Brief Recap: 70 year old white male. Had prostate cancer surgery on June 16th. Was diagnosed with "bone on bone" knees 5 years ago. Told I needed both knees replaced. Some days are moderately OK, some days I can barely walk to the toilet. I cannot go down a flight of stairs unless I walk backwards. A few days a week I encounter "screaming pain" and essentially stay in bed all day.
Started using CBD bought locally. Didn't do a thing. Did some research. CBD bought at gas stations and smoke shops said 5 mgs was a starting dose. Research discovered that science driven studies use 20mgs as a start.
Between January and March of 2022 I spent about $1,000 ordering online. Finally decided on 1 vendor in Texas - HomeTown Hero. They grow their own weed. Process it in a variety of CBD products. After reading a lot and watching videos I bought a package of their CBD Delta 8 THC gummies. I was satisfied with the pain relief. Then various states began to restrict sales of Delta 8, so I willingly paid $70 .
(for a package of 10 ) Delta 9 THC CBD gummies.

Delta 9 THC CBD is the BOMB! If you eat it with an empty stomach it will hit you in about an hour. Really should not take it if you need to go shopping, or any other public place. I take mine around 5 or 6 PM. Slowly colorful patterns seem to appear on the white walls of my bedroom. If I'm watching a TV show it almost seems 3-D. The knee pain is masked for a few hours. suspect if I ate 4 at once I'd be tripping, God would be speaking to me and I'd see flying saucers in the sky. (Did a lot of psychedelics way back when).
Don't get me wrong. A tablespoon of methadone does a much better job of killing the pain. But my girlfriend can't give me any of her daily methadone too often. But that's how I know to compare the 2. And around here, a 3rd party sale of 1 days worth of methadone costs $40. So the gummies are expensive, and I can't eat them on a daily basis cause I'm on a fixed income. but they are cheaper than any other painkiller around. If I was younger and stronger I'd probably would grow (or try to grow opium) poppies, but experience has shown that I do not have a green thumb.
Well, I need to go to the laundromat. Have a good day.