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SINCE I STARTED THIS WEBSITE, I HAVE LEARNED MORE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND INVESTUGATING SUPPOSITORY FORM AS AN OPTION. THERE IS NO HIGH/EUPHORIA AND THERE ARE MORE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES BECAUSE GOING RECTALLY, THE STOMACH IS BYPASSED. ALSO, THE LIVER IS NOT INVOLVED SO THERE IS NO HIGH. TAKE CARE TO NOT PUSH THE SUPPOSITORY UP MORE THAN A LITTLE FINGER CAN GO, LESS THAN THREE INCHES UP THE ANAL CANAL IS BEST. THERE IS A VEIN TO THE LIVER UP FURTHER IN THE ANAL CANAL. WE FOUND IT IS BEST TO INSERT AT NIGHT AND LAY DOWN. PLEASE RESEARCH WHETHER TO USE HIGH OR LOW THC. MOST ARE HIGH THC BUT NOT ALL.

 

Also, I highly recommend reaching out to folks on the Cannabis Oil Success Stories page on Facebook. Ask the admin. His name is Jon Marsh or any other admin. These guys are constantly researching. There is also a search box on the top right corner of the Facebook page. Just put in the type of disease, specific type of cancer and posts will pop up. I would be careful of some information given. 

                  

Our friend an Oncology nurse, has worked for 28 years infusing chemo patients. Kathleen had studied under our Oncology Dr. at the U of C hospital many years ago, as chance would have it. The day Brad was diagnosed, I immediately called K for help. She began to tell me a story about how one of her patients, a young guy 15 or 16 had a tumor on his brain and after chemo and radiation another tumor appeared and they did second rounds of treatments. Nothing worked.

 

His mom went to speak with doctor who told her they could do no more and to make preparations for his passing. She went home to where K was giving him his infusion and told K the awful news. Then she asked K if she had ever heard of cannabis oil. As chance would have it, K had just watched a documentary on cannabis oil. Mom had been carrying around oil and even empty capsules for months but thought it was all hocus pokus. Mom asked if they should try it and K replied…sure we have nothing to lose! and they sat down and filled capsules with oil using a syringe. 7 weeks later, the young man’s 2 tumors were completely gone and have never returned. It had been 2 years in 2018.

 

I began to research and we sent off for a Medical Cannabis card. 10 days before Brad had his first chemo, we started him on the oil. He was really tired for a while, but his spirit was up and he said he was okay to keep on with the doses. We have no scientific way to gauge how much he took. We just gave him as much as he could handle. We gave him a glob like the size of a grain of rice and then waited for a few hours to see the effects. If he felt okay, we would add a little more. The first night, Brad said he felt like a Shaman was inside of his body, healing him. He only took the oil in the evening so he would not be effected, at work. Then, I learned how to moderate. 

 

                                         

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On day 8 of taking the oil, Brad called me from work to tell me he had eaten a chicken Caesar salad. This was the first time he had eaten anything solid for many months. On day 9, he called me again at lunch and said the same story. He was feeling relief. On day 10, we went for his first chemotherapy and on the way, he was feeling so good he said we would be eating steak that night. True to his word we did and Brad thoroughly enjoyed it. In my humble opinion, that is when we should have run. That doctor said Brad would never eat solid food again with his chemo. To see Brad feeling relief before chemo ever started, well, in our opinion, cannabis oil had a big roll to play in his well being, along with being great for nausea and pain.

 

Please view the youtube video’s of making the oil to see how we make the oil. This is all still trial, with us. 

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From then on, Brad ate fairly normally. He had a little hiccup or overwork of his saliva glands around his chemo week during some meals. He started his meal with a warm cup of green tea and I would rub his back and front in circles to warm up those muscles near his esophagus and it really helped!

 

As far as choosing the right kind of bud, we started by realizing there are 2 main strains INDICA and SATIVA. We prefer INDICA as it is mellow and a good mood vibe with the munchies. SATIVA tends to be more upper and causes panic attacks  if taking orally. We stayed away from SATIVA as much as possible. As far as CBD:THC ratio, we got the highest THC content we could, with CBD, because it is said to have a synergistic effect. THC is the main component. CBD is a beautiful booster but CBD alone can only do so much. High CBD/low THC is great because there is little stone effect and folks can function while healing and work in the daytime. Dispensaries have really high CBD and low THC. This is great for those who have never ingested cannabis/marijuana before. The best suggestions we found (if taken orally) all said to gradually raise the amount…monitor for the first week or two and see the tolerance. Everybody reacts differently. For us, Brad had encountered marijuana before and so he tolerated it better than others may. Each person is different, reacts differently so we would be careful because of this. Suppositories are something I would strongly consider In My Humble Opinion. There is no euphoria, it bypasses the stomach and the liver so the stomach acid doesn't burn up the medicinal properties and the liver doesn't cause the euphoria because the suppository allows the Oil to go in through the intestines instead of the liver. Nighttime, laying down is the best way we found. Not every cancer has the same reaction to Cannabis Oil. I believe Breast cancer's vary. For some, high THC could accelerate the disease. For others, High THC is recommended. FB has great groups with many folks guiding each other and happy, to help.

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Making The Oil

 

1. Cannabis (Marijuana). One ounce or more. With one ounce, around 6 or 7 grams of oil is yielded.

2. EverClear/Grain Alcohol (we have used isopropyl 91% in a pinch. Not for prolonged use as it contains some unwanted chemicals)

3. 1 scientific jar

4. 2 coffee filters and rubber bands.

5. 1 meat tenderizer 

6. 1 tea towel

7. 1 rice cooker

8. 1 fan

9. Mortar and Pestle (optional)

10. Hand grinder (optional)

 

                                                                                     

                                                                     

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Before making oil, we put the cannabis and ever clear in the freezer for 8 hours, at least. This helps to break down the buds easily and helps to have a greater yield of oil. Take the bag of cannabis out of freezer, wrap in a tea towel and pound it with meat tenderizer (quickest way to break it down) until it is fairly powdery. If having trouble breaking it down, use a hand grinder. 

 

Pour into a mason’s jar and add enough alcohol to cover. Stir well and return to freezer, for an hour, then remove to extract.

 

To begin to extract, add mixture to mortar and pestle (or jar and a wooden spoon) to squeeze the juice out of the flower. A mason jar and wooden block also works. Once have it broken down all we can get, we add some more alcohol so it is covered and swishy. Then we stir for about 4 minutes. At this time, we turn on the kettle and boil up some water and we pull out the rice cooker.

 

While the water is boiling, we take the scientific beaker, put a coffee filter over the mouth of jar and secure it with an elastic band. Then we strain the mixture  through the coffee filter. Once we do this, we squeeze the coffee filter and discard it, then we replace old filter with a new one, over the mouth of the same beaker which has the green liquid in it. We go back to the mortar and pestle and just add more alcohol and stir for another 4 minutes and strain through the filter on the other jar. Viola! We should have a jar of alcohol extracted cannabis/marijuana oil. All we need to do now is get rid of/separate the alcohol from the would be oil. Too do this we turn on the rice cooker to heat it up and once the kettle is boiling, add some to the rice cooker. After this, we lower the jar with green alcohol into the hot water in the rice cooker. We like to keep the water at the same level as the product inside of the jar. Turn on the fan and make sure it blows away from the button so the alcohol doesn’t make contact with the element, as a precaution. Proper ventilation is extremely important. An exhaust fan works well.

 

We let the alcohol evaporate until the oil is runny, not too thick. Toward the end, we add a few drops of water off of fingertips and watch the oil bubble. This removes impurities. Once this is complete, we call the process done. We know there are other ways which take longer where people put the jar of green liquid on a coffee warmer and it takes 3 days for alcohol to evaporate. Also, more sophisticated way is to use a distiller. There is a learning curve and expenses. For us, our way works. There is also organic alcohol out there, expensive but I am sure so pure. The green grape alcohol looks to be the finest but we cannot order here in Illinois without a liquor license so we do what we can with what is available. 

 

If you're going to a dispensary: The first thing to do it find a qualified cannabis Dr. Bring medical records, get fingerprinted and wait for card to come in. It is best to also apply for a caregiver card, at the same time. Once the card comes, the patient must contact the dispensary they are going to go to, in advance, to register. This is the case in Illinois, anyway. That registration takes a couple of days so call first so as not to waste your time. Also, a person can only be signed up at one dispensary, at a time. Before going to dispensary, it would be good to google the dispensary and view their menu. All the THC and CBD percentages are on there. Aside from flower, there are vapes, transdermal patches and many more options, depending on each persons own individual need. 

 

NOTE* Some “Rick Simpson” cannabis oil recipe’s say to use ETHYL as the solvent. This may have been a good idea back in the day and makes sense in some way, as it is oil based and much cleaner than mineral spirits but THIS IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO EXTRACT. Grain alcohol is way better.

 

Once the oil is cooked, add coconut oil and mix. Coconut oil helps the body absorb up to 50% more medicinal properties, than straight oil, alone. For those who are too stomach sick to take oil orally, there is vaping and cannabis dermatology patches. Most dispensaries should carry shake, hopefully with 1:1 ratio. This could be up to half the price of bud and has no stems, saves time not having to break it down. Actual bud is better than shake, has more medicinal properties but is also more expensive.