@ruudolpho It is so good to hear from you, you have been in my thoughts! How are you doing? Are you still loosing weight? How is your strength holding up? That is a great question about the use of medical marijuana and one I am very interested in hearing the answer. I have not tried medical marijuana and would be overjoyed to see some research done in this area for chronic MALS pain. I asked the same question a few months back on MALS PALS/ Facebook and several patients had tried it and found it helpful. I have not been brave enough to ask my physician about it, but it is something I have been considering for a while. Right now I am trying Cymbalta which has helped my mood, but not the pain. Here is a link of the discussion on MALS PALS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/105633382202/search/?query=medical%20marijuana