I am going to hit an interesting topic today about Chron’s disease and marijuana (pot, leaves, and reefer). I got a chance to get to know about a person, who was from Arizona initially moved up to Pennsylvnania recently. He has one hell of a story that he told me. If you are already offended because of it being a pot story, just go on to the next story!

The dude I met, his name is Dave. He has been through hell of this disease. He was diagnosed with Chron’s in his early 20’s. It affected his lower intestine, which caused many surgeries for him. Chron’s disease belongs to a group of conditions known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Chron’s affects your gastrointestinal track and causes it to deteriorate over time.

When Dave had to have a surgery done, his (about to get graphic here) anus needed to be rebuilt. They had to make a new one out from his existing skin and ligaments so he could be able to live. This of course causes him excoriating pain he needs to deal with on the daily.

From what he told me, they have him taking hydrocodone so he can deal with the pain. In reality it does not do the trick. He turned to marijuana to self medicate. Now I know it is an illegal substance here in the state of Pennsylvania, but he does what he has to do, in which I understand.

He states that if it were not for him smoking marijuana, He would not be able to get out of bed because of the pain being unbearable. Every time I have seen him, you can tell he is in pain just by the way he walks. This guy though, will not let his disease get the best of him.

Now most people get in all of a big stink about him using marijuana as his medicine. He feels alive when he can use. He is not a drug dealer, he would do anything for his friends. He has been taking care of his Mother because of the surgeries she had recently, that has bed ridden her.

He is one of the people I am glad to know about because he does not let anything stop him. Not even his disease lets him get down. It’s sad he has to take illegal routes just to get the proper treatment.

Now to end this on a high note, What are your thoughts? Do you know anybody that has a disease similar to this?