I’m feeling a little anxious about the JustGiving campaign that I launched yesterday – what if it’s a total failure? Our friends are not the kind of people who sit out with a begging bowl, but I do know that they are not exactly flush with money and that they are currently running up a credit card debt that they simply cannot afford – and all because of the legal status of a plant!
She has been taking full extract cannabis oil for the last three or four weeks, and the improvement in her symptoms is dramatic. She has weaned herself off a selection of pharmaceuticals, and feels better than she has felt in a long time. She first started using cannabis around the start of the school Summer holidays, and it’s the first time in four years that she hasn’t spent at least some of the holiday period in hospital. Her consultant (who has previously suggested to her that she might find some relief from using a “herbal remedy”) remarked that her inflammation seemed to have reduced, when he reviewed pictures taken during a colonoscopy that she had last week. It’s just a coincidence (I hear our government cry), but I’m no great believer in coincidence – things happen for a reason.
By the end of the day, there is over £150 in donations, and I breathe a sigh of relief – there’s still a long way to go, but it’s a respectable start.