HEPATITIS C
View From The Street
Don DuPay
I am on the Cannabis Common Sense cable TV show. We continue to get inquiry's about Hepatitis C. Hepatitis is a qualifying disease for medical marijuana. But what is Hep c and how do we get it?
Let's talk!
Hepatitis is a disease of addiction, a liver disease, a viral disease. Ite is a time bomb deposited in your body by a dirty needle that has touched the blood of another infected addict, a time bomb waiting to blow your liver out of the water and of course, you with it. (Ray Charles died of Hep C)
I got Hep C about 1978 when I was addicted to cocaine. I thought I had gotten away with it, not getting any disease until...about 5 years ago when I found myself getting tired all the time. My appetite disappeared, replaced by waves of nausea. I lost interest in sex. When I lost interest in sex and couldn't t eat I realized I was ill. I went to my vet doctor and found out I had Hep C. I was really stunned for there is no cure. The vet doctor suggested chemo-therapy (interferon) and to fight off the depression they would give me Paxil. I said no thanks to the chemicals and did my own research. I found that the Chinese had been treating liver disease for 2,500 years with herbs and acupuncture. I found that Master Dong, a Chinese physician had acupuncture points specific to Hepatitis disease 350 years ago and that's way before Paxil! I found that there is an acupuncture clinic in San Francisco that treats Hep C specifically. I tried the treatment with great results. My energy improved, my attitude improved and thanks to medical marijuana, my appetite improved and the nausea lessened. Blood tests 5 years in a row confirmed, yes, I still have Hep C but my liver is not getting any worse.
That's how I got it and that's how I treat it. Now...is it preventable? Well...yes, technically, if you didn't involve yourself in IV drug use. After all lyou will never smash your finger if you don't pick up a hammer. But pragmatically it is not, because a person lost in their addiction basically has no sense. I know I didn't. Too many times I spilled a paper of dope on the carpet and picked up the powder trying to sort out the dirt, dog hair and carpet gunk and then...stuck it in my arm. More than once, disgusted with myself, I stuck the needle in the wall swearing never again. But the next time I needed a fix I pulled the spike out of the wall, straightened it out and stuck it in my arm. Again!
Sick addicts are not worrying about Hep C, Aids or anything else. They need to get high, they need to get well period. So is Hep C preventable NO! Is it sexually transmitted? They say it is but I'm not convinced. I was married to two women after my drug days and neither of them contracted Hep from me. If Hep is a blood to blood disease, the sex would have to be pretty rough. A few people are still around that got Hep C from blood transfusions years ago.
How does Hep C affect me now. Tiredness. I work 40 hours a week with out any problems but by 7 in the evening I'm all through. If I'm going to do anything in the evening I have to take a nap first. Second: Hep C is an eating disorder. Food will just not go down. Personally, I would starve if I did not use Marijuana. Only if you have an eating disorder yourself can you fully understand how another person cannot eat food. Even with MJ it is difficult to eat. The nausea comes in waves. Joint pain: My shoulders ache, knees ache, hips ache. I have difficulty sleeping at night because of the pain, unless I smoke some medicine and take two aspirins.
People with Hep must not drink alcohol. When I realized I had to stop drinking it was difficult. I honestly didn't miss the alcohol that much but the habit of elbow bending after work was hard to break. I drank in the Navy after work to forget the boredom, the police after work to forget the daily 8 hours of mayhem and death. Alcohol is insidious though. It keeps telling you it is okey to keep drinking...just for a little while longer.
People with Hepatitis can't drink!! If you have Hep C and are still drinking even a little stop it. Alcohol is a poison both for your liver and your brain. Marijuana and acupuncture make Hep C livable and since there is no cure, treating the symptoms is all that is left to us.
Don DuPay
Very interesting post! My opinion is that acupuncture is something really great that can always help us! I really believe in all its benefits!
Posted by: michael jones | September 27, 2007 at 04:39 AM
I have to add that acupunture points can make you feel alive again! They are amazing!!!
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