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Hi everyone, sorry it takes me a little to put things together anymore-the epilepsy has taken on a serious toll on my body. I love to grow food. (see the post I put about the Hortilux PowerVeg light- that's my tomato plant taking over the area lol) I want to be able to grow my own medicine as well, but I'm waiting for Ohio to wake the flamin' hell up.
I have had epilepsy since I was 15, and the doctors have tried every possible medicine in the market and still have yet to find something to stop my seizures. SO…. they made me their little guinea pig for the VNS (Vagal Nerve Stimulator); it worked for about 4 yrs or so, and it had to be taken out because it stopped working against my seizures. Six implants (battery death), and no help from that and I was trying desperately to explain that marijuana may stop them, but no one listened to me (at this point I was about 23.). My parents and doctors felt it would be better to up the meds that I was (and still am) to massive amounts. If you are familiar to any kind of these? I am on Mysoline, Keppra, and Neurontin. Normally this wouldn't be all that bad, except I'm on close to 2 grams of Mysoline a day, 5 grams of Keppra and only 1600 mg of Neurontin. For years I was a walking zombie, then my body starts to get used to it. Round 4 came around- now they wanted to try brain surgery. I didn't want it. I brought the thought of marijuana with my parents and doctors (at this time California had passed legal medical use…) and they told me no; lets try the surgery first. 2010, I had no choice and ended up with the 'halo' thing stuck around my head, wires stuck on my head, no hair(they had to), and watch me have seizures several times to try and find where it was coming from. I had brain surgery the same year, but to be honest that is a blur… so much happened, I even just had to ask my wife the year it happened in.
Now to 2016, the seizures are still there, I'm still on that massive amount of 'medicine', and I have been more than patient for them to go away. I have asked my doctor, my parents and my wife if this gets legal, 'can I please try to use it to stop my seizures?' my doctor is behind me, my wife is, but my parents still think I just want to get stoned. … really? I don't care what my parents say about it anymore, I want to be off the 'medicine' that has been ripping my whole body apart, and finally have some kind of relief from 20+ years of seizures, anywhere from 1 to 15 a day when I was 16, and now it is down to 1 or 2 a day. I want to be able to live a normal life, get back into the workforce, and be productive for society.
Sorry for the long post, but this is who I am, what I've been through. I hope I can be a grower of marijuana for medicine, and show you guys something worthwhile.
If you read through this. thank you for your time;
-Fox
I have had epilepsy since I was 15, and the doctors have tried every possible medicine in the market and still have yet to find something to stop my seizures. SO…. they made me their little guinea pig for the VNS (Vagal Nerve Stimulator); it worked for about 4 yrs or so, and it had to be taken out because it stopped working against my seizures. Six implants (battery death), and no help from that and I was trying desperately to explain that marijuana may stop them, but no one listened to me (at this point I was about 23.). My parents and doctors felt it would be better to up the meds that I was (and still am) to massive amounts. If you are familiar to any kind of these? I am on Mysoline, Keppra, and Neurontin. Normally this wouldn't be all that bad, except I'm on close to 2 grams of Mysoline a day, 5 grams of Keppra and only 1600 mg of Neurontin. For years I was a walking zombie, then my body starts to get used to it. Round 4 came around- now they wanted to try brain surgery. I didn't want it. I brought the thought of marijuana with my parents and doctors (at this time California had passed legal medical use…) and they told me no; lets try the surgery first. 2010, I had no choice and ended up with the 'halo' thing stuck around my head, wires stuck on my head, no hair(they had to), and watch me have seizures several times to try and find where it was coming from. I had brain surgery the same year, but to be honest that is a blur… so much happened, I even just had to ask my wife the year it happened in.
Now to 2016, the seizures are still there, I'm still on that massive amount of 'medicine', and I have been more than patient for them to go away. I have asked my doctor, my parents and my wife if this gets legal, 'can I please try to use it to stop my seizures?' my doctor is behind me, my wife is, but my parents still think I just want to get stoned. … really? I don't care what my parents say about it anymore, I want to be off the 'medicine' that has been ripping my whole body apart, and finally have some kind of relief from 20+ years of seizures, anywhere from 1 to 15 a day when I was 16, and now it is down to 1 or 2 a day. I want to be able to live a normal life, get back into the workforce, and be productive for society.
Sorry for the long post, but this is who I am, what I've been through. I hope I can be a grower of marijuana for medicine, and show you guys something worthwhile.
If you read through this. thank you for your time;
-Fox
