I opened the covers and read the first 210 pages of Finding Max last night. It's officially a real page turner.
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I opened the covers and read the first 210 pages of Finding Max last night. It's officially a real page turner.
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Magnus8
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HEY Radogast!
You've no idea how much you have just pleased me by writing this bit on the site. Makes me real happy... I hope you are enjoying the read. I know it is quite dark, but I hope you can see why I wrote it the way I did. Please let us know what you think of it when you have finished it, if you don't mind. I, for one, can't wait to hear.
Now it is off to post the pics for my summer grow that began in earnest today!
Best to all.
Magnus.
You've no idea how much you have just pleased me by writing this bit on the site. Makes me real happy... I hope you are enjoying the read. I know it is quite dark, but I hope you can see why I wrote it the way I did. Please let us know what you think of it when you have finished it, if you don't mind. I, for one, can't wait to hear.
Now it is off to post the pics for my summer grow that began in earnest today!
Best to all.
Magnus.
I found an interesting recipe for sunscreen made with coconut, raspberry, and carrot oils. The possibilities are obvious. 
Has anyone worked with sunscreen yet?
Has anyone worked with sunscreen yet?
Which one of those blocks UVA and UVB?
That I don't know yet, but I'll be certain to track that down before I go any further.
I did learn that red raspberry oil has a natural SPF value of between 28 a 50 and carrot seed oil has an SPF of between 38 - 40. Coconut oil protects the skin and keeps it lubricated and flexible and works as a good carrier oil.
I was just intrigued by the possibility of using an infused coconut oil.
The cannabinoids themselves offer some protection from the sun's rays.
I have to say I'm a raging skeptic on this subject. I haven't got a lot of time to do the research tonight, but trying to find out the SPF of carrot seed oil seems to be leading to only one place. And that original document, which was generated in 2009, certainly the internet-based era, is nowhere to be found.
“Pharmacognosy Magazine” "carrot seed" turned up no original research even though it's the study everyone refers to on the web.
I'm curious to see what others turn up in the search for actual scientific research on this.
“Pharmacognosy Magazine” "carrot seed" turned up no original research even though it's the study everyone refers to on the web.
I'm curious to see what others turn up in the search for actual scientific research on this.
Interesting. Thanks Shed. I’ll dig into this tomorrow.
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Magnus8
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Hi Sue,
I made a sunscreen lotion for myself and the wife-bot a few years ago which we still use.
Pumpkin Seed Oil is your best sunblock in the nstural oils market, in my humble opiniom. HA! Humble. Right. But whatever. The oil's particular spf rating depends upon all kinds of growing conditions, but usually suts between 22 -45 spf. Not bad.
I can tell you one thing. Nether Ginette nor i have burned even once after having applied this lotion. It really is great stuff. Also, the oil absorbs really quickly and really completely -- another added benefit!
Best,
Magnus.
I made a sunscreen lotion for myself and the wife-bot a few years ago which we still use.
Pumpkin Seed Oil is your best sunblock in the nstural oils market, in my humble opiniom. HA! Humble. Right. But whatever. The oil's particular spf rating depends upon all kinds of growing conditions, but usually suts between 22 -45 spf. Not bad.
I can tell you one thing. Nether Ginette nor i have burned even once after having applied this lotion. It really is great stuff. Also, the oil absorbs really quickly and really completely -- another added benefit!
Best,
Magnus.
Hi Magnus! I'm subbing up so I can go back and read up when I have more time but I'm very interested, mostly for my gf who has RA and a variety of other symptoms that may be helped by your cannabis cream. Thanks!
I will be reading back as well! Thanks for this!
Amy asked me to post this link for people to post which emojis they want 420 to bring back. I voted for the normal laughing one rather than the maniacal one. 
Here's the link:
Which emojiis do you miss?
Here's the link:Which emojiis do you miss?
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Magnus8
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Well, HashGurl,Amy asked me to post this link for people to post which emojis they want 420 to bring back. I voted for the normal laughing one rather than the maniacal one.
Which emojiis do you miss?
You may not be an emoji but I sure do miss you!
Seriously, I've got to stay away from my career so much as its getting in the way of my social life.
Updates anyone: okay. I'll go first.
Back pain? Still severe.
4th & 5th lumbar disks? Still whacked.
New developments: 3 of 'em
1. I now walk with my torso perpendicular to the ground unable to lift my torso up straight.
2. They lowered my dosage of Fentanyl by 50 mcg/he and within 2 weeks I went from a cane to a fucking walker and a lot more fucking pain. Go figure.
3. They have decided to take me off Fentanyl and put me on Suboxin and if anyone doesn't know what that entails well it don't found like much fun.
Anyway that is the update in a nutshell. Hope all is well. Keep it hanging swell!
Best,
Magnus
Well that sucks about your back and the Fentanyl! But, why are you still on the Fentanyl? I thought you were growing cannabis to get off the Fentanyl? 
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Magnus8
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Hi HG,
Yes my original plan had been to us weed to take away the pain. Yeah, right. It reduces some of it but certainly nowhere near all of it. My prescription for cannabis is now sitting at 6 grams/day and I use most of that to produce pain-numbing back oil and oils as edibles for that long-lasting high that helps so much. But how do you REALLY spell relief? FENTANYL!!! NOTHING -- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING GETS AT THE PAIN LIKE THE FENTANYL.
You know... nature didn't just gift us with the pain relief from cannabis, but we were gifted with the ability to craft excellent pain relief substances naturally occurring in the world from naturally occurring opiates that are part of this living web on earth. It is time we recognize opiates as a gift from above than to constantly vilify them. NOT everyone who uses opiates is a drug addict and some bodies require these proven effective pain relief meds above all other pain meds because of their need to dispel of so very much pain they deal with on a daily basis.
Anyway the weed reduces only the smallest amount pain to a manageable level. Mind you, any amount of reduction in the amount of pain I feel is a good thing.
So I was referred by my pain clinic to another older pain clinic because, so my doctor says, he wants me on a new med called Suboxin. Suboxin is an opiate that apparently has less invasive side effects than Fentanyl. For example the Fentanyl gives me such bad dry mouth that I have to take a supplementary med to combat that particular problem. With the Suboxin I shouldn't even have this problem so that I can just get up and going on my day. But apparently the Suboxin is superior to Fentanyl in numerous ways.
The problem is that I must detox for 36 hours and then wait another 30 days before I can begin taking the Suboxin. Then it will take up to 30 days to get the dosage right and to begin feeling pain relief. Then if the medicine doesn't work then i will have to wait for all the Suboxin to leave my system before trying another medication -- which could take up to three months.
It sounds gruelling and to be honest, I'm not sure if I want to go without any kind of pain relief for approximately 4 freaking months, right?
Oh well. We do what we must, and pay when we can.
So until Then, I remain
Magnus 8 Woods.
Yes my original plan had been to us weed to take away the pain. Yeah, right. It reduces some of it but certainly nowhere near all of it. My prescription for cannabis is now sitting at 6 grams/day and I use most of that to produce pain-numbing back oil and oils as edibles for that long-lasting high that helps so much. But how do you REALLY spell relief? FENTANYL!!! NOTHING -- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING GETS AT THE PAIN LIKE THE FENTANYL.
You know... nature didn't just gift us with the pain relief from cannabis, but we were gifted with the ability to craft excellent pain relief substances naturally occurring in the world from naturally occurring opiates that are part of this living web on earth. It is time we recognize opiates as a gift from above than to constantly vilify them. NOT everyone who uses opiates is a drug addict and some bodies require these proven effective pain relief meds above all other pain meds because of their need to dispel of so very much pain they deal with on a daily basis.
Anyway the weed reduces only the smallest amount pain to a manageable level. Mind you, any amount of reduction in the amount of pain I feel is a good thing.
So I was referred by my pain clinic to another older pain clinic because, so my doctor says, he wants me on a new med called Suboxin. Suboxin is an opiate that apparently has less invasive side effects than Fentanyl. For example the Fentanyl gives me such bad dry mouth that I have to take a supplementary med to combat that particular problem. With the Suboxin I shouldn't even have this problem so that I can just get up and going on my day. But apparently the Suboxin is superior to Fentanyl in numerous ways.
The problem is that I must detox for 36 hours and then wait another 30 days before I can begin taking the Suboxin. Then it will take up to 30 days to get the dosage right and to begin feeling pain relief. Then if the medicine doesn't work then i will have to wait for all the Suboxin to leave my system before trying another medication -- which could take up to three months.
It sounds gruelling and to be honest, I'm not sure if I want to go without any kind of pain relief for approximately 4 freaking months, right?
Oh well. We do what we must, and pay when we can.
So until Then, I remain
Magnus 8 Woods.
Yeah, Felonious explained to me about the amount of pain you're in and the fact that you really do need massive amounts of Fentanyl.
And, I apologize for buying into the media propaganda about the dangers of Fentanyl. I just worry about my friends. So, sue me.
I hope that the detox is less grueling than you imagine but I also hope that cannabis will help ease the detox a little bit and in the end, I hope the new drug works as well as your Fentanyl does.
I have major dry mouth, too and am not taking anything to combat it. I just always have sugar-free gum and candies and a bottle of water on hand.
And, I apologize for buying into the media propaganda about the dangers of Fentanyl. I just worry about my friends. So, sue me.
I hope that the detox is less grueling than you imagine but I also hope that cannabis will help ease the detox a little bit and in the end, I hope the new drug works as well as your Fentanyl does.
I have major dry mouth, too and am not taking anything to combat it. I just always have sugar-free gum and candies and a bottle of water on hand.
Magnus, I have to step in and share my thoughts. 
Sorry, but cannabis does indeed create a healing atmosphere that will counter excruciating pain.
To state unequivocally that cannabis won’t do the job is false, and helps no one. There are chronic pain patients all over the world that would stand up and agree with me. Visit our opiate tapering thread to meet some of them personally. This is why we work so hard to craft individual regimens.
May I ask, what’s your daily dose of CBD? I ask because this cannabinoid is proving to be the most precious part of our formulations and for chronic pain it’s hitting up over 1:5 THC:CBD.
You’re trying to push the pain away with the high. Nature appears to prefer a gentle application of higher CBD to assist the pain relief of THC.
The science proves that opiates are excellent short-term medications. A single dose of morphine perverts the body’s natural opiate system. They were never meant to be long-term medicine. The pharmaceutical companies lied to get them used long-term.
I’ll grant that not all patients on opiates become addicts in the sense that their lives become hell. There’s a small percentage that don’t get this joy, but the largest group of opiate patients pay a steep price for this dance.
A full 40% can never get away from all of their opiates. That number says more than all the others of how dangerous these medications are.
Saboxin is even more dangerous. Before you take it talk to a patient who’s tried to get off of it. Unlike opiates it’s a much longer, more painful tapering.
I’m sorry you haven’t found the relief with cannabis that you were seeking, but I believe that’s because you haven’t found the formula that’ll do the trick for your damaged body. I encourage you to put that brilliant mind to the task of reworking your base meds to find your sweet spot.
Don’t give up Magnus, and be very cautious about Saboxin. I have two dear friends who are suffering deeply because of this “opiate replacement.” I’d hate to add you to that growing list.
There’s a big difference between naturally-occuring opiates and what the pharmaceutical companies market.
Sorry, but cannabis does indeed create a healing atmosphere that will counter excruciating pain.
To state unequivocally that cannabis won’t do the job is false, and helps no one. There are chronic pain patients all over the world that would stand up and agree with me. Visit our opiate tapering thread to meet some of them personally. This is why we work so hard to craft individual regimens.
May I ask, what’s your daily dose of CBD? I ask because this cannabinoid is proving to be the most precious part of our formulations and for chronic pain it’s hitting up over 1:5 THC:CBD.
You’re trying to push the pain away with the high. Nature appears to prefer a gentle application of higher CBD to assist the pain relief of THC.
The science proves that opiates are excellent short-term medications. A single dose of morphine perverts the body’s natural opiate system. They were never meant to be long-term medicine. The pharmaceutical companies lied to get them used long-term.
I’ll grant that not all patients on opiates become addicts in the sense that their lives become hell. There’s a small percentage that don’t get this joy, but the largest group of opiate patients pay a steep price for this dance.
A full 40% can never get away from all of their opiates. That number says more than all the others of how dangerous these medications are.
Saboxin is even more dangerous. Before you take it talk to a patient who’s tried to get off of it. Unlike opiates it’s a much longer, more painful tapering.
I’m sorry you haven’t found the relief with cannabis that you were seeking, but I believe that’s because you haven’t found the formula that’ll do the trick for your damaged body. I encourage you to put that brilliant mind to the task of reworking your base meds to find your sweet spot.
Don’t give up Magnus, and be very cautious about Saboxin. I have two dear friends who are suffering deeply because of this “opiate replacement.” I’d hate to add you to that growing list.
There’s a big difference between naturally-occuring opiates and what the pharmaceutical companies market.
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Magnus8
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Hi Sue,Magnus, I have to step in and share my thoughts.
Sorry, but cannabis does indeed create a healing atmosphere that will counter excruciating pain.
To state unequivocally that cannabis won’t do the job is false, and helps no one. There are chronic pain patients all over the world that would stand up and agree with me. Visit our opiate tapering thread to meet some of them personally. This is why we work so hard to craft individual regimens.
May I ask, what’s your daily dose of CBD? I ask because this cannabinoid is proving to be the most precious part of our formulations and for chronic pain it’s hitting up over 1:5 THC:CBD.
You’re trying to push the pain away with the high. Nature appears to prefer a gentle application of higher CBD to assist the pain relief of THC.
The science proves that opiates are excellent short-term medications. A single dose of morphine perverts the body’s natural opiate system. They were never meant to be long-term medicine. The pharmaceutical companies lied to get them used long-term.
I’ll grant that not all patients on opiates become addicts in the sense that their lives become hell. There’s a small percentage that don’t get this joy, but the largest group of opiate patients pay a steep price for this dance.
A full 40% can never get away from all of their opiates. That number says more than all the others of how dangerous these medications are.
Saboxin is even more dangerous. Before you take it talk to a patient who’s tried to get off of it. Unlike opiates it’s a much longer, more painful tapering.
I’m sorry you haven’t found the relief with cannabis that you were seeking, but I believe that’s because you haven’t found the formula that’ll do the trick for your damaged body. I encourage you to put that brilliant mind to the task of reworking your base meds to find your sweet spot.
Don’t give up Magnus, and be very cautious about Saboxin. I have two dear friends who are suffering deeply because of this “opiate replacement.” I’d hate to add you to that growing list.
There’s a big difference between naturally-occuring opiates and what the pharmaceutical companies market.
I never stated that cannabis categorically won't do the job, but was only stressing that, in my experience so far, Fentanyl provides a much higher amount of pain relief than cannabis does. To a degree. Also note how much I applauded the pain relief I get from the infused oil I make for my back. I just find that edibles and vaping and smoking just doesn't cut through the deep core pain like an opioid does. I am still left with incredible pain afterwards when I use those methods of application.
I have tried all combinations of weed. I grew high the and high cbd plants last year. I've tried straight thc and straight cbd and combinations of both in various amounts. And guess what? The Fentanyl always took away more of the pain than the cannabis. Simple math.
Which doesn't mean that the cannabis is useless. By no means. It is brilliant as a topical suspended in oil and used as an analgesic. And it is pretty good at touching upon that surface pain that isn't so bad.
But the deep stuff?
No way.
Best,
Magnus
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Magnus8
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Hi HG,Yeah, Felonious explained to me about the amount of pain you're in and the fact that you really do need massive amounts of Fentanyl.
And, I apologize for buying into the media propaganda about the dangers of Fentanyl. I just worry about my friends. So, sue me.
I hope that the detox is less grueling than you imagine but I also hope that cannabis will help ease the detox a little bit and in the end, I hope the new drug works as well as your Fentanyl does.
I have major dry mouth, too and am not taking anything to combat it. I just always have sugar-free gum and candies and a bottle of water on hand.
Hope this finds you well. Thanks for "getting it" about the level of pain I'm dealing with here. I appreciate it. I think everyone gets it but that they maybe experience the effects of cannabis differently than my body does. Not really sure why it works better for, say Sue, than it does for me. Maybe it has to do with physiology, effectiveness or something completely different but whatever it is it seems clear that cannabis works better for some than others. Though it provides some pain relief for me it doesn't provide much.
Hope all is well with you and FP. Please say HI for me.
Best,
Magnus.
I think there are definitely people out there that benefit from opioids the problem comes in the fact that it’s about .5% of the actual people are prescribed them. Lol. Sounds like you may be in that minority Magnus. I hate that for you and I hope you find relief in the safest way possible for you! Stay well my friend!
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Wow. This thread is getting awfully depressing awfully quickly.
I dont mean to suggest that cannabis doesnt work as a painkiller. For some, it obviously does. I am only saying that for me, for my levelmof psin, the cannabis just isnt cutting the mustard.
Last year i grew CBD Critical Mass (high cbd plants), Pineapple Express (high thc), Big Bud (a hybrid). None of them worked tomreduce the deepest core pain that i live with on a daily basis. You know, that pain that rips through your midsection and lower back each time you mistakenly twist or attempt to get up from a seated position. That pain that suddenly grabs you and twists your waist like someone is wringing your midsection out like a wet piece of laundery. That kind of pain. The cannabis just doesnt touch that deep core pain.
And if you dont experience that deep core pain then consider yourself very lucky. This is the psin that causes me to sleepwalk in the middle of the night until the wife-bot finds me, doubled over in pain and screaming in agony even though i am completely asleep.
I kid you not.
So how could i freely admit here that cannabis takes away all my pain by enveloping me in a healing circle of gentle something -- im not qute sure how you put it Sue -- when it clearly doesnt do for me what it does do for everyone else.
Mindvyou, it has helped reduce my anxiety 10 fold for sure. Even the wife-bot has often commented on hjow much my stress levels have been reduced since beginning my cannabis routine -- so thats saying something, right?
So thats all i wanted to add to this thread. Just a bit more clarification. It is possible that i just have a higher amount of pain in my body than others or something, i dont know. But whatever it is, the Fentanyl seems to work to reduce the deep pain much better than the cannabis. Not trying to diss everyone's favourite painkiller, but that is my truth.
Best,
Magnus
I dont mean to suggest that cannabis doesnt work as a painkiller. For some, it obviously does. I am only saying that for me, for my levelmof psin, the cannabis just isnt cutting the mustard.
Last year i grew CBD Critical Mass (high cbd plants), Pineapple Express (high thc), Big Bud (a hybrid). None of them worked tomreduce the deepest core pain that i live with on a daily basis. You know, that pain that rips through your midsection and lower back each time you mistakenly twist or attempt to get up from a seated position. That pain that suddenly grabs you and twists your waist like someone is wringing your midsection out like a wet piece of laundery. That kind of pain. The cannabis just doesnt touch that deep core pain.
And if you dont experience that deep core pain then consider yourself very lucky. This is the psin that causes me to sleepwalk in the middle of the night until the wife-bot finds me, doubled over in pain and screaming in agony even though i am completely asleep.
I kid you not.
So how could i freely admit here that cannabis takes away all my pain by enveloping me in a healing circle of gentle something -- im not qute sure how you put it Sue -- when it clearly doesnt do for me what it does do for everyone else.
Mindvyou, it has helped reduce my anxiety 10 fold for sure. Even the wife-bot has often commented on hjow much my stress levels have been reduced since beginning my cannabis routine -- so thats saying something, right?
So thats all i wanted to add to this thread. Just a bit more clarification. It is possible that i just have a higher amount of pain in my body than others or something, i dont know. But whatever it is, the Fentanyl seems to work to reduce the deep pain much better than the cannabis. Not trying to diss everyone's favourite painkiller, but that is my truth.
Best,
Magnus