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Medicinal





        But 1 day, I just couldn't swallow?!                 I recall smearing peanut butter onto a slice

                                                             of ham and rolling it over a gherkin?!?
        A day turned into a week turned into

        a month, meanwhile getting weaker                    I didn't sleep that night either though, as
        and thinner and more malnourished,                   with a Stoma, what goes in is super quick to
        my hubby arrived home from work                      come out. And I put a fuck ton in haha!!
        with what I knew as a Bankie?!
                                                             To this day, without Pot, I am unable to eat.
        Hadn't ever tried a drug as I was
        brought up that they all the same                    When I use the correct strain, I use less
        thing. Pot is as bad as Heroin.                      anxiety medication.


        Too weak to argue, I smoked the joint                It felt poetic to tell you all of this today, as I
        he rolled for me and felt guilt from                 had both forms of my required treatment to
        deep within my soul!                                 keep me alive.
        What if I freak out and go to the
        hospital... And they won't treat me cos              My wish is for the same funding that has
        I took drruuuuugs!!!                                 been pumped into throwing a bunch of
                                                             chemicals together to get a cure, please do
        What a pleasant first experience, as                 the same thing with Cannabis.
        that scenario didn't happen.
        Instead, I laughed for the first time in             Research and development.
        weeks.                                               Lots of it!

        I didn't dose off during whatever I
        was watching and I ate the entire                    What is keeping my crohns from flaring are
        contents of our fridge!!                             chemicals.
                                                             What is keeping me from malnutrition and
                                                             anorexia is natural.
                                                             I would prefer to keep my crohns from
                                                             flaring using something natural.


                                                             So today, at 4.20pm on this the day of
                                                             celebration, I shall be joining in the
                                                             community and smoking it... This time... FOR
                                                             FUN!!!



                                                             HI.
                                                             I am Mel.
                                                             I am 37 and broken in the Prime of My Life.
                                                             I am on Permanent Disability.
                                                             And I use Cannabis proudly!
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