In February 1973, I had a major stroke. 100% paralysis & loss of feeling, along with vision & hearing loss. I was 19. Damage to the motor area left me with permanent tremors left hand/arm, and I only recovered 80% feeling/vision/hearing. Of course, I "was" left handed. Over a 2 year period I tried 3 types of drugs, the doctors hand out, to control the tremors & help with residual paralysis and they didn't work, nor could I see myself spending the rest of my life taking pills. After a couple years of this, I smoked some pot and the difference was amazing. So much so that my friends noticed over the next couple of days. Ha, it's this simple and no doctors...that was all it took for me! Now, I am 54 and have been smoking pot almost every day since I was 21.
What has it done for me? It controls the tremors & balance issues so much that I have walked through life as a "normal" person. I've raised two beautiful children, neither of whom do drugs or drink (of this I am 100% certain!) I have excelled in my jobs, and
just got a recent promotion. Instead of your tax dollars supporting me...I pay taxes! It's kept me off the state and federal disability/housing/food programs. It gives me the
focus I need to be right-handed, and the emotional stability to deal with my physical
problems for soooooooooooooo many years!! Yeah, stroke at any age sucks, but 19 years old is just plain wrong. Over the years, I stopped for long periods several times, i.e. 2 years while pregnant & nursing 2 children. My kids, now 20 (today in fact) and 15, do not drink or do drugs (100% positive on this, they have been raised to understand & respect the medical & recreational qualities of pot.) Lived in Nevada for 18 months with no connect, that was harsh. Came close to standing on a street corner with a "Will Work for Pot" sign!
Last November I finally got my OMMP card. It took this long because I simply stopped
going to doctors for the stroke years and years ago. In October I was able to see a grow site & help harvest. I made a doctors appointment the next day! I got hooked up with a great provider & we turned my garage into a greenhouse. Veg & bloom room made out of styrofoam, plastic & duck tape. I've got my 18/6 going with clones from 14 different varieties. I harvested Big Bang last week, Purple Urkle gets harvested today. It is so sweet to smoke my own medicine. Medicine I didn't have to buy illegally or at $50 an eighth! 33 years of buying black market pot, and today I'll smoke my first "legal" bud, how sweet is that?? I love Oregon!
