Ask Paddy... Medical weed?

When writing my article about the inconceivable atrocities of Nestlé my blog suggested that I might like the review of the Volcano Medic 2 by Storz and Bickl, er, sorry, by Vapormed - wink wink - (find it, by the way here). But hello, and how he does it. At the time, there were a lot of questions about it from the ALS community on Facebook. I answered many of them directly there, but there were a few topics I wanted to take up again specifically and answer in more detail. As is often the case, I still intend to do so, but never get around to it. I don't really lack the time. But I do lack the capacity. Pneumonia as a 24-hour NIV ventilator, three days of abdominal cramps with really nasty nausea for a long time (especially tasty with a full-face mask, I always feel something is wrong with me.

And in between, a visit to the last few days, heidernei, Herzogenaurach, Schwabach, Zorneding, Egmating, Spain, Italy, China, ... it's a miracle that I can still look straight ahead at all.

There. It's been a few weeks since the text. And did I use the free time to write? Yes, I did. The result is a four-part essay on how Nestlé is systematically destroying our planet. Smoking pot? I did. Writing about it? Just starting to. For today, I would like to revisit the questions that I was unable to answer, or only half-answer, at the time.

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ALS-mobil e.V.What a brilliant site here!

PaddyHello Jens, that's quite something. A lot of visitors on my blog. How cool, I'm glad.

ALS-mobil e.V.We, ALS-mobil e.V., have a direct demand on this point here.

PaddyI love to be smart. Keep your questions coming.

ALS-mobil e.V.As a rule, THC is prescribed and used - helpfully - in the form of Dronabinol oil or Sativex spray.

PaddyIndeed. I had read a lot about dronabinol and the like before, but I had no personal experience. The dosage seems to me to be not quite trivial. Tolerance is also not necessarily good. Which is more than can be said for classic "smoking weed". The only side effect is that I eat more, to everyone's delight.

ALS-mobil e.V.Directly as it "should be", to smoke pot ergo inhale but rather rarely, at the latest with NIV ventilation..... Rarely, but still practised.

PaddyRight. If someone doesn't like the smell and taste, okay. One of my best friends gets really sick to his stomach as soon as he enters my flat and I'm smoking. Then the drops might be an alternative.

But I like the smell, the taste, the feeling of smoking. And I am a pleasure person. So give me a reason that speaks in favour of drops. Why shouldn't I combine what is useful with what is enjoyable? And as you say quite rightly, the way it should be.

I first had a Vapormed Mighty. When it no longer worked with the draw, I switched to the Volcano. I knew the Volcano with the hose from before. The balloons were new to me. They've come in handy since I'm on a 24/7 ventilator and can't smoke even with the Volcano's turbine. So as far as the smoking technique as such is concerned, I was forced to change the methodology. I can't manage to smoke anymore even with the (actively ventilating) Volcano. So we built a "Cannabis NIV Injection" out of PEG transfer systems that a friend gave me from leftover stocks and pump sets from ebay.... What a cool title. For the article.

Joking aside, it really is like that. Now we fill the balloons with the inhalate and then fill that into the water chamber of the humidifier. There, where you could also connect oxygen instead of at the machine. This way the machine remains protected by the HMI filter, or comparable, and the steam goes unfiltered into my lungs. So that's exactly what we want to achieve. It's just a bit of tinkering to build a suitable connector from the end of a PEG transfer system, a cut piece of hose from the aspirator (fits into the connections of the balloons) and Fixomull. Once again, I seem to be the only one who does it this way. Otherwise there would be a technical solution.

ALS-mobil e.V.Consequently, we lack at least, empirical values ala Sorte?

PaddyOkay, the PZN is still missing. It will be here tomorrow, I promise. These are pure flowers from Canopy. That's what you get in pretty much every coffee shop in Amsterdam.

Update: The exact name is "CANNABISBLÜTEN LSK 16 20G, RP 20.00 g St" and has the PZN 6460665. But we wouldn't be in Germany if it were that simple. The variety is missing, it's not on the pharmacy's delivery note. I'll have to ask again. In any case, they are 100% pure flowers. The smell in my flat reminds me of my best student days. The effect is clearly perceptible, but doesn't immediately send you into nirvana. For example, I stopped using Scopoderm (scopolamine patches) against the strong salivation and prefer to smoke 0.2 grams. I can work afterwards just as I did before. Besides, who can say if I'm high or if it takes that long to type with my eyes.

ALS-mobil e.V.Evaporation temperature? Effect temperature-dependent? ... and so on.

PaddyThe effect is definitely temperature-dependent. These are purely my personal experiences. I feel an effect from about 180 degrees Celsius. But I like it more at 200 degrees. I find the steam more pleasant and the effect stronger. At 210 degrees, the weed chars too quickly, but the first bag that is filled is really good. I smoke 0.1 grams per two bags and 0.2 to 0.3 grams per three, sometimes four bags.

ALS-mobil e.V.Can you & do you like to help there? Directly or as a blog post (which can be typed by the nurse)?

PaddyPlease thank you You're welcome.

ALS-mobil e.V.Apart from that, a quick question: 20 types of alcohol? ?

PaddyI guess I meant it should have been more than 200. Or 20 types of gin. That would be within the realm of the imaginable.

ALS-mobil e.V.Greetings from Berlin from us & extra greetings from the admin - PFK himself.

PaddyAnd greetings from the southern part of the republic. No, not Mallorca. But a small town through which the Isar flows. And not Munich either. Even further down. And much, much smaller. Wink smiley.

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