So I haven't seen my CF doctors in a full year (a little longer actually). And in that year, a lot happened.
About a year ago (a little less), I went through a phase where I smoked cigs. I smoked about a pack every 1-2 weeks, or around 2-3 cigs a day. I know it was stupid.
I also smoked medical cannabis for around combined 8 months. I officially stopped smoking it 3 weeks ago. About a month and a half ago, i started using strictly edibles, but due to how expensive they are, i couldn't afford it, so i smoked it for another 2 weeks, then stopped. Then thats when I got my vaporizer. I hope thats not confusing (hopefully this will help. I started using medical marijuana in May, i smoked it up until November, which is when I started using something called concentrates. In december, I started using ONLY edibles, then, beginning of january, i couldn't afford to get anymore, so i smoked from around jan 4-jan24. Then, I didn't use cannabis for a week and a half, and on January 30th I received my vaporizer in the mail. since then, i haven't smoked)
Now, I don't smoke it. I vaporize it.
The main reason why I didn't vaporize early on is because I couldn't afford it. The machine I got (cheapest high quality vaporizer, ariser extreme q) was $150. I wanted to vaporize the whole time and i hated smoking it, its just that money was an issue.
So how will these effect my lungs and FEV test?
I want to note. Within the last 4 months, i have become very health conscience. Ive done a lot of research regarding vaporizing marijuana.
Vaporizing marijuana does not mean I'm smoking it.
Vaporizing heats the cannabinoids (active ingredients) in marijuana to a specific temperature range. It heats it to the point to where the cannabinoids begin to boil from the plant, making it an actual vapor. Vaporizing avoids combustion, which is what is harmful. Marijuana in of itself isn't unhealthy, but when its burnt, it releases a ton of toxic chemicals and tar (ie. benzenes). There are different levels of vapor, and for me, I try to keep on the lower-medium spectrum of vapor, not where its super thick but not like I'm breathing in air (i use it via a balloon, not a pipe, or a hookah whip, or anything. its a medical grade balloon). When you take the cannabis out of the little chamber its kept it. Its not grey, its not black. Its a tobacco brown. Tobacco brown = Vaporized. Black, ashy, grey, etc. = Combustion = smoke = unhealthy.
When I tell my CF doctors that i have a medical marijuana card, what do you think theyre response will be?
the primary reason why I use it is for appetite, but it also helps with my anxiety and joint pain. Both of which is noted by my primary care physician. And both of which have designated prescriptions (Naproxen 500MG; Xanax/Valium). Cannabis has effectively replaced xanax and naproxen and my sleeping pills. But I always find it useful to keep them around, as they are legal to carry across states, where cannabis isn't. Also, those medications are great for when I don't want to be intoxicated (xanax has little effect on me, I am able to carry on my day perfectly when i take it).
I also want to add, that since the month of November, Ive been going to the gym avidly 2-3x a week. Primarily weight lifting. I also have a very strenuous job as a courtesy clerk, and I walk on average about 3 miles before i go to the gym, and there is a ton of lifting, pushing, walking, running, etc. associated with my job. all while going to the gym 2-3x a week. I weigh approx 156 lb. and 5 ft 10 in
About a year ago (a little less), I went through a phase where I smoked cigs. I smoked about a pack every 1-2 weeks, or around 2-3 cigs a day. I know it was stupid.
I also smoked medical cannabis for around combined 8 months. I officially stopped smoking it 3 weeks ago. About a month and a half ago, i started using strictly edibles, but due to how expensive they are, i couldn't afford it, so i smoked it for another 2 weeks, then stopped. Then thats when I got my vaporizer. I hope thats not confusing (hopefully this will help. I started using medical marijuana in May, i smoked it up until November, which is when I started using something called concentrates. In december, I started using ONLY edibles, then, beginning of january, i couldn't afford to get anymore, so i smoked from around jan 4-jan24. Then, I didn't use cannabis for a week and a half, and on January 30th I received my vaporizer in the mail. since then, i haven't smoked)
Now, I don't smoke it. I vaporize it.
The main reason why I didn't vaporize early on is because I couldn't afford it. The machine I got (cheapest high quality vaporizer, ariser extreme q) was $150. I wanted to vaporize the whole time and i hated smoking it, its just that money was an issue.
So how will these effect my lungs and FEV test?
I want to note. Within the last 4 months, i have become very health conscience. Ive done a lot of research regarding vaporizing marijuana.
Vaporizing marijuana does not mean I'm smoking it.
Vaporizing heats the cannabinoids (active ingredients) in marijuana to a specific temperature range. It heats it to the point to where the cannabinoids begin to boil from the plant, making it an actual vapor. Vaporizing avoids combustion, which is what is harmful. Marijuana in of itself isn't unhealthy, but when its burnt, it releases a ton of toxic chemicals and tar (ie. benzenes). There are different levels of vapor, and for me, I try to keep on the lower-medium spectrum of vapor, not where its super thick but not like I'm breathing in air (i use it via a balloon, not a pipe, or a hookah whip, or anything. its a medical grade balloon). When you take the cannabis out of the little chamber its kept it. Its not grey, its not black. Its a tobacco brown. Tobacco brown = Vaporized. Black, ashy, grey, etc. = Combustion = smoke = unhealthy.
When I tell my CF doctors that i have a medical marijuana card, what do you think theyre response will be?
the primary reason why I use it is for appetite, but it also helps with my anxiety and joint pain. Both of which is noted by my primary care physician. And both of which have designated prescriptions (Naproxen 500MG; Xanax/Valium). Cannabis has effectively replaced xanax and naproxen and my sleeping pills. But I always find it useful to keep them around, as they are legal to carry across states, where cannabis isn't. Also, those medications are great for when I don't want to be intoxicated (xanax has little effect on me, I am able to carry on my day perfectly when i take it).
I also want to add, that since the month of November, Ive been going to the gym avidly 2-3x a week. Primarily weight lifting. I also have a very strenuous job as a courtesy clerk, and I walk on average about 3 miles before i go to the gym, and there is a ton of lifting, pushing, walking, running, etc. associated with my job. all while going to the gym 2-3x a week. I weigh approx 156 lb. and 5 ft 10 in
