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EricS #97943 06-23-2009 01:56 AM
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FYI: The "Volcano" is the gold standard for Vaporizers and my friends in New Mexico and California where marijuana is legal for cancer patients (on the state level- Feds can still bust them but new administration is not big on persecutions under the guise of prosecution)swear by it. Even their non cancer friends shun joints now is favor of vaporizing. Until the statute of limitations run, my official story is that I just watched them while visiting. Funny they had asked me if anybody on OCF was aware of how much vapor instead of smoke could help handle nausea from radiation and chemo. Until this post, I had to tell them no. Thanks Eric for broaching a very controversial issue especially since California has now ruled pot to be a potential carcinogen if smoked and will require warnings on their medical marijuana patients.
PS DavidCPA, the number one reseller of Volcano vaporizers is in Florida with prices so good, my friends in California and New Mexico ordered from him. Oh, the party line is that the vaporizers are for herbal remedies and vaporizing essential oils as in homopaethic remedies. talk about alternative treatment


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13
Charm2017 #97957 06-23-2009 06:42 AM
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What do you mean by vaporizing pot? I have smoked a joint or two, never did get to eat those brownies but how does one "deliver" the vaporized pot into ones body?


David

Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
ChristineB #97971 06-23-2009 10:58 AM
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I like the reply to nausea but I don't know what to do about his diarrhea. Right now that is the worst problem. What's bad when he has had diarrhea then I have to get water down him again. This is turning into a vicious cycle.


Diagnosed 05/09
PET clear 05/09 has not spread to lymph nodes
39 radiation scheduled, 8 completed
Cisplatin & Taxotere, 2 months scheduled, 1st & 2nd treatments finished
SCC Basaloid Features, BOT, T2M0N0 G3/3
jimorpam #98016 06-24-2009 03:08 AM
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Pam, PEG tubes work dear, does he have one? If so shoot a dose of peptobismal or kaopectate through the tube and follow it up with Pedialite or gatorade, something to replenish electrolites. If not it's got to go down the throat. I don't know of a prescription med for diarrhea.

Charm, your welcome, I figure marijuana treats pain, nausea, anxiety and helps appetite and I've never heard of anyone ODing or having a rough time getting off of it. It has a bad rep though which needs to be overcome by intelligent people like you..and David as advocates.

David, a vaporizor, does just that vaporizes the marijuana so that only the good stuff comes out in vapors that usually are pumped into a bag...then you just inhale the vapors. It reduces the amount of marijuana needed and is highly effective.


Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
EricS #98017 06-24-2009 03:10 AM
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Charm, you shocked the crap out of me with that just so you know. Just when you think you know a guy!


Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
EricS #98024 06-24-2009 04:05 AM
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I wonder how much of what we go thru is due to imaginary instead of real?? The power of suggestion has always worked on some people with low self esteem. I'm glad I'm stable with myself and life. Very sure of myself too.


Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
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EzJim #98032 06-24-2009 05:49 AM
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So one still has to inhale with the vaporizer? Pot has been associated with causing SCC so I assume that delivery method would not be recommended by OC docs. Gotta get some of those brownies. Do they really work? I mean can you get high by eating pot? I guess stupid questions.


David

Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
davidcpa #98035 06-24-2009 06:02 AM
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Yep, you can definitely get high by eating pot. It just has to be cooked, e.g. in brownies or spaghetti sauce. Not a stupid question, David! You just haven't been around that block yet, I guess!


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Stage 2 SCC upper right palate
Hemi-palatectomy and maxillectomy 5/28/09
Six teeth gone
IMRT x30 starts July 13. Completed 8/26/09
Carboplatin and Taxol x6 starting 7/14/09. Completed 8/25/09.
mightymouse #98037 06-24-2009 06:20 AM
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Then we need to bring brownies to the island!!

Spaghetti Sauce ??? Never heard that one.


David

Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
davidcpa #98038 06-24-2009 06:25 AM
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Yeah, it doesn't taste so great but...sacrifices, sacrifices, sacrifices. Anything for The Cause.


Chrissy

Stage 2 SCC upper right palate
Hemi-palatectomy and maxillectomy 5/28/09
Six teeth gone
IMRT x30 starts July 13. Completed 8/26/09
Carboplatin and Taxol x6 starting 7/14/09. Completed 8/25/09.
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