budlover13
King Tut
Not much to say beyond the story. Just simply amazing and I hope you all spread the news. FB, MySpace, ALL forums.
http://www.kxly.com/news/27706509/detail.html
http://www.kxly.com/news/27706509/detail.html
Medical Cannabis Did What? Saved A 2 Year Old!
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budlover13
King Tut
The email I sent:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]Come on people......open your eyes.........please read this article. About a father, a dying 2 year old son, and cannabis.
I am sending this to EVERY contact I have including media outlets. I encourage you all to read the article, listen to what is being said here very closely and evaluate it with a logical, rational mind. EVERYONE wants a cure for cancer, and I'm NOT SAYING it's pot. HOWEVER, it IS a very effective weapon to have at your disposal. And when used in conjunction with modern medicine, miracles DO happen.
If after reading this you don't believe, I feel pity for you. If after reading this you DO agree, I STRONGLY encourage you to forward this to everyone in your contacts and also major media outlets such as CNN, NBC, HLN, CBS, FOX, ABC, etc. I will follow up with a list of major media email addresses within a couple days and send it out as well.
I despise chain-mail and spam. When I get one that says "please forward", I rarely do. ONLY when it serves a cause I DEEPLY believe in. And this is one of them. Thank You.
http://www.kxly.com/news/27706509/detail.html
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[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]Come on people......open your eyes.........please read this article. About a father, a dying 2 year old son, and cannabis.
I am sending this to EVERY contact I have including media outlets. I encourage you all to read the article, listen to what is being said here very closely and evaluate it with a logical, rational mind. EVERYONE wants a cure for cancer, and I'm NOT SAYING it's pot. HOWEVER, it IS a very effective weapon to have at your disposal. And when used in conjunction with modern medicine, miracles DO happen.
If after reading this you don't believe, I feel pity for you. If after reading this you DO agree, I STRONGLY encourage you to forward this to everyone in your contacts and also major media outlets such as CNN, NBC, HLN, CBS, FOX, ABC, etc. I will follow up with a list of major media email addresses within a couple days and send it out as well.
I despise chain-mail and spam. When I get one that says "please forward", I rarely do. ONLY when it serves a cause I DEEPLY believe in. And this is one of them. Thank You.
http://www.kxly.com/news/27706509/detail.html
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I never used cannabis before and I was suffering from chron's disease really bad, like almost dead bad...then one day I thought what the heck I'll try anything cause nothing was working, so I went to my bros house where him and his friends always smoke and told them, what the hell, pass it this way...and let me tell you...this is a miracle medicine! I felt better instantly and knew I had to have an OZ to medicate myself and well, after a couple of months of just smoking "reggie" I was nearly 100% better...just off the reggie, I could only imagined if I had the Dro, you know what I'm saying. Well anyway, I buy an OZ when I can and medicate with that, and its the best medicine for chrons disease and probably any other disease. It HEALS! Trust me I know, I was almost dead!
budlover13
King Tut
Agreed. i medicate for fibro and the difference is amazing. i went from 11 scripts to 1 and only take it as needed(1-2x/week). A lot people think "snake oil" when you tell them.
budlover13
King Tut
Rick Simpon's Hemp Oil. We can ALL do this. That's the problem pharma has with it. They can't SELL it to us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjhT9282-Tw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKsq90jWFuA
budlover13
King Tut
Thank you! i just want to REALLY keep this going. SOMEONE will pick it up eventually. No yelling, no screaming, just pure straight logic. Just gotta keep presenting it again and again.
minad
Member
Bunch of duchebags.
Even if mj did nothing for cancer incubators, or anyone else, even if it hurt you in some way when you willingly ingest it, the government(or any person, place or thing) has no business trying to stop you from using it.
The point is even more simple than this silly story, my body, my rights, my world.
Whatever the fuck I choose to do, I'm going to do, and as long as I don't directly harm some other fool on this planet, you can eat lead if you think you can stop me, or shrapnel.
Even if mj did nothing for cancer incubators, or anyone else, even if it hurt you in some way when you willingly ingest it, the government(or any person, place or thing) has no business trying to stop you from using it.
The point is even more simple than this silly story, my body, my rights, my world.
Whatever the fuck I choose to do, I'm going to do, and as long as I don't directly harm some other fool on this planet, you can eat lead if you think you can stop me, or shrapnel.
budlover13
King Tut
MY point in starting this thread was to educate the masses on the beneficial medical benefits of cannabis so they HOPEFULLY can help themselves or others. You passion is admirable and respected, but can be a detriment to the legalization movement in the end, imho.
Murfy
Well-Known Member
minad
Member
You put your faith in the masses, and see where that gets you.
Education is the only answer, and this 'feel-good, god's hemp saved my baby' bullshit only caters to the under-educated.
The point is, if you're going to do something important, you should probably do it for the right reasons. As in: not this bullshit.
This is the same as "Hemp Madness" or whatnot, "Black men will rape white women if allowed marijuana." Sure, one may be true and the other not, but they're based the same argument, and neither are valid from the onset.
Lollipops and daisies, this is really where you get your inspiration from?
budlover13
King Tut
For starting the thread, if that's how you choose to view it, yes. B/c what have you done to encourage others to look at the medical aspect of it.? i'm sure SOMETHING. And this makes me feel good. More important than most issues in life, imho.
budlover13
King Tut
And this is how you get the issue into the public light. And i started it with a single email.
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Reefer-Refund/AblF3eHGEE-aTm-d_WbfcA.cspx
MY email.
ExDex1x1
Active Member
Regardless of the medical benefits of marijuana, if I can go out buy a shit load of booze and kill my liver and buy a carton of cigarettes that may cause cancer there's no reason i shouldn't be able to pick up an ounce of bud that has way less negative side effects (not to mention almost all of the negatives aren't proven and they're just propaganda against legalization).
mygirls
Medical Marijuana (MOD)
Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana
Melissa Luck | KXLY4 Executive Producer
Posted: 12:07 pm PDT April 28, 2011Updated: 9:11 am PDT April 29, 2011
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SPOKANE, Wash. -- To call what the Hyde family has been through a "parent's worst nightmare" sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it's hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year-old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 brain tumor; he nearly died more times than they can count.
He was miserable from the chemotherapy coursing through his body until his dad made a controversial decision to give cannabis to his young son.
June 21, 2008 is a day Mike and Kalli Hyde will never forget. It was the day they brought their second son into the world. Mike describes the little boy they call Cashy as a healthy baby boy, born in Missoula. Never could they have imagined the journey little Cashy's life would take.
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To call what the Hyde family has been through a "parent's worst nightmare" sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it's hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 brain tumor; he nearly died more times than they can count. He was miserable from the chemotherapy coursing through his body. Until his dad made a controversial decision to give cannabis to his young son. KXLY 4's Melissa Luck reports.
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"He was just your average happy little kid," said Mike. "Then, he started to get to get sick." That was shortly before Cashy's second birthday.
"He started being very tired, sleeping a lot, cranky, he started throwing up," Mike explained. "We took him to the doctor and the doctor would tell us he had mono."
For six weeks, it was the same diagnosis over and over. But, Mike refused to accept what doctors were telling him. He knew, like any parent would, that something was terribly wrong.
"I was like, 'he's dying in my arms, we need to take him somewhere else'. So, we took him to the ER. That's when they did a CAT scan and found the 4.5 cm tumor on his brain."
Within hours of arriving at the ER, the Hydes were on their way to Salt Lake City. At Primary Children's Hospital, they got the devastating news: brain surgery revealed a PNET tumor, wrapped around Cashy's optic nerve.
"When we arrived in Salt Lake in May, Cashy was so sick, his eye was starting to get pushed out," Mike explained. "He was sleeping 16-18 hours a day, he was vomiting. He was pretty much as sick as you can get without being on your deathbed."
Doctors cut into Cashy's brain, but were only able to remove 10 percent of the tumor. The Hydes could only hope aggressive treatment could get the rest. Doctors recommended three rounds of chemotherapy followed by stem cell rescue, then three rounds of high-dose chemo after that. It's a difficult treatment plan for anyone; imagine what it did to a two-year-old kid.
"The first night of chemo, we did 10 hours worth of seizures down in the ICU," said Mike. "The doctors told us then, he could have brain damage from these seizures, we don't know where it's going to be in the morning."
Cashy survived that night, then spent his second birthday in a hospital bed, swollen and sick from the medication intended to save his life. Doctors were uncertain if he would make it to his third birthday.
"It's overwhelming, I guess, to say the least," Mike said. "We had a lot of scary things happen. In June, he got a blood infection, went into septic shock, went into the ICU, ended up coding and they had to resuscitate him. I was standing like two feet away, I had to watch the whole thing... "There were a lot of days we were told we weren't going to beat it, you're not going to take him home, he is going to die. Those are the days you have to really believe."
They believed and they prayed. High-dose chemo was killing Cashy's cancer, but it was making him sicker than ever. He was taking 120 milligrams a day of five different drugs to make him comfortable. That, Mike said, wasn't helping to ease Cashy's pain.
"By the end of September, he had gone 40 days without eating, he was vomiting 9-10 times a day, he couldn't lift his head off his pillow, he was laying their shivering," Mike remembered, saying he would have given anything to trade place with his son. "The doctors came in and I said, is there anything I can do for Cash?"
The doctors had no answers, so Mike found his own. It was relief for Cashy in the form of cannabis oil. It's illegal to possess without authorization from a medical professional. It's something doctors wouldn't even discuss. Mike got authorization to give Cashy the oil and, without telling them why, told the doctors to wean Cashy off the anti-nausea cocktail. Inserted through Cashy's feeding tube, a tiny amount of oil replaced all those drugs. The result, Mike said, was almost immediate.
"You're watching a kid who hasn't had the will to eat in 4 months, 5 months, actually take a bite of something," Mike remembered. "He hadn't eaten a thing in 40 days - and, it was really incredible to watch him take a bit of a piece of cheese. It shows that he wants to live."
Cashy did his last round of high-dose chemo with no anti-nausea drugs. Mike said the doctors were amazed; he never told them why.
"I wanted to tell them - hey, he's on cannabis oil - but I didn't want them to take it away from him."
KXLY4 wanted to know about side effects, about the dangers of giving kids as young as Cashy medical marijuana. But, despite the fact it's not illegal in Washington or in Cashy's home state of Montana, we couldn't get a single doctor to talk to us about it on camera. We finally ended up at a THC clinic in East Spokane. There, we met Shari Allen is a nurse practitioner from Oregon who comes to Spokane every few weeks to evaluate potential patients and sign off on medical marijuana permits.
"What I try to do here at this office is create an atmosphere that is truly medical. Because I do believe that cannabis is a medicine - and, we're trying to use it as a medicine."
As someone who's spent many years working with pain management, Allen believes in the power of this drug and its benefits for cancer patients. She signs off on up to 50 patients a day. But, she wouldn't say whether she's ever signed off on a patient as young as Cashy.
"It is not common - and, I'm not going to say whether I've authorized for a child."
That's a typical answer, as doctors are concerned about federal law and company policies. Mike Hyde, though, doesn't care about the controversy or the political battle over this drug. He cares that his son survived and is convinced not only did the cannabis help Cashy feel better, it prevented long-term damage to his organs. For Mike, the proof is in his vibrant two-year old boy.
"It's very controversial, it's very scary. But, there's nothing more scary than losing your child."
A few weeks ago, Cashy was back in Salt Lake City for scans and found out he's cancer-free. He's back home in Missoula, back with his family and back to teasing his big brother Colty. In a couple of months, he'll spend his third birthday like every kid should - with the fight of his life behind him.
Throughout their ordeal, Cashy's family got tremendous support from their community. Now, they're paying it forward. The Cash Hyde Foundation raises money and provides things like "reggae runners" to children's hospitals. Reggae runners are toddler cars outfitted with IV poles, so kids undergoing treatment can get out of their rooms and have a little fun. For more on how to help the foundation about Cashy's journey, click here
Melissa Luck | KXLY4 Executive Producer
Posted: 12:07 pm PDT April 28, 2011Updated: 9:11 am PDT April 29, 2011
Text Size
AAA
SPOKANE, Wash. -- To call what the Hyde family has been through a "parent's worst nightmare" sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it's hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year-old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 brain tumor; he nearly died more times than they can count.
He was miserable from the chemotherapy coursing through his body until his dad made a controversial decision to give cannabis to his young son.
June 21, 2008 is a day Mike and Kalli Hyde will never forget. It was the day they brought their second son into the world. Mike describes the little boy they call Cashy as a healthy baby boy, born in Missoula. Never could they have imagined the journey little Cashy's life would take.
KXLY.com Video
EmbedSharePurchase
Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana
April 28, 2011
To call what the Hyde family has been through a "parent's worst nightmare" sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it's hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 brain tumor; he nearly died more times than they can count. He was miserable from the chemotherapy coursing through his body. Until his dad made a controversial decision to give cannabis to his young son. KXLY 4's Melissa Luck reports.
» More KXLY.com Video
"He was just your average happy little kid," said Mike. "Then, he started to get to get sick." That was shortly before Cashy's second birthday.
"He started being very tired, sleeping a lot, cranky, he started throwing up," Mike explained. "We took him to the doctor and the doctor would tell us he had mono."
For six weeks, it was the same diagnosis over and over. But, Mike refused to accept what doctors were telling him. He knew, like any parent would, that something was terribly wrong.
"I was like, 'he's dying in my arms, we need to take him somewhere else'. So, we took him to the ER. That's when they did a CAT scan and found the 4.5 cm tumor on his brain."
Within hours of arriving at the ER, the Hydes were on their way to Salt Lake City. At Primary Children's Hospital, they got the devastating news: brain surgery revealed a PNET tumor, wrapped around Cashy's optic nerve.
"When we arrived in Salt Lake in May, Cashy was so sick, his eye was starting to get pushed out," Mike explained. "He was sleeping 16-18 hours a day, he was vomiting. He was pretty much as sick as you can get without being on your deathbed."
Doctors cut into Cashy's brain, but were only able to remove 10 percent of the tumor. The Hydes could only hope aggressive treatment could get the rest. Doctors recommended three rounds of chemotherapy followed by stem cell rescue, then three rounds of high-dose chemo after that. It's a difficult treatment plan for anyone; imagine what it did to a two-year-old kid.
"The first night of chemo, we did 10 hours worth of seizures down in the ICU," said Mike. "The doctors told us then, he could have brain damage from these seizures, we don't know where it's going to be in the morning."
Cashy survived that night, then spent his second birthday in a hospital bed, swollen and sick from the medication intended to save his life. Doctors were uncertain if he would make it to his third birthday.
"It's overwhelming, I guess, to say the least," Mike said. "We had a lot of scary things happen. In June, he got a blood infection, went into septic shock, went into the ICU, ended up coding and they had to resuscitate him. I was standing like two feet away, I had to watch the whole thing... "There were a lot of days we were told we weren't going to beat it, you're not going to take him home, he is going to die. Those are the days you have to really believe."
They believed and they prayed. High-dose chemo was killing Cashy's cancer, but it was making him sicker than ever. He was taking 120 milligrams a day of five different drugs to make him comfortable. That, Mike said, wasn't helping to ease Cashy's pain.
"By the end of September, he had gone 40 days without eating, he was vomiting 9-10 times a day, he couldn't lift his head off his pillow, he was laying their shivering," Mike remembered, saying he would have given anything to trade place with his son. "The doctors came in and I said, is there anything I can do for Cash?"
The doctors had no answers, so Mike found his own. It was relief for Cashy in the form of cannabis oil. It's illegal to possess without authorization from a medical professional. It's something doctors wouldn't even discuss. Mike got authorization to give Cashy the oil and, without telling them why, told the doctors to wean Cashy off the anti-nausea cocktail. Inserted through Cashy's feeding tube, a tiny amount of oil replaced all those drugs. The result, Mike said, was almost immediate.
"You're watching a kid who hasn't had the will to eat in 4 months, 5 months, actually take a bite of something," Mike remembered. "He hadn't eaten a thing in 40 days - and, it was really incredible to watch him take a bit of a piece of cheese. It shows that he wants to live."
Cashy did his last round of high-dose chemo with no anti-nausea drugs. Mike said the doctors were amazed; he never told them why.
"I wanted to tell them - hey, he's on cannabis oil - but I didn't want them to take it away from him."
KXLY4 wanted to know about side effects, about the dangers of giving kids as young as Cashy medical marijuana. But, despite the fact it's not illegal in Washington or in Cashy's home state of Montana, we couldn't get a single doctor to talk to us about it on camera. We finally ended up at a THC clinic in East Spokane. There, we met Shari Allen is a nurse practitioner from Oregon who comes to Spokane every few weeks to evaluate potential patients and sign off on medical marijuana permits.
"What I try to do here at this office is create an atmosphere that is truly medical. Because I do believe that cannabis is a medicine - and, we're trying to use it as a medicine."
As someone who's spent many years working with pain management, Allen believes in the power of this drug and its benefits for cancer patients. She signs off on up to 50 patients a day. But, she wouldn't say whether she's ever signed off on a patient as young as Cashy.
"It is not common - and, I'm not going to say whether I've authorized for a child."
That's a typical answer, as doctors are concerned about federal law and company policies. Mike Hyde, though, doesn't care about the controversy or the political battle over this drug. He cares that his son survived and is convinced not only did the cannabis help Cashy feel better, it prevented long-term damage to his organs. For Mike, the proof is in his vibrant two-year old boy.
"It's very controversial, it's very scary. But, there's nothing more scary than losing your child."
A few weeks ago, Cashy was back in Salt Lake City for scans and found out he's cancer-free. He's back home in Missoula, back with his family and back to teasing his big brother Colty. In a couple of months, he'll spend his third birthday like every kid should - with the fight of his life behind him.
Throughout their ordeal, Cashy's family got tremendous support from their community. Now, they're paying it forward. The Cash Hyde Foundation raises money and provides things like "reggae runners" to children's hospitals. Reggae runners are toddler cars outfitted with IV poles, so kids undergoing treatment can get out of their rooms and have a little fun. For more on how to help the foundation about Cashy's journey, click here
Swag
Well-Known Member
... So as long as you get your way no one gets hurt but if not your willing to harm people? Sounds kind of moronic/childish/emotionally distressed to me...
LostReefSponger
Active Member
I don't see how anyone can deny the medical benefits of marijuana after reading this article. I hope that people don't look at this dad as a bad father for giving their toddler a "drug" but instead a great dad that saved his child's life when doctors couldn't do shit.
Now if only he had done this before all the medical bills stacked up.
Now if only he had done this before all the medical bills stacked up.