get a quality product.
For the record I am within weeks of age 85 and have been wrestling with PCA for well over ten years.
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