Episode 115: Cannabis Is Helping Her With A Very Serious Brain Injury
When she was 10 years old, Billie Wooldridge from California suffered a serious brain injury while playing. She was in a coma for almost a month and paralyzed on her left side. With the problems she has faced over the years, she feels lucky to be alive. Listen to her emotional story of beating the odds in dealing with growths in her brain and how cannabis is helping her.
Thanks for letting Billie share her story. She really is an amazing person. Thank God she’s made it through all this and is a positive & loving, giving person.
Hello, Billie here.I sat down and actually compiled a list of all the medications I was on and why, there were more than I thought.
I.Topamax – 50.mg. 2x daily for headaches and seizures
2. Neuronton- 300 mg. 3x daily for seizures and nerve pain (AKA Fire Maggots)
3. Keppra-500 mg 2x daily for seizures
4. Oxycontin- 4x daily for pain
5. Norco-4x daily for pain
6. Xanax- 1-2mg. tabs As needed for anxiety (pretty much everyday)
7. Promethazine- as needed for nausea, Everyday.
8. Stool softeners- needed almost daily for many reasons
9. Nexium- heartburn daily
10. Dilantin-seizures
11, Tegratol-seizures
12. Ibuprofen- for pain 800 plus mg. daily
13 Tylenol-for pain at least 500 mg a day.
These are some I can remember.
At one point I was taking 30 pills a day
THC and CBD extract oils have saved my life and kept my pain and seizures at bay.