August 26, 2004
Parental Support
A friend at work began asking me questions this week about medical marijuana for her friend's 19-year-old son, who was diagnosed with Leukemia.
Leukemia, for those who don't know, is a cancerous blood condition that is treated with chemotherapy. Because of some recently FDA-approved anti-emetics, he had very little vomiting and nausea during his initial treatments. His nausea is now increasing, with his appetite being non-existent.
This is a fairly common experience for some of the other cancer patients I've known. The initial treatments cause very little nausea, but this increases over time. His parents are now concerned enough to consider medical marijuana.
As he's young, and has already experimented with marijuana to the extent that he enjoys it, he's an excellent patient for marijuana therapy. For the elderly who have never experimented with marijuana, the effects can be frightening at first, and this treatment is therefore not always recommended.
I printed some articles out for him and his parents from the website www.MedicalMarijuanaProCon.org, and gave him the phone number for the local medical marijuana club. Now it's up to him and his doctor to decide if this is a treatment they should attempt. As he's 19, his parents do not legally have a say, but many patients of that age do still want their parents to be involved, and physicians and marijuana clubs should permit the parents to be included in such a situation.
For patients of any age, having one's parents involved and supportive of the marijuana treatment makes a big difference. Parental and/or spousal support for any serious illness can make the difference between success and failure.
Posted by Kroeme on August 26, 2004 11:46 AM
Comments
im 19 years old and have stomache cancer weed is the only thing that helps me eat without geting sick but where i am now i cannot get medical weed
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