Thanks Cheryl-Anne for this ton of info about marijanna. I do agree with a lot of it and some I do not. I think mild use of it wouldn't hurt as long as it is not mixed with other drugs. As for these studies, well I beg to differ on some of it. As I stated before I have been a user in my life. I started when I was 16 and smoked off and on until I was 25 or so. I did not smoke while I was pregnant with my children. I was an occassional smoker off and on until after my son was born when I was 24 or so. I worked full time and never missed work from being sick because of the pot. Now there were other co-workers who were alcoholics, and used other drugs such as cocaine, etc that missed many days of work. These people were hung over from the alcohol and experienced numerous different health problems related to alcohol. The cocaine caused people to miss work for the simple fact, they were craving it while they worked and left work early in search of some more, or took the day off to satisfy their addiction. I have had people working with me or under my supervision that I knew smoked. All I asked them to do was not smoke while on the job, what they did in private off the clock was their business, and they were some of the best workers I had and they did not miss work. Anyway, another member of the group sent me the list of things that are not to be taken while on Gleevec, one of which was marijuanna so I suppose it is not a good idea. I do not want to do anything that would jeopardize the effectiveness of Gleevec....even though the Gleevec, in a sense is saving my life from leukemia but killing me in other ways. Just about all the medications I am on, all 12 of them have different side effects....and the majority of them were given to me to combat the side effects caused by Gleevec. Just about anything you take or consume these days is not good for you. Anything from fried foods, caffeine, sugar, cigerettes,etc. etc is not good for you. I think the air we breathe is contaminated, the water we drink, which I think is one of the most nasty, contaminated things on earth. I grew up on spring water and loved it, but this tap water, I just can't drink. I do drink bottled water that supposedly comes from a spring here in the mountains of Tennesee. I know it doesn't taste like tap water but whether it actually comes from this natural spring I don't know. I read an article that a lot of the bottled water that is labeled spring water is actually only sterilized water. So the things that marijuanna might do to me really didn't concern me as long as I could benefit from it by having an appetite. Everything seems to be a trade off. However, because it is on the list of things not to use while on Gleevec, I won't. It's odd that they give it to cancer patients on chemo for nausea, and patients with glaucoma use it. So I guess they are using it to treat one problem and in the process creating more health related problems. I really enjoyed smoking when I did smoke. It relaxed me....made me laugh and Lord knows I could use all the laughter I could get, and also made me have a ravishing appetite. As a teenager in high school, I would get a buzz and study for tests and was a A student. However, what I studied and learned often left my memory shortly after I had took the test. I also recall constantly hiding my stash from my parents and then forgetting where I had hid it...but sometime later....I would finally remember where I had hid it. Anyway, thanks for caring enough to send me this info. I appreciate it. A friend of mine advised me to go to the health food store....since they have something for just about everything you can name, maybe they have something that will work as an appetite stimulant. I met a woman in the grocery store a while back that told me she had used something from the health food store to quit smoking. I'd never heard about this. Thanks again....Love, Peace, Hope & Peace, Pat
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