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Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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This is a chance to tell of some good news. Sort of. By sort of, I mean a friend, let's call him Matt, has developed glioblastoma that is certainly bad news. Glioblastoma is a very aggressive brain cancer my bf, the RN, told me Matt has about 2 good years if that. She called him a dead man walking.

The good news is that Matt was on a drug trial and everything was going great, no tumor growth. Then the tumor started to grow and the MF doctor took him off of the drug trial because of the tumor growth (I think the doc is gaming his numbers). Matt is about 35 with a wife and kids and the doctor was giving him NO treatments now, nada, nothing.

I had been talking to Matt about Rick Simpson oil. He said no over and over again, he doesn't do rec drugs of any kind. Also, he wouldn't because if the cancer doctor found out he would be off of the trial. Well, now that doesn't matter anymore. What he kept quiet was is his dad is a grower from way back. There is a crop growing now to make as much oil as he needs for treatments.

Anyway, the good news is he has been taking the oil. But there isn't enough to take larger doses that he needs until his dad's crop comes in. And the really good news is the last MRI/CAT showed that the tumor has only grown a tiny bit, not what the docs had expected to see at all.

Matt is now going to try adding DMSO to the oil to help more of the MMJ to enter his system. DMSO is a common carrier used by the pharmaceutical companies to help carry their drugs into the cells in your body. Maybe CN can expand on it.

Anyway, Matt has said he would be glad to share his medical journey with all of us.

I think Round One has gone to the cancer since it did grow.
 
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jtprin

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Stuff like his dad being a grower back in the day makes me think sometimes that some things DO happen for a reason. Maybe he was "supposed" to learn how to grow back then so that he could help save his son's life now. Crazy.
 
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jtprin

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Hopefully the oil works, isn't it only for certain cancers and not all? Also, what is the reasoning behind this oil not being used to cure cancer by doctors and pharmacies?
 
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jtprin

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But why are they saying that when it's clearly not the case? What are they gaining from cancer patients? Oh yeah, money. But couldn't they profit by selling the oil? Also, where'd you get that quote lol
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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jtprin said:
But why are they saying that when it's clearly not the case? What are they gaining from cancer patients? Oh yeah, money. But couldn't they profit by selling the oil? Also, where'd you get that quote lol
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I haven't seen the bolded proven or supported in a way that would make doctors look up. Fwiw. cn
 
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jtprin

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Why wouldn't there be more tests and research done if it's claimed to cure cancer? If it truly does, then my guess is the government makes much more money off cancer patients with medications, chemotherapy, etc. Also, with this oil, even if they sell it, that patients' cancer should be gone in months... meaning no more payments for the big bad pharmacies. The U.S. government is fucked. I heard they were even trying to make it so you need a PRESCRIPTION for fish oil supplements. Because prescriptions = money for them. Supplements = money for the company selling.
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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[h=2]Marijuana Chemical May Fight Brain Cancer[/h] Active Component In Marijuana Targets Aggressive Brain Cancer Cells, Study Says
By Kelli Miller Stacy
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

April 1, 2009 -- The active chemical in marijuana promotes the death of brain cancer cells by essentially helping them feed upon themselves, researchers in Spain report.
Guillermo Velasco and colleagues at Complutense University in Spain have found that the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, causes brain cancer cells to undergo a process called autophagy. Autophagy is the breakdown of a cell that occurs when the cell essentially self-digests.
The team discovered that cannabinoids such as THC had anticancer effects in mice with human brain cancer cells and people with brain tumors. When mice with the human brain cancer cells received the THC, the tumor growth shrank.
Two patients enrolled in a clinical trial received THC directly to the brain as an experimental treatment for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, a highly aggressive brain tumor. Biopsies taken before and after treatment helped track their progress. After receiving the THC, there was evidence of increased autophagy activity.
The findings appear in the April 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
The patients did not have any toxic effects from the treatment. Previous studies of THC for the treatment of cancer have also found the therapy to be well tolerated, according to background information in journal article.
Study authors say their findings could lead to new strategies for preventing tumor growth.
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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[h=1]Is lipid signaling through cannabinoid 2 receptors part of a protective system?[/h] Pacher P, Mechoulam R.
[h=3]Source[/h] Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-9413, USA. [email protected]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] The mammalian body has a highly developed immune system which guards against continuous invading protein attacks and aims at preventing, attenuating or repairing the inflicted damage. It is conceivable that through evolution analogous biological protective systems have been evolved against non-protein attacks. There is emerging evidence that lipid endocannabinoid signaling through cannabinoid 2 (CB₂) receptors may represent an example/part of such a protective system/armamentarium. Inflammation/tissue injury triggers rapid elevations in local endocannabinoid levels, which in turn regulate signaling responses in immune and other cells modulating their critical functions. Changes in endocannabinoid levels and/or CB₂ receptor expressions have been reported in almost all diseases affecting humans, ranging from cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, liver, kidney, neurodegenerative, psychiatric, bone, skin, autoimmune, lung disorders to pain and cancer, and modulating CB₂ receptor activity holds tremendous therapeutic potential in these pathologies. While CB₂ receptor activation in general mediates immunosuppressive effects, which limit inflammation and associated tissue injury in large number of pathological conditions, in some disease states activation of the CB₂ receptor may enhance or even trigger tissue damage, which will also be discussed alongside the protective actions of the CB₂ receptor stimulation with endocannabinoids or synthetic agonists, and the possible biological mechanisms involved in these effects.
Published by Elsevier Ltd.
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Matt had his second MRI and there was absolutely no growth with his brain tumor. No reduction but no growth and this is one of the worse kind of brain cancer to have. I'll let you know more once I talk to him face to face.
 
mudminer

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jtprin said:
But why are they saying that when it's clearly not the case? IMO its because as u said u don't mess with "Big Pharma's" money. I also believe it's because to admit that cannabinoids can actually cure or even hinder an insidious disease like cancer "even certain types" the Fed would have to take cannabis off of the schedule 1 narcotics list and admit they have been wasting billions of dollars fighting a war on a medically beneficial plant for how many years now. Which I honestly don't see how they can continue to justify due to US Patent #6630507 which is a medical patent for cannabinoids as antioxidants that the Fed was granted in I think 1993 and is good until 2021. Thank the people of all the MMJ states for the voices of reason and justice in this Corporate nation of the USA.
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see4

see4

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Winter Woman said:
This is a chance to tell of some good news. Sort of. By sort of, I mean a friend, let's call him Matt, has developed glioblastoma that is certainly bad news. Glioblastoma is a very aggressive brain cancer my bf, the RN, told me Matt has about 2 good years if that. She called him a dead man walking.

The good news is that Matt was on a drug trial and everything was going great, no tumor growth. Then the tumor started to grow and the MF doctor took him off of the drug trial because of the tumor growth (I think the doc is gaming his numbers). Matt is about 35 with a wife and kids and the doctor was giving him NO treatments now, nada, nothing.

I had been talking to Matt about Rick Simpson oil. He said no over and over again, he doesn't do rec drugs of any kind. Also, he wouldn't because if the cancer doctor found out he would be off of the trial. Well, now that doesn't matter anymore. What he kept quiet was is his dad is a grower from way back. There is a crop growing now to make as much oil as he needs for treatments.

Anyway, the good news is he has been taking the oil. But there isn't enough to take larger doses that he needs until his dad's crop comes in. And the really good news is the last MRI/CAT showed that the tumor has only grown a tiny bit, not what the docs had expected to see at all.

Matt is now going to try adding DMSO to the oil to help more of the MMJ to enter his system. DMSO is a common carrier used by the pharmaceutical companies to help carry their drugs into the cells in your body. Maybe CN can expand on it.

Anyway, Matt has said he would be glad to share his medical journey with all of us.

I think Round One has gone to the cancer since it did grow.
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That's a great feel good story. Let's hope that it has a happy ending. It's really good to hear actual cases where marijuana has helped someone, not just anecdotal. My thoughts go out to Matt and his speedy recovery.
 
highfirejones

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Harvard has published studies that show brain, lung, and prostate tumors slow and stop growing, metastasis is prevented, I havn't read the study only read of it. it's not anyone but those who profit off of this evil who say it has no medicinal value, please people, don't respect an unjust law if you can help it.
 
guy incognito

guy incognito

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see4 said:
That's a great feel good story. Let's hope that it has a happy ending. It's really good to hear actual cases where marijuana has helped someone, not just anecdotal. My thoughts go out to Matt and his speedy recovery.
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Isn't this the very definition of anecdotal?
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Talked with Matt. His tumor is inoperable. Since they can't get a biopsy they can't or won't make a chemo dose for him. For some reason radiation and gamma knife are out. I thought he has been on some kind of treatment for the cancer but he has not received any kind of treatment. All the docs have been doing is watching it grow and are waiting for the tumor to reach the point where his face and sight are affected. This is because at that point it is considered to be a surgery they would have to perform because the tumor would be crushing the brain. Oh, they are willing to write scrips for pain med though.

Anyway, Matt never, ever got high ever. He is now taking the oil and instead of tumor growing fast it did indeed grow but only by 1/10th of one millimeter which is very slow for his tumor. At the time of the scans he had only been on the oil about 6 weeks.

He says he will be increasing his dosage to the point that he feels a real buzz. He did says he enjoyed the relaxed feeling from it, it has allowed him to get away from his worries.
Next scan is in about 6 weeks. I'll let you know how that one goes.

Oh, the doctor wants to him take a blood test. He doesn't want to because he is afraid he'll lose a doctor if he finds out. I opinion is at this point does it really matter they aren't doing a thing for him.
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Well, I heard back from my friend. His doubling up on RSO worked! The tumor shrunk by about a 10th of a centimeter, not much I know but it is smaller. He says he is going to double up again so we have another 6 week wait for more news. Maybe, just maybe this won't kill him.
 
curious2garden

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Here ya go hun,

http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/308/3/838.abstract (look down and the side for more studies)

Guzmán M, Duarte MJ, Blázquez C, et al.: A pilot clinical study of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Br J Cancer 95 (2): 197-203, 2006. [PUBMED Abstract]

Velasco G, Sánchez C, Guzmán M: Towards the use of cannabinoids as antitumour agents. Nat Rev Cancer 12 (6): 436-44, 2012. [PUBMED Abstract]

http://www.gwpharm.com/oncology.aspx#glioma

We have Sativex trials in the US right now. Here's the info on it. They have already done other studies.
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01812616

The problem for your Matt is the fact he doesn't have a pathology confirmation. It's also important to remember that Cannabis seems to work best with Glioblastoma Multiforme, not Astrocytoma or the others. Could they do a stereotactic biopsy? Even if they had to go in transphenoidally this could possibly help him gain access to the Sativex study.

Anyway I don't have enough specific information about him so I can't really give any type of opinion. Just suggest he discuss his options regarding this with his surgeon.

Good luck and bless you for backing your friend like this,
Annie
 
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