I tried one little pull off one of those vape pens and it scared me half to death and I was not a newcomer to THC. Child of the sixties. They put me in jail where I live for that. Glad it's helping

Where do you live? If you want tell me where you live and I'll ask my doctor if he knows anybody who is doing the pump in your area. PS it's covered by Medicare

@asnowflake, Congratulations. It sounds like you have figured out the best way for cannabis options to work for you. I also welcome the calming, pain free times that can be yours when including THC as well as CBD in a vape cartridge or even a tincture. Wishing a pain free day tomorrow for you. Chris

I'm a 65yr old female who had always struggled even in my 20's with contacts whichever ones I tried but was never diagnosed with dry eye. When I was 49 I decided to get cateract surgery as opposed to laser due to that causing dry eye in some people who didn't have it before. Over the yrs that followed ( probably due to my age and having fibromyalgia) my eyes were constantly gritty. In my 50's I was diagnosed with Glaucoma by an eye surgeon here in Nanaimo,BC who told me I had really bad 'Dry Eyes'.After a long discussion about how long I had felt this awful condition which was worse when I had to do my 2 X 12 hr shifts on night as a nurse he Px me Restasis eye drops,It has changed my life. I have been using them now for about 9 yrs and have gone down from twice a day to once a day. I always carry around some OTC drops for those odd days when they might still feel a little dry of I get a bit of mascara in my eye. They are expensive but the eye Dr gives me a discount card when I see him once a yr which gives me 3 boxes at half price.

I hear you Tommy. I am British where there used to be a fantastic free health system ( NHS ). My husbna dand I are 65/66 yrs old and have live in Canada for the last 14 yrs.We are thinking of going back to England but I have many problems too,Chronic Pain from Fibromyagia, Arthrits etc .Due to all the Illigal immigrants and people going to UK to just use the NHS then go back to their own country especially women to have babies our NHS is in the toilet. At the moment I have a great teIam at the pain clinic here so I am so worried about going back as my 3 daughters who are still in UK tell me they can't even get an appointment with a GP without having to wait for weeks. I had to wait over a yr here to get into the pain clinic and I am very worried I would be without treatment for what could be a lot more than just 1 year. Does anyone on here have that experience and how to get around the wait if we go back.For instance can a Dr at the pain clinic contact a Dr at a pain clinic there to just pass on the info to get me in without a wait?

@anniebrook I also have dry eyes but do OTC gtts the Dr. never said I need Restasis but now I have a lot of gritty eyes especially when I wake up my eyes feel like sand in corners. I'm going to ask her next time about Restasis since my eyes are constantly like this somedays I have to put in the drops 5 times. I wondered if there was some help with the price .

I use Testasis every day. The manufacturer offers a great deal IF you have no insurance or you’re not on Medicare. A person isn’t eligible for any prescription discount cards if on Medicare. I’ve spent lots of time checking that out.
I have insurance but it was still $366.00 per month. So, I went online and scouted for a local pharmacy offering a cheaper price. I discovered that Walgreens was only charging me $47.00 a month after insurance. That’s still a lot but relatively speaking it’s a lot less than what other pharmacies are charging. I guess it pays to shop around.

Oops! I mean Restasis. Wish we could edit these things.

@bonnieh218 I knew what you meant you can edit after you hit reply on the left side is an edit click on it

Hi Allan, I have exactly the same condition, I am flying in bed at this moment with a sore left groin and a numb cold left leg and desperately seeking help, it would be good to communicate with you ? I live in the south of Ireland, Sean

Hi I'm Sean, I have inguinal nerve entrapment which has led to chronic pain, my symptoms are a sore inflamed left groin area which comes with continued standing and walking, this leads to coldness & numbness down my left leg and pelvic pain , I was also diagnosed with small fiber nephropathy .
I have a spinal cord simulator since 2012.

From Grandma @peggyella to @grandmar
My husband has had cancer 5 times… 2 of them, melanoma. You wouldn’t believe the size of his scars! The first time, tubular melanoma, very aggressive. In 12/2018, they found a spot on his back the size of a dime. It took 60 stitches to remove it bc it was deep and wide UNDER the skin. It’s always better large and a lot, than too little too late.

5 times. Your husband must be so strong. CANCER SUCKS! Ihad stage 4 throat cancer 4 years ago. I'm cancer free now but it was a tough time.

@peggyella
Good Morning,
I am so sorry to hear about your husband! Melanoma is a VERY scary cancer!!
My brother-in-law was full of moles and marks on his body. I can't remember HOW they found the first Melanoma, but the doctor did. They found it behind his calf. He went to Sloane Kettering, one of the BEST cancer hospitals. The doctors said this kind was like jumping jacks and could jump to another site that is unrelated. He also became what they called a chronic cancer patient. He would get the cancer, have it operated on, stay clear for a couple of years, then it would reappear.
To make a long, sad story short. The doctor was right! The cancer eventually jumped to his brain. He survived! Finally, it went into his groin in-between all sorts of muscles and veins. That is what finally got him at age 36. Rest his soul!
I live in Florida and after my diagnosis, I was afraid to go outside!
Bless us all!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

Good morning, Ronnie. I’m so sorry about your loss. Truly. I know my husband, Barry, may die the next time he gets cancer. If not, he may have another hemorrhagic stroke and the neurologist said he’ll never survive another one like that. It was a miracle he survived the first one. He has a hole in the frontal lobe so his ability to handle his mood and anxiety are nil. I never know when I walk into the room what mood he will be in, I know God is using it to teach me more patience. I take care of him but he takes care of me as well. So I know you must miss your husband very much. It is hard to nurse someone with cancer.

Because God healed me from my abusive childhood, I have a passion to help other abused women. I also work with the homeless and most all of them have been abused, men and women. I am sponsoring a few women right now to guide them in the right direction to recovery. One of them nursed her husband with bone cancer for three years until he died. It put her over the edge and they found her on the sidewalk unable to tell the Deputy anything except, “my husband died.“ It is very sad.

Please forgive me because my memory is so bad… LOL… But did you write about having chronic pain? I can’t see the post. I’ve been in chronic pain from various sources for 49 years. I can’t say that you ever get used to it. I gave up on pain medicine a couple of years ago and told them to get me off of it. Because I was on the pump 10 years, I t took 11 months to wean me, but I’m glad that I did. Everything worked for a year or so, but eventually I needed more and then a different opiate.

I started out on morphine after few years it didn’t work anymore so they put me on snail venom. That worked until I started having audio hallucinations. I’m not kidding! I heard music all the time. I couldn’t make out any words but I could hear the instruments and voices in the background. No, I was not schizophrenic! LOL. It got so bad and so loud that one day I called my sweet neighbor and asked her if her teenagers were blasting a stereo. She said she was taking a nap and the kids weren’t home! Boy did I feel like an idiot. When I first told my doctor she said she had never read that but when she looked at blogs, lots of people complained about it.

So finally it was Dilaudid. When I had my last spinal surgery for degenerative disc disease, the lunatic surgeon cut the lead to my spine and I overdosed. He said it was an accident!!! My local pain management doctor and neurologist said that no surgeon accidentally cut the lead to the intrathecal pain pump. It was in his way and he was lazy. When I return from my follow-up visit I said to him, “Dr., you put me through hell.“ It didn’t go over too well. LOL. Like I would ever go back to him. For 12 days I hallucinated, Head sweats, nausea and vomiting constantly. I couldn’t even keep down water. When they finally discharge me, I was sent to a nursing home for rehab for two months. It was awful. So unless I have a broken bone or surgery, I won’t take narcotics ever again. I have had to since then and I only take them for a few days. I saw it destroyed my father. He was already an angry man, but it turned him into a raging maniac. Constant doses of hydrocodone day after day, year after year, decade after decade. If he tries to skip a few days, he has rebound migraines that make him feel like he’s going to die or wants to.

I never impose what I need to do for myself on others. Some people it works for and I’m happy for them. Have a nice day my friend and God bless you. I’m in Florida also.

Peggy