KXLY: Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana

Run time: 08:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmviQBB5DHs   Posted on YouTube: April 29, 2011 By YouTube Member: KXLY Views on YouTube: 559   Posted on DU: May 01, 2011 By DU Member: Shallah Kali Views on DU: 3125

 




The child was given his last round of high dose chemotherapy without anti-nausea drugs due to MMJ.

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I recently watched a woman check her child (in a stroller) into a children's cancer center and my heart dropped.

Bacteria created problems like antibiotic resistant Staph.

It is no wonder that the Big Pharma people keep the pressure on our elected officials to keep marijuana illegal. The more that the Big Pharma people research, the more they realize how cannibinoids could be worth billions each week to any business entity able to patent those cannibinoids.

...the masses obtain this information. And when it comes to life and death issues--the people will not
stand for this. They will get pot somehow.

If my child got cancer, you can damn well bet that I would do whatever it would take to ease their
suffering, prolong life and maybe even cure them.

It's not long before big pharma's attempt to keep pot illegal--will fail. People will do it anyway, and
by that time, it won't matter if it's illegal or not. People using it for medical purposes, will have
impacted big pharma's profits.

It is at that point, that they will pay off our politicians to enact rules and legislation that enables
pharmaceutical companies to patent pot or be the sole distributors.

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that they would refuse to acknowledge the strength of evidence that MMJ has its place as a primary adjunct therapy in cancer and other chronic disorders. And to think of penalizing the parents for obtaining it for their horrifically afflicted two year old just leaves me unable to express my dismay. I can only hope that the continued emergence of MMJ laws in states across the country will eventually move us from this regressive mindset.

How dare he. Big Pharma needs his money.

Well, not NEED it so much as REALLY, REALLY WANT it. But that's a good enough reason to put him in jail, right?

I've seen some things on the internet about the oil (which requires quite a process) and have seen adults talk about it's benefits.

What is the matter with our society? This is amazing.

Our Cannabis Laws make me sick! This man was very lucky he live where he does! I am so happy for him & his son!! I have tears in my eyes!

This is very personal to me!

I live in Georgia & I have extreme Neuropathic Pain from my chest to my toes on just the left side on my body...It literally splits me in half including through my crotch! If you don't know what Neuropathic Pain is well it is due to damage to nerves & can happen many different ways from Diabetes to Spinal Cord Injury which is how I ended up with it...The cost of being a quadriplegic with limited ability to walk. To know what it feels like think of a time when you had a cut that got infected how sensitive the area around the cut was. Now imagine that from your chest to your toes including the most sensitive areas on your body. It will flare up when the temp changes, barometric pressure changes, on windy days, in the sun, if you get a chill & any stimulation or direct touch is very uncomfortable...Must stay very still with very soft tight fitting clothes.

For relief I was going through various drug trials & other very painful & very costly procedures too many to list...This all stopped when my insurance dropped me when there were two other very promising things I had not tried.

So, now I am on a very expensive oral drug that does help. However, I tried Cannabis & it was amazing how well it worked! Granted it only worked for about an hour at a time but IT WORKED! However, my state says they will jail me if I am caught with it. I would have to have someone grow it for me to have the good stuff on a regular basis but in the state of Georgia that is a crime that could put one in jail for potentially decades!

Anyway, it is what it is so I am forced to buy very expensive pharmaceuticals that right now I get free from Pfizer...I applied twice for this program prior to the Health Care debate but after it started & right about the time Obama made the deal with the drug companies i KNOW Pfizer changed their policy. I can't speak for any other company but Pfizer.

I am not defending or even praising them as I know there are plenty of people who's income exceeds $1500 who are left to suffer! I am just describing what happened.

...I may be an Atheist but I know what Christ taught & for a country where most of its citizens claim it is a Christian country all I can do is LAUGH at the hypocrisy...Especially because the loudest voices claiming America is a Christian Nation are the same folks who would lock me up for decades if I grew my own medicine! Which by the way is an herb that the Bible says God gave to us to use!


King James Bible Gen 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

I can relate! I have a rare form of neuropathy that affects me from the knees down and makes walking extremely painful and sleep only lasts until the pills wear off. The doctors have tried every pill in their arsenal but they soon stop working well or I have been allergic. The pain was so bad I let them implant a neural stimulator into my spine (battery was included) which helps at times but you cannot let it run all of the time. Unless you suffer from chronic pain, you have no idea what it is like to go through life with moderate to severe pain 24 hours a day for a life sentence!!! I tried pot (again, college was a long time ago) and it was amazing! Evenings are the most painful times, but that is when I can now take my "medicine!" Here in Texas, the most repressed state in the Union, I would be executed by lethal injection were I to be caught (how do you think we execute so many of our citizens)! I dare them to arrest me for possession. I would make a media circus out of it. For all of you doubters out there, just ask your friends. There will be some honest ones that will admit to smoking pot and can testify as to its pain killing properties. My pain management doctor, who is also a neurologist, said it "puts the user in a dis-associative state much like narcotics." I could not tell him that I was using it because I do not know where he stands in this debate, but that was his honest answer.

EVERYONE SHOULD JUST USE IT FOR MODERATE TO SEVERE PAIN AND KEEP THE FIGHT ALIVE! WRITE YOUR LEADERSHIP (unless you are in Texas where you will have to vote all of the damn greedy, corrupt, lying, jealous, racists, small minded sum bitches out of office and start over)!!!!

like you are in the same shitty boat as me. I did the trial for the spinal stimulator but it actually aggrivated my pain. Well, it covered it up very well on my stomach & thigh to my ankle but it was hell on my crotch! LOL! And then when I turned the stimulator off "IT F'ING HURT!!"

Then I tried at the time a new drug called Prialt that is administered via intrathecal infusion or catheter in my spinal column...It seem to work a little but about 8 days into the 10 day trial the catheter broke while I was sleeping & spinal fluid began to leak out...Talk about the worst head ache I have EVER had! I had to go to the emergency room to have the entire thing removed. Just a few weeks after that my insurance canceled me so i never got to try it again!

I think it would cost me around $6,000 to try again through Medicare & I simply can't afford that. If I could try again at a cheaper price I would even though the drug Prialt makes you very sick for the first couple of days. They make the drug from the venom of a cone snail from the Great Barrier Reef! CRAZY, huh?

You live in Texas & I live in Georgia the two states that compete to see who can kill the most prisoners! Your state has the lead! SAD, huh?

I have literally been in my bed for almost 7 years! I just turned 40 & I wonder if this is where I will spend the rest of my life? However, I know I am not suppose to think like that but considering all I have is time to think it is hard not to think that sometimes.

I do go out to eat sushi with my brother once a month when he is off & I am feeling up to it...I have a very caring wife who is sticking with me as well. Well, legally she is no longer my wife because we were forced to get a divorce because her $29K a year job was too much money for me to apply for emergency help via Medicare & other programs after my insurance dropped me! INSANE!

Well, I will stop rambling...I guess I felt like I could share some of my thoughts with you considering we know firsthand what each other is dealing with.

I wish you all the best in trying to stay as comfortable as possible...Anytime you want to talk feel free to PM me. Take care!

My name is AJ.

Most children do really well, I believe the remission rate is over 85% for most childhood leukemias and lymphomas.

little one...

booze makers, prison industrial complex, big tobacco and Doctors with prejudices and ignorance.Tom crow laws that prevent people from getting meds or employment.
I have severe sleep apnea and Cannabis does wonders for my sleep Quality. I live in Cali and we have the most progressive Cannabis laws in the nation. But Obama and his attack dog holder will not leave us the fuck alone!
Locally the asshats on the Santa Barbara county board keep passing ordinances that are illegal under prop215, and finally dispensary owners that are forced to jump through extraordinary rules and regs.All this to stop people from using a plant that improves their quality of life. :smoke:

not life threatening, thank heaven, but i would love to try MJ on her to prevent her pain and other symptoms. As soon as it is legal..........

What a shame....

I'd be for ANYTHING that eased my child's suffering, especially if there was the real possibility that this might be all the life that child gets.

Anyone who'd disagree...well, I don't want to even talk to people like that.

especially when it comes to INSANE marijuana laws. Bravo dad!

That got my attention. :) Ah, memories of my youth....

Nice to hear a story with a happy ending.

I probably should go for a walk knowing my eyes have welled-up. My dad passed away almost a little over year ago due to brain cancer, at least he had a life before leaving us. I am very saddened to see this.

Thanks for thread, Shallah Kali.

Just play and have fun.

Tears in my eyes.

than so much of the get-rich money making pharmaceutical pills, "medication" expensive treatment and garbage that doctors will prescribe to anyone (since many are also making big money prescribing addictive-trash chemicals from the huge pharmaceutical companies)...The AMA will prescribe anything for patients if they get a piece of the action (billions of dollars) No matter how addicting bad for the body or even if the prescribed garbage works or not.

My ONLY advice....to all who need and prescribed medical weed for illness (or relaxing pleasure) make sure it's ORGANICALLY grown as many of us do here in Humboldt County (NO pesticides, no insecticides, no chemical soil or soil additives and no chemical "nutrients" when feeding & watering). I also prefer natural sunlight (not artificial lights).

It's harder to grow, one needs a bit more expertise and it's more expensive to grow - but organically is the ONLY way to use medical marijuana or even just to enjoy & the finely cured organic weed than killer addicting drugs and ALCOHOL.....Hang-overs are telling you & your body you just poisoned the shit out of yourself the night before.....But it's legal - what a joke!!

... from brain cancer and its treatment. The child was a little older, IIRC.

Same deal. The kid was miserable and wouldn't eat anything. The doctor/father was at his wit's end. After the doctor/father gave the kid marijuana, they stopped on the way home from treatment for a milkshake (IIRC).

Why are we still discussing this as "controversial"?