Hi i'm pinky,

Just to give you an idea about myself. I’m 33 years of age, in 1999 I collapsed with chronic lower back pain which put me in a wheel chair for a good while until my pain relief had got sorted out. The NHS took 2.5 years to diagnose my problem which was ruptured/degenerative discs in my lower back just above the end of the tail bone. This caused pressure on my sciatic nerves which affected the use of my legs and I’ve never been able to stand up straight since.

The pain etc I suffer in just so bad you can only say its like having a large knife in your arse and that every time you move your spine it digs in further. I just got to grips with my disability then in 2003 I was hit buy a car from behind by an old man wearing thick black glasses. He gave up driving over the RTA which was his fault and I ended up with a damaged spinal chord (syrinx), facet joint syndrome which has taken the use of my arms away from me due to pain.

Only cannabis gives me more use of my arms.

The morphine they give me only takes the edge off the pain. The anti epileptic drugs they give me for pain, make me feel sick all the while and make me feel like I’m loosing the plot (I know pot can do this too, but pot is controllable!) I’ve been suicidal a few times as without cannabis the pain is that bad that I’m bed ridden and unable to even breathe without crying in agony.

To give you an idea, this is the medication on repeat prescription I have to take just to take the edge off the pain. lansoprazole 30mg a day, celecoxib 400mg a day (this drug is banned now unless you were on it prior to law change, and that there is no other drug to replace it with the same effects). baclfen 60 mg per day, Body relaxants (bone/muscle) tramadol hydrochloride 400mg per day,gabapentin 1800mg a day, oramorph (morphine) steroids 150mg as needed - every dose is killing me. parasetamol and the other usual crap the NHS give you. I’m someone who never ever took chemical drugs etc before I was in pain form my disability’s and have been forced to take morphine as I cannot cope with the pain I suffer.

With all of the above medication I still have uncontrollable muscle spasms and pain. Cannabis is the only drug which gets me up and about out of bed, so I can stop crying due to unbelievable acute chronic pain. It is a life of death drug for me and others like me.

Why do we have to live as criminals just because we need pain relief our country/government won’t even allow us to take!

I found humedi via LCA forums. Since I found humedi I have had a new lease of life. It was nice and such a relief to find people, who like I want a change in the UK law for medicinal users. Humedi have helped me and now they have me on board I want to help all of you.

I have written to 10 Downing Street also with no response. I have had medical backing for the use of cannabis, as soon as my GB or pain specialist can prescribe satavex spray they will. I was given 4 vials off my gp when it first became available, the neat day the licensing laws came through and it was only available for named MS sufferers only. Until the law gets changed I’m unable to get it even though my GP and my acute pain specialist have wrote to the licensing board requesting I can get the spray via the nhs. The reason for refusal is as follows:-

I have had enough; we must fight and help each other, until the day we can grow or get our own from the NHS or licensed outlets we must push on at the government Into changing the UK laws.

If you are not a member of humedi and are just looking at what good work we all do, please read all of our stories then you too will be behind us 100%

Please feel free to donate cash or cannabis to humedi, a little or a lot. Just a little can make a big difference to a lot of people. If you don’t want to donate online you are able to donate by going down to a local bank and placing a donation into a normal bank account (untraceable).

I would like to thank humedi and the donators for all there help. Please keep up the good work all until we can make a difference. 

 HUMEDI NEEDS YOU, we all do.

Hope to chat and see you soon

regards

pinky