CANCER CANNABIS HELPS
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Cancer sucks. That is my professional medical assessment. Cannabis medicine can help.
I am a board-certified anesthesiologist but the majority of patients that I help guide are cancer patients. I have come to understand how cannabis medicine can help patients with cancer is mostly from trial--and the first patient was myself. Yes, I was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 2005. Fortunately, it was discovered early. Unfortunately, the treatment left me with a neuropathic pain so severe that I was no longer able to practice as an anesthesiologist. The medications that my colleagues prescribed had side effects that I could not tolerate. I was left with using diet change, meditation, and a lot of willful determination to get through my day. That was until I discovered cannabis medicine, in my case, topical cannabis medicine. Applying a topical preparation of cannabis was life altering. I was able to spend my day doing things besides concentrating on pushing away the pain. I needed to share this revelation with patients.
CANCER TREATMENT IS DIFFICULT In my quest to help patients solve their painful symptoms after breast cancer treatment, I was introduced to patients with other cancer diagnoses and goals, beyond treating neuropathic pain. I expanded treatment protocols from just topical to a sublingual administration, in addition to a diet change. Since I am an anesthesiologist and not an oncologist, and patients and their physicians are requesting my input regarding cancer treatment options, I needed to set up every patient for the best success possible. This includes food. I mandate a whole food, all plant diet as there is clinical evidence showing that it really matters. Patients have different goals depending upon where they are in their diagnosis and treatment. Cannabis and diet change can contribute at any point.
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