Me
I have gone down with this absolutely revolting cough/cold or quite possibly the flu. Not sure which, I just know that I’m suffering. I have also been struggling with some pain in one of my incisions and I decided that instead of trying to grit my teeth through the pain, I would vape. It worked and I got some sleep, so I decided to do the same thing again another night.
Mind you, up until now, I’ve been vaping half a bowl at a time and getting completely sacked out. For some reason, I decided to do a fresh bowl of what I think was sourdough or maybe farm gas. I didn’t think and just vaped the whole bowl, and oh my good Lord! It hit me like a tonne of bricks – even I could tell that I was out of it! Book_grim was with me, along with Stripes, and unfortunately it was one of those times when Book found me incredibly aggravating, even thought I was trying to be helpful! She was having to machine wash some of her plushies because of a bedbugs situation and I was giving her advice, but apparently I was just annoying AF.
I have also become mildly addicted to cheese strings and babybel – they’re a quick source of protein and something my stomach can handle. According to Book_grim, I eat cheese strings incorrectly because I don’t peel them, I bite them. I hate the feel of the cheese beneath my fingernails so prefer to bite into them and peel them from there, but as soon as she said that, I proceeded to just randomly chomp bites off! That is where the High Thoughts came from – apparently, I discovered that having to chew the cheese strings at least 20 times has the effect of them melting onto my teeth, covering them with a thin film of cheese. I made the mistake of chewing on the other side of my mouth, which meant that those teeth were also covered in a thin film of cheese, but the layer wasn’t even and was causing me some issues.
I finally crashed out to sleep without resolving the correct levels of cheese to coat my teeth evenly – what a dilemma – but I have also discovered that string cheese and babybel make excellent snacks when you have the munchies. From now on, I think I will stick to half a bowl so I don’t get as utterly toasted as I was on this occasion. But I will also make more of an effort to incorporate this into my pain management regime – I have enough sourdough, morrocan peach and farm gas to keep going for a good few weeks, and it seems stupid to be in pain when this is something I can use that definitely helps.
I am 18 days post surgery and have vaped three times now. Each time, I’ve been careful not to have more than half a bowl, and I’ve tried to use the lowest THC. As the incisions have healed, the normal pain levels have returned which means my knees and back have started causing issues. Add to that that I seem to have lost a little of my padding, so I am feeling the springs in the mattress and possibly the slats on the bed, and things have been getting a little uncomfortable. 
Strains Review ⟫ Aurora Pedanios 27/1 FRG-CA ⟫ Farm Gas
There are some pros and cons to this particular strain. Firstly, the smell is strong! Like, strong enough to make each of the cats give us a stunned glare after they forced their noses into the tub as if to accuse us of wishing them harm. They are not fans of the way it smells. It’s hard to describe other than to say it punches you in the nose as soon as you open the container.
The first few times I vaped it, I had a bit of a cough so assumed the roughness I was feeling on my throat was due to that. However, every single time I’ve vaped this, the first couple of inhales has had me hacking like an old sailor on his last legs, gasping his last breath. It’s not pleasant.
I decided to cut it slightly with the Big Narstie Purple Milk which has a much milder smell and taste. Initially, I put the farm gas into the bowl first then topped it off with the purple milk, but I kept getting the hacking cough result. So I swapped it around – purple milk first for half a bowl, then half a bowl of Farm Gas. Instantly took away the harshness of the inhale and meant no losing a lung just to vape.
Effects-wise, it’s been variable. The initial stages are slow to hit but then I end up getting completely locked in place. Everything internally is running 100 mph but externally, I am literally just a body stuck to the bed. Stripes has had to put me to bed at least twice whilst on this: take away all of the vapes, reading tablet, etc that litter the bed, help me into my CPAP and turn off the lights. Last night, I think I got about 9 hours sleep which is pretty extraordinary for me.
On other occasions, however, I have found that it feels like the effects have warn off – I’m still high but the sleepiness has gone. It meant that a couple of times I ended up staying awake all night just because – I didn’t want to do anything in particular but I was too awake to sleep.
So, like I said, variable effects.
I think I’m going to experiment with the amounts of farm gas alongside the purple milk to try to get a decent mix. Anything that helps with the insomnia is appreciated but I don’t like the fact that I don’t know whether it’s going to help me sleep or keep me awake all night.
In other news, I sent a copy of my weed prescription along with my PIP renewal form and to be completely honest, I’m not sure I should have. I know that they’re not meant to discriminate against people using marijuana but I’m fearful that I will get an assessor who disapproves and thereby fuck up my application. It very much feels with PIP that you are at the mercy of the luck of the drawer. I’ve spoken to people who treated me like utter shit and I’ve spoken to people who seemed empathetic – it was just luck of the drawer. I just hope this time I get someone who understands.
No high thoughts because I can’t find the book but I will dig it out and see how bolshy/belligerent being on the farm gas makes me!
