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ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 07:31 PM Dec 2016

I was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer on Friday and

Last edited Tue Dec 20, 2016, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)

I live in CA and have been researching cannabis treatments for a while and really got after it over the past few days. ILooked into this company. http://constancetherapeutics.com
It is pretty expensive, but very professional.


I tried to find an oncologist in my system (Molina MediCal) and there were none. I expanded to 100 miles, and nothing. I did get hooked up with an advocate who is going to find something. But that might means weeks and I could do a cannibustreatment in the meantime.

Anyone know some oil recipes? Companies that are less money (CBD is okay, but I really prefer whole plant) or even recommend some?

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I was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer on Friday and (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 OP
Try making your own Joanie Baloney Dec 2016 #1
My husband had EC.... AJT Dec 2016 #2
Thank you so much ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #4
He has been cancer free AJT Dec 2016 #7
Vibes to you. applegrove Dec 2016 #3
I am going to make my own oil, olive oil extraction ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #5
CBD. Great website, lots of info ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #8
Olive oil, very good in fight against cancer ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #9
Olive oil is great... so is coconut oil waddirum Dec 2016 #11
good luck to you. mopinko Dec 2016 #6
Also consider juicing the whole live leaf waddirum Dec 2016 #10
Good advice ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #14
you would need to be in touch with a grower to get surplus fan leaves waddirum Dec 2016 #15
The medical professionals have been tough to deal with ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #12
My ex wife passed last night. ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 #13

AJT

(5,240 posts)
2. My husband had EC....
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 07:46 PM
Dec 2016

Please go online to smartpatients.com and join, then join the esophageal cancer community. There are resources there to help.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
4. Thank you so much
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 09:48 AM
Dec 2016

Signed up, sent to my caregiver's. Going to be a big help. How did it turn out for your hubby?

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
5. I am going to make my own oil, olive oil extraction
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 01:22 PM
Dec 2016

The treatment is very expensive and I CAN do my own and probably just as well. Gotta round up the ingredients.i should be having some by the weekend. I looked up the most famous method, Rick Simpson oil, but he extracts with solvents. Dangerous in many ways. So I found another olive oil method. Again, whole plant but I may try to make some CBD oil too if I can get the CBD trim or buds.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
9. Olive oil, very good in fight against cancer
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:21 PM
Dec 2016
https://www.projectcbd.org/article/olive-oil-cancer-and-cb-1-receptor

So going whole plant, olive oil applied by eye dropper. Probably no pure CBD treatment. Olive oil extraction. It will be thin and require a good dose everyday. But it will apply directly, so that will have a stronger impact than via bloodstream only.

I got a vape too, finally. I wish I bought a pax the first time i bought a vape. The thing is perfect. No screwing, magnets and the hit is delicious. I sure with I had the 1000 bucks I spent on pieces of shit vapes instead.

waddirum

(991 posts)
11. Olive oil is great... so is coconut oil
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 10:03 PM
Dec 2016

Also make sure you decarboxylate most (or all) of your product before extraction. That just means heating the raw material up to a certain temperature for a certain amount of time. I've seen many different temp/time recommendations on the web, so I don't want to say which is the best.

mopinko

(71,816 posts)
6. good luck to you.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 03:04 PM
Dec 2016

my son has made a few butters, just simmered in a crock pot overnight, iirc. maybe longer.

hope it helps, and hope you find some resources.

waddirum

(991 posts)
10. Also consider juicing the whole live leaf
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 10:00 PM
Dec 2016

Look up Dr. William Courtney to get more info. There are many Youtubes featuring him and his wife.

waddirum

(991 posts)
15. you would need to be in touch with a grower to get surplus fan leaves
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 03:32 PM
Dec 2016

They are often just thrown out or composted.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
12. The medical professionals have been tough to deal with
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 02:00 PM
Dec 2016

My plan denied my treatment that I had two weeks ago. I have to challenge, four different ways. Then tracking down the pathology and making sure my doctors had it was a challenge that took 3 days longer than it should have. Still no oncologist but now I know how it goes thanks to myGI doctor. Now I need a CAT scan then oncology.going tobe a hard slog.
I hope I can get aCATscanthis week. It is getting harder to data's the tumor rgrows.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
13. My ex wife passed last night.
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 11:02 AM
Dec 2016

Cancer. 59. She was stage 4 when she got diagnosed in August. I liked her, she was a great person. Just retired from a childhood development career, after our relationship ended. Good person and we have a son together.

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