Dear Paul,

It is never easy to lose a loved one, especially
under such circumstances. The blessing is that
her suffering is now over, and also I'n sure
that she knew she was loved.

Talk about blatant manipulation and hijacking of a post to get personal sob stories in!

ttbn,

Paul's sharing with us - the death of a friend due to cancer
and telling us about medical cannabis is right on topic.
It was not any sort of "manipulation"as you so heartlessly
describe.

What is wrong with you?

cont'd ...

ttbn,

Paul did not try to give us a "sob story"what he
was telling us was that medical cannabis was
not all that helpful to his friend. The
following link goes into more detail about cannabis
and what it does:

http://theconversation.com/does-cannabis-cure-cancer-we-asked-an-expert-96876

Hi Foxy,

At the beginning we had high expectations for the medical cannabis beings used on "K", approval was hard to get, with both state and federal requirements having to be met. I think the media accounts of its benefits were over exaggerated, and we fell for the hype. The doctor prescribing did warn not to expect too much. Its just one of three drugs we will be using, plus a fourth to help counter the side effects of the pain killing drugs.
Her time in the hospice was 7 weeks, they had given her 3. After her last lot of test results in October 2017 she then freely decided to take the no more treatment option, only palliative care. "T" wanted her at our place, both "K" and her parents said no, it would be too much. "T" had nursed her own mother through a cancerous death back in 1969, as had "K"'s own mother done with her mother about 10 years beforehand. Despite the drugs, the best of palliative care, "K's" last two weeks in particular were shocking.

What I think we do is put too much faith in the medical profession to provide a dignified death through care and drugs, when it can't necessarily be delivered as we expect.

Hi Paul,

I guess all of us would grab at anything that we
feel would help if we were terminally ill.

Where there's life there's hope. Only that's not
always the case as we learn the hard way.
I had so much faith in medical cannabis - but as we're
finding out - that too has its limitations.