Not much to update, except that I told both my primary care physician and my pain specialist about the CBD and my plans to move to California. My primary care doctor was happy for me and asked questions about it, but my pain specialist seemed, if anything, displeased. She didn't ask any me anything about it, which I thought was kind of weird because you'd think a pain specialist would be interested in knowing more about something that helped someone with chronic pain where other treatments failed. She asked if I still wanted to try Lyrica, and I told her I want to hold off on it because it seems to have a lot of side effects, which I'm sure I'd get because I usually get them, and didn't think it was worth going through that for the 2 months it would take me to go on and off the medication, when I'd found something that helps my pain and gives me no side effects. I asked her to give me a better pain reliever than Tylenol with Codeine that I could take on days when I have really bad pain until I get to California, so she gave me a Percocet prescription. I asked for a refill on my Zofran prescription as well, because I'm still always nauseous. She thought this was a new symptom and asked if I had seen a GI doctor about it, which was a bit frustrating because I've said I'm nauseous at every doctor's appointment I've had, and if she'd looked at my chart she'd know that, and that I'd already seen two GI doctors. Anyway, kind of a frustrating visit but I got what I needed and it wasn't painful, so whatever. I think she was maybe upset that she couldn't successfully treat me?
Anyway, I'm excited to get to California and find a pain specialist who knows about CBD and can incorporate that into my treatment so I don't feel like I'm doing something my doctor disapproves of. It's looking like we're going to move in January of next year, which I'm very excited about. My mom and I are going out there at the beginning of November to find a place to live. Let me know if you know of any "420 friendly" apartments/houses in Oakland we could rent!
