Sunshine On A Brainy Day — PS Dwarf Star Lights Up My Life

Also, it's so much more fun than sitting in a dr's waiting room. I'm retraining my brain with worm poop...lol. That makes me laugh and I don't know why.


:laughtwo: It make all of us laugh. I got a delivery just the other day. 30 pounds of worm poo. :rofl:
 
What’s Update – 100% Organic Garden & Brain Rehab – May 21, 2017

:welcome: Welcome to my Beautiful Healing Brain Journal!

Brain/Grow Rehabilitation Behaviour:

This week in occupational therapy we talked about “acceptance” because I am so hard on myself. There are some changes I’m happy to accept, but my comprehension and conversation is sooo frustrating. However, my stutter is half the severity it was a year ago, it’s magically been replaced with growing confidence since I mostly talk about gardening now.

When I’m speaking in regular conversation, I am slow and stammer a bit. However, I never stop trying to speak in public in everyday situations that I used to take for granted.

I have learned in OT to speak in shorter sentences and listen twice as much as I speak. Actually I was a pretty good listener before, but now, I hear tones of voice, emotional wavering, and everything is TOO LOUD…lol. I did get special musician ear pieces, but they are only -10db when I need to shut out screaming babies…lol.

Speaking of attempts to practice public interactions…
Funny thing happened this week gotta share. We went to Home D*pot and I was looking for panda plastic and reflective insulation for obvious reasons. I was timid to ask anyone. I asked a male helper and he didn’t know if they had any panda poly plastic in Canada. So he asked me what I needed it for. I got startled a bit as that happens when my brain doesn’t want to speak.

The male salesperson got his phone out, googled panda plastic, got on the speaker and asked for “insert burly man name” for "HYDROPONICS." "YIKES", I never said that out loud how did he know, panic ensues, my brain became triggered, my face went red, my anonymity revealed, brain alert to vacate the premises immediately. lol

I looked at my husband to save me, as I often do, with this plummeting situation and he said it was for HIS “greenhouse.” Pheeew husband jumps in to save the day, he stepped up, took ownership and discussed details (That I taught him) with the burly salesman like two men at a construction site. While I stood behind my husband in a skirt looking down to the ground hoping I will just blend into my husband’s strong back and melt away.

I laugh when I think of it because even though I share my brain life here, I can’t speak about it at all in my everyday life. I can’t tell the doctors, nurses, clinicians, even my own family doctor or my circle of friends locally, because no one understands nor supports MY way of rehabbing myself.

It’s a shame I’m restricted in sharing my results, but THANK YOU for encouraging and teaching me to continue helping myself. I’m living a double life, but walking peacefully to every milestone I take on. I'm alive and getting better, that's all that matters at this point.


What am I grateful for? “Worm Poop”

Quote of the week: “Worm Poop”



My humble garden of positive change awaits you…


1. Type: CB Dream CLONES #1 - 6 (Mother born Oct 2, 2016)

Week:11 weeks

Days: 74

Temp:24-30 Degrees Celsius

Hum: 45 - 65%

Strain: Indica

Technique:Clones, topped and LST

Comments:

They are nearing the last of their stretch and definitely entering the flowering stage. I’m going to keep them in 18/6 for a while longer, or until we get that darn second room done. They will have to wait because I’m not going to rush something (like I’ve done before) only to have my area not work out, either lights too low, too hot, not enough humidity, etc.

Everyone knows how hard it is to reach amicable temperatures in the pre-summer heat. But I’m terribly excited to put my brain to the test and make the second room/space something to be proud of, hence the Home D*pot visit this week. But we didn’t end up buying anything yet because I may have enough left over from before.

Due to enormous growth of the clones and them shutting me out of the room, I have taken a group shot, don’t mind the gang signs they are throwing, they just want into their new digs. lol

BEFORE
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AFTER
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CBDream Clone #1, 2, 3/ 3 Gallon, Self-watering, LST & Topped

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CBDream Clone #4-5-6 / 1 Gallon, Top-watering, LST & Topped

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2. Type: Kushie Kush (Born March 4, 2017)

Week: 11

Days: 77

Temp: 24-30

Hum: 45 - 65%

Strain: Indica

Technique:Topped and LST

Comments:

Here is my bundle of joy and the biggest kush I have grown to date. She has grown 2 inches since my last journal post. I add some measurements for you guys because the pictures don’t do any justice. She is soooo healthy. I am giving her half nutes every 3rd water feeding. This is a self-watering pot so you know I’m still feeding from the top and bottom as per usual. I think I overfilled the pot this time. I’m hoping the level of dirt will go down so that I may add worm casings when it starts to flower. I have a feeling she’s gonna punch me in the face with buds. Lol ;)

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Look at how much she’s filled in. Should I be taking the large fan leaves off that are pointing down. I haven’t removed them because they are healthy and not touching the dirt, but they do pass my horizontal line. Anyone?

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Now you can compare the size of the Kushie Kushs’ leaf to my cat, looks like the plant is going to eat her for breakfast.

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*Thank you for helping to populate my journal with soulful and informative posts so that I may reference them at a later time.

(*To new growers: Could I ask for a favour, no biggie? Could you guys maybe use short paragraphing more often because it’s incredibly difficult to read blocks of text. I just don’t want to miss the valuable information from your resourceful posts and kind support. 420 HUGS)

*There are no friends, like grow friends, I knooow!

:Namaste:

:thanks:
 
Hey Grow2HealMe,

I didn't know (worm poop) you had a (worm poop) cat. He/She is (worm poop) beauty!

We are all (worm poop) here for you (worm poop). More importantly (worm poop) you have a (worm poop) spouse who obviously (worm poop) loves you!!! Having (worm poop) support like that (worm poop) makes life easier.

Peace. Felonious(WormPoop)Punk. :peace:
 
Hey Grow2HealMe,

I didn't know (worm poop) you had a (worm poop) cat. He/She is (worm poop) beauty!

We are all (worm poop) here for you (worm poop). More importantly (worm poop) you have a (worm poop) spouse who obviously (worm poop) loves you!!! Having (worm poop) support like that (worm poop) makes life easier.

Peace. Felonious(WormPoop)Punk. :peace:

HaHahahahahahahahAhahahahaha!!!
Okay my hubby laughed at that message too.
Soooooo funny! Oh man, you got me good.
.. .
 
I couldn't resist. Nice to laugh, isn't it?

Still didn't tell us about the cat.

Peace and Laughter. :peace:

*You're hilarious, you got us both going. The cat, is half maine coon and tabby. Her name is Sunshine. She is 3. Hates the camera, until I take plant pics, then she runs into them. Thanks for the big laugh, I needed it. :thanks: Now off to put my hands in some worm poop. I can't believe I'm just hearing of worm poop now. For some reason, I don't think I'll forget that name ever. ;) Great day!, thanks for the company...:passitleft:
 
(*To new growers: Could I ask for a favour, no biggie? Could you guys maybe use short paragraphing more often because it's incredibly difficult to read blocks of text. I just don't want to miss the valuable information from your resourceful posts and kind support. 420 HUGS)

Hey Grow2HealMe,

Would it help if we double spaced our shorter paragraphs?

Peace and Laughter. :peace: :rofl:
 
What’s Update – 100% Organic Garden & Brain Rehab – May 21, 2017

:welcome: Welcome to my Beautiful Healing Brain Journal!


Speaking of attempts to practice public interactions…
Funny thing happened this week gotta share. We went to Home D*pot and I was looking for panda plastic and reflective insulation for obvious reasons. I was timid to ask anyone. I asked a male helper and he didn’t know if they had any panda poly plastic in Canada. So he asked me what I needed it for. I got startled a bit as that happens when my brain doesn’t want to speak.

The male salesperson got his phone out, googled panda plastic, got on the speaker and asked for “insert burly man name” for "HYDROPONICS." "YIKES", I never said that out loud how did he know, panic ensues, my brain became triggered, my face went red, my anonymity revealed, brain alert to vacate the premises immediately. lol

I looked at my husband to save me, as I often do, with this plummeting situation and he said it was for HIS “greenhouse.” Pheeew husband jumps in to save the day, he stepped up, took ownership and discussed details (That I taught him) with the burly salesman like two men at a construction site. While I stood behind my husband in a skirt looking down to the ground hoping I will just blend into my husband’s strong back and melt away.

I laugh when I think of it because even though I share my brain life here, I can’t speak about it at all in my everyday life. I can’t tell the doctors, nurses, clinicians, even my own family doctor or my circle of friends locally, because no one understands nor supports MY way of rehabbing myself.

It’s a shame I’m restricted in sharing my results, but THANK YOU for encouraging and teaching me to continue helping myself. I’m living a double life, but walking peacefully to every milestone I take on. I'm alive and getting better, that's all that matters at this point.


What am I grateful for? “Worm Poop”

Quote of the week: “Worm Poop”


*There are no friends, like grow friends, I knooow!

:Namaste:

:thanks:


I :Love: that you have a husband who has your back. I have one, too and am thankful for him each and every day.

I also :Love: your cat. We had a Maine coon, too but he's been gone a long time. His name was Romeo. Since him, we've had two grey tabbies, Serendipity and Ogoni. Ogoni was our most recent one but he died last March at almost 18 years of age.

Here's a photo of Ogoni:

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:circle-of-love:
 
Hey Grow2HealMe,

Would it help if we double spaced our shorter paragraphs?

Peace and Laughter. :peace: :rofl:

*Hi guys, shorter paragraphs are good, no need to double space, I'm using a magnifying glass to help me focus on multiple words. Thanks for the offer, very kind!

I :Love: that you have a husband who has your back. I have one, too and am thankful for him each and every day.

I also :Love: your cat. We had a Maine coon, too but he's been gone a long time. His name was Romeo. Since him, we've had two grey tabbies, Serendipity and Ogoni. Ogoni was our most recent one but he died last March at almost 18 years of age.

Here's a photo of Ogoni:

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:circle-of-love:

Wow, Ogoni is stoic and looks similar to Sunshine. I'm sorry he had to go, but 18 years is a record in my books. HUGS HUGS HUGS. I dedicate this picture of sunshine to you, FP and Ogoni and Serendipity.
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I have severe debilitating ptsd, severely damaged and scarred back muscle tissues around the spine. I'm so happy to see Mary Jane helping someone else! My great grandfather had Alzheimer's really bad. Really interested in your story and your grow. Keep fighting the good fight.

1st Grow - SSH x 4 - 450 Watt 8 Bulb T5

*Thank you Mullen Farms, you are most welcome here. Pull up a comfy lounge chair for your back, some CBD for your PTSD and THC to level you off. Please feel free to ask me any questions and take whatever info you need from my journal. I'll be by soon to look at your journal.

*IMO: What is my most important lesson here, is that we only use 11% of our brains, if we learn 4x as much, while we only decrease 1x, the degeneration CAN BE slowed down drastically. Also, any information I learn now seems to stick around, while I let my past memories go more and more. I have hung up pictures and items on the wall so I can remember heartfelt situations through visuals. Super works!

*Also, in order to repair brain damage, I learned in Occupational Therapy classes that all we have to do is stimulate our 5 senses every day in order to retrain our brain and/or reroute every day brain processes. All this can be done in conjunction with CBD & THC therapies and it's working for me. It's a commitment and an investment but totally doable!

*Lastly, I started growing before I even got my diagnosis on Nov 14, 2016. I went from Sept 2015 - Nov 2016 without knowing exactly what was going on. But I knew something was terribly wrong and therefore promptly started seriously growing Sept 2015. You could say that I have one positive grow day vs. one brain injury day. I think that IS the key to slowing this disease down because I'm not trying to catch up, in fact, I'm leading the race, in my eyes.

So every day I work on my brain in order to maintain my lead and defeat/postpone my 5-10 year life expectancy. My journals document progress and struggles in order for me to look back to see how far I've come. You just have to believe it's working and celebrate your small steps & milestones. :Love:

That's all! lol Sorry if I rambled, I just want to share...you came to the right place. ;) Have a brainy day!
 
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