. Great job you guys are doing! I have a little catching up to do still, cannot believe one can get so far behind in so many other area's at home . How's Canjun doing, lol. Oh, to clarify, cajuncelt as I don't won't the 'yankee' label on me, lol. Cheers fsc!
Congrats 420 Motoco on your nomination for MOTY...with all of your's and Mo's hard work, you certainly deserve it.
I have been using the oil for 1 week now and have been noticing some small changes. I mentioned to you before that my normal routine was to eat only 1 meal/day (dinner). I now am eating 3 meals and sometimes a snack or 2 in between, but breakfast and lunch are small in size and my dinner is smaller than it used to be. I find that I get hungry more often than I used to, but I am getting more active, so I guess my body is telling me to stoke the fire (with calories) as I am burning more off.
I purchased a Fitbit Flex bracelet not too long ago as I wanted to actually be able to quantify if my activity levels (steps taken, calories burned, sleep patterns, etc.) were going to change once I started on the oil. Well, I've noticed that I don't wake up as often during the night as I used to (nothing major, but there is a trend in the right direction) and I find that I am able to take more steps each day and I actually feel like I want to do more (my mind tells me "get off the couch and move around more"). Tonight for the first time in well over a year, I got on my recumbent bike and pedaled for 20 minutes. That was a big accomplishment for me. Those CBDs must be doing their work, as my pain doesn't stop me in my tracks as it did before.
In about 2 weeks I will be doing my normal monthly lab work and am curious to see if my kidney function results (serum creatinine and BUN) have improved, as I have been peeing like a racehorse lately (lots). I had a kidney transplant 6 years ago, but have had problems with chronic rejection issues from the get go.
As per your instructions, I've been using 1/4 grain of daytime oil twice/day and 1/4 grain of nightime oil about 1 hour before bed for this past week. Should I start increasing to 1/2 grain for each of my doses now?
Thank you so much Motoco and to all of you who have given me advice and encouragement during my journey in discovering the world of concentrated cannabis oil. This forum is a terrific place and I am so glad that I found it and decided to jump/join in.
And to FSC...congrats on your nomination for MOTM. It's a very impressive nomination for someone who hasn't been on this site for very long. You have shown your dedication and willingness to go the extra mile. I wish you luck.
Takes a lot of time to help others, huh? lol.. Cannot get much more 'hillbilly' than that I suppose. I was lucky I guess as a wee one to spend my first 5 years in Illinois . So you had to walk 5 miles to school in the snow also, heh? Hahahaha. Judged by the size of your tractor, yes? Just fun'n as we have to laugh to keep our sanity. I love country also and hopefully soon will be all over the states. Thank you fsc for all you do Thank you cajunbro for all you do also my brother Welcome back Motoco,
Glad you got some things done around the house and feel better. It does not take long to get behind household chores. I have a list that is growing too.
I grew up in the midest on the yankee side so I cannot deny my yankee roots. Also, my roots are from a county that was all country with hollors instead of roads or streets. My grandparents lived down jug hollor which passed over the same creek 3 times and throgh a cow pasture to get to their house. So I also win the hillbilly label. lol I use to deny it, but the older I get the more I realize that "hillbilly" label is not so bad. I love the country, farms, fields and hills. LOL
fsc
Now I'm wondering, who misspelled your name first, fsc or me? Anywho, thanks for the 'love' brother
Thank you for all of your kind words, but you deserve so much more than kind words since you inspired me to try this.
I am pretty in tune with my body, as I have had so many issues with it over the years that I have learned to pick up on changes that might turn into bigger issues. It is strange how quickly the oil changed my eating habits. I never was hungry before during the daytime, but now that I'm tacking the oil, I find myself hungry multiple times/day. Like you said, I don't eat a whole lot at any one time, but my body now wants calories throughout the day.
In addition to my 20 min/day on the recumbent bike (I can't believe I'm actually exercising!), I have also started walking every day. I used to drive down to my mailbox, as my pain would be extreme by the time I could hobble home. Last Saturday, I walked to my mailbox for the first time in over a year, and I've increased my distance a little every day since then. Today, I walked a full block down and back to my house. I still hurt some, but my pain level after walking has decreased from a 9 down to a 5, which is tolerable.
Thank you for the reiterating the dose increase. I went ahead and upped the dose on Monday to 1/2 grain 3 times/day (twice for daytime, once for nighttime). I'm still not really clear on when to use a booster dose. Would it be when/if I find myself exceptionally tired or feeling a little under the weather? Fortunately, nothing like that has happened so far.
Tell Mo I said Hi and please thank her for her excellent tacking tutorial...C Sprite
