Rickochet
Yes, absolutely. I could sense that she wanted to say, "great idea! good for you!" with the eagerness of her reply, and thanked me for calling her to double check, saying it was the 'responsible thing to do.'
I think a lot of traditional health care nurses/doctors would probably recommend CBD as a good resource for pain management, not to mention all of the other benefits that come along with it. There are many! But I'm guessing for insurance reasons they've been instructed to not recommend it outright, since it's not part of traditional medicine in academic study, and also because there is no general designated dosage prescribed. (Not to mention that big pharma would throw a hissy fit when they start seeing fewer people spending billions of dollars on prescription pain medications).
I kept looking for reasons not to use it. I simply couldn't find one, outside of the prospect that it's not exactly inexpensive. I spent a couple hours last night reading up on it, trying to better understand how something that natural could be so beneficial to quality of life. Perhaps there are some who are 'meh' about it, and maybe I'll end up being one of those people for all I know. But it seems honing in on a good therapeutic dosage is key, and every individual is different with different health issues, tolerances, etc.
PS - that hemp oil extract cream (non-CBD) that I bought from Amazon a few days ago was delivered this morning. I put some on my lower back and hip area, and maybe it was simply a placebo effect, but my hip pain subsided substantially and I could actually move around normally within an hour without significant pain. I applied two applications today and have been very pleased with the results thus far. It has a slight menthol aroma, but nothing overwhelming. Certainly not as strong as most name brand sports creams I've used over the years.
My CBD products are supposed to arrive middle of next week. I look forward to getting a regimen started using it daily (topical cream and oil drops).
