Mr. High and Mighty didnt address me so I will now address him.
Im a 30 year glaucoma patient that has exhausted all prescribed medications, combinations of medications and surgical treatments in an attempt to manage this incurable, insidious disease. The side effects from some of those medications were horrendous but I tolerated them because the alternative was blindness.
Glaucoma isnt just needing a new pair of glasses, its loss of all peripheral vision, sometimes referred to as tunnel vision. Thats the last stage before total blindness. I have already reached that last stage in one eye and was well on my way to that stage in my other eye.
My ophthalmologists suggested medical marijuana and it has truly been a miracle drug for me. Even after 26 years of conventional medications I lost some of my eyesight every single one of those years.
I have been using medical marijuana for four years and have had no vision loss during this time period. I wish the prohibitionists would please explain to me that is somehow just a coincidence.
Near the end of my use of prescribed, conventional medications I was using 4 different eye drops 4 times a day. When using that many drops you must wait approximately 15 minutes before applying each set of drops. When you are finished with the rounds it takes about 30 minutes to one hour for your vision to stabilize. That amounts to about six or more hours a day every single day. It became a full time job, was exhausting and robbed me of my life.
My medication now consists of eating one delicious, sight sustaining cookie twice a day. I enjoy my medication with a nice cup of tea. The side effects are happiness. Call me a drug addict or junkie and I will laugh at your willful ignorance. Attempt to deny my medication and I will deride your arrogance.
Some people speak of God as if they are His authority here on earth. I thank God every day for the natural substance He has provided that allows me to look in awe at His beautiful creations for just a little while longer. The sky, stars, flowers, birds but most of all the face of my first grandchild.
“Some people speak of God as if they are His authority here on earth. I thank God every day for the natural substance He has provided that allows me to look in awe at His beautiful creations for just a little while longer. “
Amen & AMEN!!!
I am very happy that you have found a treatment that works for you to alleviate the symptoms of a debilitating condition and that it has allowed you to see the face of your first grandchild. What a blessing and a miracle!
I have a friend who has had glaucoma since high school in the 1980s. At some point in the late 1980s/early 1990s, he and his regular eye doctor conducted their own experiment, whereby my friend went in for his eye pressure check up, went out to the parking lot for a bit of a “break” and then came back in for another eye pressure exam. The results were significant, and he has maintained his usage ever since, at least partly with the glaucoma in mind. He is currently a professional working for the state of California as an environmental engineer.