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@mdselky81

Hi, I'm Marie!
For the past 2 1/2 years, I've been the primary caregiver for my mom who's 86 with chronic conditions- diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, arthritis, and most recently MCI -Alzheimer's. With significant changes to her diet, we've brought her A1C from 10.2 to 6.1, removed one of her diabetes meds and her blood pressure is better managed. Life has been challenging but we're doing ok. I'm so happy to have found this resource and group. I have some questions about hemp-based CBD topical creams for her pain management but I'll search the topics first to see if there are any previous discussions.
Thanks.

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Hello Marie @mdselky81, Welcome to Connect. That is fantastic news that you were able to your mom make some significant changes to better manage her health. If you haven't already found the CBD discussions for pain, here are a couple.

– CBD oil for pain https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cbd/
– Night pain: CBD, THC and sleep https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/night-pain-1/

@wsh66 @grandmajan @jmb73 and @artscaping also may have some tips to share.

You might also find the discussions in the Caregiver Support Group helpful. Here is a link to the Caregivers discussion list: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/caregivers/