Affliction / Illness: Kidney Failure
I haven't needed to use medical marijuana for several years, and that's a good thing. Unfortunately, it's only a matter of time before my kidneys begin to fail again. The last time I used medical marijuana was to help to control pain, to sleep, and to stimulate my appetite. At that time, my son was too young to remember anything. However, he's a teenager now, so I've had to explain to him that I may need to resume using medical marijuana. At first, I was nervous about having this discussion with him, but after I took the time to educate myself on the issues, I realized that talking to him about my use of medical marijuana was no different that talking to him about the proper and improper use of prescription drugs — except you can overdose on prescription drugs, and you can't on marijuana.
