Hosted by:

Steph Massey- Cannabis Educator and Patient Care Coach, Breast Cancer Survivor

Stacy Bobak - Cannabis College Professor, Cannabis Education for Dental Professionals, Breast Cancer Survivor

Originally released on the Tincture in Time Podcast on 10/31/21

64 minutes

This episode speaks about intentional Cannabis consumption. Consuming Cannabis for things like sleep, anxiety, and chronic pain, might mean that you need to combine different methods of consumption. For example, apply a Cannabis-infused lotion to your aching joints in the morning or place a few drops of cannabis oil under your tongue with dinner. We also speak about breakthrough pain in this episode. Listen in as we share our personal experiences as breast cancer survivors with pain, stress, and anxiety, and how we've learned to manage our symptoms with Cannabis.

 *Disclaimer: Steph and Stacy are not healthcare professionals or neuroscientists. As we start talking about cannabis in the body and its relation to our pain, symptoms, and conditions, we want to remind you that we're not necessarily giving this as health advice directly to our listeners. We recommend that you speak directly to someone like us, a cannabis educator or a cannabis patient care coach, or even a cannabis-trained doctor or pharmacist if you are considering medical cannabis to help treat the symptoms you are experiencing.  Steph and Stacy are both cannabis patient care coaches, and they work closely with patients for several months, helping them succeed with this medicine. Pain, sleep, stress, and anxiety are some of the top things to help clients find relief.  

Highlighted Timestamps:

[00:04:22] Types of pain: chronic vs. acute, neuropathic, and nociceptive.

[00:12:35] Opioid research and statistics.  

[00:13:26] Steph shares her personal story dealing with pain.

[00:18:35] The threshold of pain and inflammation.

[00:20:14] Cannabis is helping some patients in lowering the amount of pain they're suffering from, and it has helped them wean off prescription medications, as well!  

[00:21:44] Cannabis (CBD) is effective in helping some people sleep better. 

[00:26:28] Pain-somnia:  If you've got chronic pain, often your sleep is disrupted. And not only does the pain affect your sleep, but it can also affect your emotional health.

[00:27:00] The most common reason people reach out to us is to ask about Cannabis as medicine for stress and anxiety.

[00:28:05] The central nervous system and the stress responses: Fight, Flight or Freeze!

[00:32:23] There's a lot of research surrounding CBD to reduce anxiety and how it can protect the body from the physiological effects of stress and anxiety.

[00:33:22] Ancient Vedic texts from 2000 BCE cites that Cannabis, specifically the hemp plant, helps relieve anxiety.

[00:34:30] THC and the increased risk of anxiousness and paranoia.

[00:38:07] Cannabis is helping on multiple layers. 

[00:38:59] Tapping into an individualized personal response to Cannabis with terpenes and flavonoids.  

[00:40:53] Methods of medicinal Cannabis intake, dosages, and the layering effect.   

[00:48:31] Our personal stories about the trials and tribulations that we went through ourselves as medical Cannabis patients.

Stacy and Steph share their story of accessing medical cannabis as breast cancer patients. As co-founders of EduCanNation, a Canadian nonprofit organization that provides evidence-based Cannabis education and supports Certified Cannabis Educators, Steph and Stacy share the knowledge they have learned as Certified Cannabis Educators to help advocate for the patient and the plant.  Their stories of staying positive and hopeful despite the hardship of a breast cancer diagnosis, helps to remind us that we are always stronger than we think we are.

Music composed and performed by Dave Bobak

The information contained in this podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not medical advice. We are certified cannabis educators, we are not medical doctors. We recommend that you speak directly to a medical cannabis educator or a medical healthcare practitioner who is trained in cannabis medicine prior to experimenting with cannabis for medicinal purposes. The topics and statements discussed are based on our research and experience and have not been evaluated by any regulatory body.

About the Hosts:

Stacy and Steph share their story of accessing medical Cannabis as breast cancer patients. As co-founders of EduCanNation, a Canadian nonprofit organization that provides evidence-based Cannabis education and supports Certified Cannabis Educators, Steph and Stacy share the knowledge they have learned as Certified Cannabis Educators to help advocate for the patient and the plant. Their stories of staying positive and hopeful despite the hardship of a breast cancer diagnosis, helps to remind us that we are always stronger than we think we are.

Steph and Stacy welcome listeners to reach out to them directly. They are here to help and support you on your Cannabis health journey. 

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