I quit chomotherapy!

Ginger Girl said:

Hi Kacee! I was diagnosed
Hi Kacee! I was diagnosed with stage 2b HER positive. I would have to find my pathology report to tell you more...I actually don't remember everything. I am at work and it's at home. To answer your question...you can smoke marijuana to alleviate the side effects of chemo and nausea. That has helped many patients. But it does so much more! They are only beginning to research this wonderful medicine. The drug companies, some doctors and hospital don't want you to know about this as they can't patient it because it's a natural plant. If people started to use it for a cure they won't make the billions of dollars the cancer industry makes. My care giver used it to cure his lung cancer a couple of years ago and now just takes a maintenance dose every day. Feel free to ask me anything. Do as much research on this and you will find what a wonderful plant this is. I am so amazed!! Take care Kacee!

To Ginger Girl
You are at a stage with a pathology that you should really reconsider going back to your treatment. 70% of women who do standard treatment do never recur. You don't ever want to be stage IV. Before they found the oncogene for HER2NEU women died quickly from this aggressive cancer. Herceptin has been a blessing to many women, keeping them alive or extending their life. I guarantee that MJ will not do that, I really urge you to go back and talk with your oncologist.

This drug works in Mice and having been diagnose in 1994 and online since 1997, I will tell you that what works in Mice doesn't mean it ever will ever work in people. I have seen a lot of hoopla that has come out with this sort of thing with the keyword being "works in Mice in labs". So many of them were never heard again in the media.

They don't have any cure for cancer. A few like testicular, they do have some idea what might work on it and that is why Lance Armstrong did so well with his. Some childhood leukemias are curable. Breast cancer is the oldest recorded disease in history. Somewhere along the way, I am willing to bet women have used it but if it worked the way it is showing in these mice, the information would have trickled down.

Don't be taken in by Media spin of something that might never be tested in people. When it is offered in clinical trial, Phase II better in Phase III then it's time to reconsider standard treatment. I wouldn't take the words of a MJ seller that it cured anyone. I am a doubting Thomas. Did you speak to the person cured of lung cancer? Did you see his reports, pathology, scans and etc.? What proof do you have that this person isn't what once was called a snake oil salesperson? What is the background of the person selling you MJ? A medical person, scientist or just some one who believes that MJ should be promoted? Do they have a license to sell MJ? In my state MJ is approved for medical reasons and the person who decides if there is a valid medical reason is a doctor.

Please reconsider, at least talking with your oncologist about what you are doing.

Doris

I don't like what you're peddling... God made grapes too.. my sign to drink wine to cure my cancer? For pete's sake.. stop driving home false cures.. I have no problem with med marijuana as an aid to help ease side effects of chemo but if it were a cure, we would know it long before you came along!

salls41 said:

I don't like what you're peddling... God made grapes too.. my sign to drink wine to cure my cancer? For pete's sake.. stop driving home false cures.. I have no problem with med marijuana as an aid to help ease side effects of chemo but if it were a cure, we would know it long before you came along!

Doris, I never have a
Doris, I never have a problem with others expressing opinions, but this post went way beyond that in making false claims and misleading others. And, for those of us who struggle with our therapies every single day, it is beyond insulting.

I would like to believe this is a legitimate survivor, but her claims make me wonder if she has ties with the cannabis industry? I saw red flags all over that post. If she is legit, then I feel terribly sorry for her, because, in my training, I saw many folks in the hospital in the final stages of cancer. And without her chemo...well, I think that is so unwise. My hospital experience has kept me compliant and kept me alive for 25 years--not cured but still working and fighting.

P.S. BTW, I do not have an issue with cannabis for the side effects. I even tried it 25 years ago in desperation. Unfortunately, it did nothing for my nausea and vomiting. I worked out a prescription drug regimen with my chemo nurse that did work well and I was then able to keep working. But if it helps your nausea or improves your appetite, I have no issue with it.

CypressCynthia said:

Doris, I never have a
Doris, I never have a problem with others expressing opinions, but this post went way beyond that in making false claims and misleading others. And, for those of us who struggle with our therapies every single day, it is beyond insulting.

I would like to believe this is a legitimate survivor, but her claims make me wonder if she has ties with the cannabis industry? I saw red flags all over that post. If she is legit, then I feel terribly sorry for her, because, in my training, I saw many folks in the hospital in the final stages of cancer. And without her chemo...well, I think that is so unwise. My hospital experience has kept me compliant and kept me alive for 25 years--not cured but still working and fighting.

P.S. BTW, I do not have an issue with cannabis for the side effects. I even tried it 25 years ago in desperation. Unfortunately, it did nothing for my nausea and vomiting. I worked out a prescription drug regimen with my chemo nurse that did work well and I was then able to keep working. But if it helps your nausea or improves your appetite, I have no issue with it.

100% agree...
... with CypressCynthia.

joeybirdie said:

What's with all the flags?
I noticed some of the posts were flagged? HUH? There is nothing wrong with medicial marijuana girls! It's 2012! It's almost 2013! Grow up! Many, many chemo patients think of MMJ as a Godsend and I am one of them. I don't know what I would do without it. I actually can go to work for a whole day and feel good. I can sleep at night without waking up once! I used to be up many times at night because I didn't feel good. My sweet hubby loves that! Really ladies, think of others before you condemn something you know nothing about. Any one of us could die at any time so why is it so terrible that someone gets relief from a plant. It's just a plant and it's my valuable medicine. Sorry for the venting, but let's just give each other some words of encouragement instead of bashing the very thing that let's us have a normal life again.

Joeybirdie
Medical MJ maybe, but this isn't about the nausea business. Your talking about being cured from pot when there is just a small possibility with mice. If it works, it is years away.

Your testimonials are as fake as those of Dr. Burzynski and all those diet books that have cures. If people where cured, it would be on the front page of every newspapers, it would be Tweeted, all over Facebook, and every network would be talking and interviewing about "the cure".

There isn't any of this because there isn't any cure. If you believe what you wrote, you wouldn't be doing chemotherapy. I don't believe Gingergirl is now a real person, perhaps you and she are one and the same promoting false hope .

Doris

joeybirdie said:

Hi Doris. I do know many
Hi Doris. I do know many people that have been cured of cancer with MMJ. Not smoking it but taking the oil or eating it raw. Smoking never cured anyone, only helped the symptoms of chemo. The only reason I am taking chemo is because my husband felt it would be better if I did. I agreed, but I said that if it was too much for me I would quit. It was pretty bad for awhile until I started to take the oil. Now it's tolerable. Ginger said she would go back on it if her CT Scan shows no improvement with cannabis. Where have you been for the last couple of years? I have seen many news programs discussing MMJ for curing cancer. I've read numerous articles in newspapers on this very subject. Facebook has many pages about RSO and raw cannabis. And twitter too. Just because you never heard of it, don't assume there isn't anything to it. I don't care if most people won't try it, but at least let the word get out so someone could get some relief from chemo or actually be cured of it. The reason some folks don't shout it from the mountain is because in their state there is no MMJ laws. They are doing it illegally and are afraid to talk about it. Fortunately here in Michigan we past the MMJ law back in 2008. I'm very grateful for this but even if it weren't legal I would use it. But I would not be on here talking about it in fear of arrest. If one patient on this site finds MMJ useful for any reason I will be happy. Here's to everyone finding their own comfort! Joey

Unconscionable snake oil
Unconscionable snake oil peddler-go away!

Margeaux said:

Off chemo and cannabis
I have been on this board since Aug. 2010 (changed my username) and I never have seen this many responses flagged as offensive. What is going on? I will probably get flagged too, well, there is a first time for everything. Unfortunately I live in backwards Texas and no hope to get Cannabis in any form, smoke, rubs, oils, none! Husband notwithstanding, this old lady of 79 would smoke up a storm, or whatever. I do have side effects from damaged nerves due to lymph node removal, heaven to just check out for a while! That said - I now need to take a very, very deep breath..... So, now some form of MJ is going to "cure" cancer? Really? Another wonderful cure suppressed by avaricious medical profession/pharmaceutical industry and Government to keep the billions flowing? Naturally, being off chemo makes one feel better, for a short time at least. In the meantime those cancer cells are recuperating and will happily go about their business multiplying. The sad thing is, some will buy into this, and a perfectly curable cancer will end up terminal. Chemo/surgery/radiation is one tough road to walk on, but walk on we did and are alive as a consequence of it. We are not stupid mindless followers but brave, courageous men and women. Please be so kind and give us details on the thousands that have been "cured" by cannabis, type, grade, stage, 5 year survival rates, scientific data from reputable sources, I'd like to read it.
Margeaux

I am sorry too
Wow what a thread. Finally after 15 years of survival this site is actually talking about things that are part of reality though I have to wonder myself where is all the cure in chemo radiation and surgery. Do we just forget that we are at greater risk of getting breast cancer again along with higher risks for getting other cancers. This sort of rains on the CURE parade I think.

Don't get me wrong I consider myself and many others here miracles just for still being here when the cards were stacked against us. I learned after being ill for a very long time before my cancer diagnosis that there truly shouldn't be any reason why anyone should have to suffer in this day and age. All treatments including surgery almost killed me with infections and poor health but being stage 3 and very ill might not have helped.

I am here to say that pharmacuticals often come with side effects that are just as bad as some of the effects felt from treatments. Some of us are very sensative to everything done to us and I began with one disease Breast Cancer and have had to learn to live with many diseases these past 15 years so sorry if I am not on the CURE Train.

Quality for my life is another story though. We have had access to THC sprays and pills in Canada for years but science has a tendancy to change what was actually good so it has taken years to get anything useful for a patient. They now know that the entire component of the plant is needed so POT isn't bad after all. I always said that was man's first mistake getting rid of HEMP because man sure found allot of ways to distroy a very good thing. The war hasn't worked and time for a change and I am feeling it in the wind here. Thank you
Tara

mom62 said:

Scam
I'm no detective but I know a scam when I see one. Find some other site to spread your scam. These ladies and gentlemen are more deserving of respect. If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat it is most likely a rat....................

BTW I have no problem with medical cannibus for any reason.

Terry

....or we expect you to provide....
names, specifics, dates, path reports...put your money where your mouth is. Not the old "a friend of my co-worker's sister..." line. That's as old as the hills. I always like how it seems to exponentially grow...."I know "MANY" people who have been CURED." Give me one...give me two. give me PROOF. We on this board are always open to new ideas and the medical community is discovering new advances HOURLY. But do NOT utter the word CURE when that for all practical purposes is blasphemous to those souls who are fighting tooth and nail for their very existence. Give us something solid and we will be the first to band together and call the American Cancer Society and give them the proof to review, if these purported cured individuals are too "scared" to come forward because of anti-MJ laws (I'm sorry, I have to LAUGH at that). If there is a cure out there, it should be known about. But.....