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Reply to "Muscle and joint pain years after colectomy due to UC"

Thanks to everyone who responded. I'm sticking with the Tramadol/Tylenol/Arnica ointment therapy for now.  I do some yoga and am thinking of looking into that furter. I also take a very occasional 1/2 of an Advil now and then when the pain is bad.  I'm really afraid of the NSAIDs (Advil, Celebrex, Mobic) because I'm pretty sure that the years and years of taking high-doses of sulfasalazine, which is an NSAID-like drug, contributed to my eventually developing kidney cancer. With only one kidney left, which was also deluged with nephro-toxic sulfasalazine for years, I'm really wary of blasting it with more NSAIDS at this point. Kidney failure would really put me over the edge.

Not to mention the risks that NSAIDS pose for what little is left of our guts.

I've been experimenting with high-CBD marijuana, which is legal here in Washington. Unfortunately, it hasn't been helpful so far. In fact, I feel substantially more painful after a toke or two. Why would that be, when it helps so many people with pain? My theory is that, like other psychoactive drugs, marijuana removes some of the mental inhibitions/repression we all use to cope. Perhaps I mentally deal with at least some of my pain by just not consciously recognizing it. That would be a good sort of repression for getting on with life.

Still, I'm considering seeing a naturopathic provider to discuss other forms of marijuana for pain - there are so many strains out there.

Has anyone had any success with marijuana for muscle and joint pain?

--Cate

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