What I wouldn't do for some Brownies right now.

[ThomCat]

x(

My pain had been so bad that it's often uncontrolled throughout the past week or so. I'm hitting my daily max for meds far more often than usual. I'm in so much pain that total strangers see it and ask me if I'm okay. I think this is mostly because of the horrible weather we've been getting. It's not just bad weather, but very volitile and changeable weather.

Often I can't get any sleep until I'm so medicated that I knock myself out. And then when I'm knocked out my body responds by letting loose with the total exhaustion I've been saving up, and I end up sleeping for 16 hours. It's one extreme or the other.

I could really use a gentle, more mellow way of handling the pain and getting to sleep. :smoke:

It's been a very, very long time since I had access to anything like this.

[Inchworm]

1. Sometimes it ain't the mix

so much as it is all the other stuff you mentioned.

I feel your pain.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

4. I know you do.

:(

If I had some brownies I'd invite you over. :hug:

[Inchworm]

15. Just what is it you are calling brownies

I got to thinkin.. I've indulged in a few things that could have that name.

:hi:

[ThomCat]

17. Nothing exotic.

Dense chocolate cake without anything in it to make it rise, with a chocolate frosting on it, and a little something in it to help make pain easier to handle. :)

I don't know what the other choices are, but are any of them as good at this for making pain bearable?

[Inchworm]

22. Well dang.. I'm into that!!

lol

see where a poisoned mind takes me?

:hug:

[elshiva]

2. Dear Thomcat

My bubbe makes the best brownies in the world, with chocolate chips.

[ThomCat]

5. You're a very lucky grandchild!

:hug:

My bubbe stopped backing for her last 20 years. I miss her cooking. I'm very glad you bubbe is still with you, and I hope she's spoiling you rotten.
:)

[elshiva]

7. Bubbe is still baking, but she has back problems.

Poor bubbe's got problems with her spine. She's a tough woman.

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

3. ...

:hug:



:loveya:

[ThomCat]

6. I really wish you and I both had some good things happening.

:hug:

:loveya:
I think about you every day, hoping that good things will start happening soon..

[lizziegrace]

8. Same here sweetheart

:hug:

same here...

[Lethe]

9. damn dude

come to texas i will hook you up with some great stuff.

:D

hope you feel better.

[ThomCat]

12. That would almost be worth such a long trip.

:9

If only we had sensible policies in this country just think about how much better and more accessible pain management would be...

[Lethe]

19. talk to Xemasab, she lives in teh weed capital of the USA

all kinds of good stuff out there :D

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. I am sorry that you are in so much pain.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

13. It seems like there are so many of us...

I keep meeting and speaking to more and more people who have chronic pain in this country, and get inadequate care.

:hug:
Someday, I hope liberals will succeed in improving this whole situation.

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. We can hope ThomCat, we can hope!

:hug:

[Connonym]

21. I'm not counting on it

they'll all still think we just want to get high.

My daughter had a birthday this week and I made her the most sinful chocolate cake ever -- dark chocolate with coffee in it and then a homemade dark chocolate ganache frosting. We're all cake freaks, this was so dense and intensely chocolate that nobody could eat more than a small piece but we still managed to finish it off in 2 days. If you come to WI I can't hook you up with pain killers but I CAN make you some killer chocolate.

[ThomCat]

26. I'm already packing!

:9

:hug:
When I do get out there I'm very willing to camp out in your kitchen for a chance to lick the spatula. :rofl:

[Rhythm]

42. There's too much truth in that, Thom

:hug:

It's disgusting to me that so many of the people i know and love have to suffer needlessly when there are things out there that could make it a lot better... but those things are withheld because of puritanical attitudes and draconian laws.

:grouphug:

[LostinVA]

11. Haruka baked brownies last week

They weren't "special," though.

[ThomCat]

14. Chocolate is a damned good thing

even if there's nothing "special" in it. :9

[LostinVA]

16. They were good

She was all excited to find gelatin-free rice krispie treats at Trader Joe's this week. They weren't vegan, but they were at least vegetarian.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. My girlfriend and I made brownies a few nights ago.

They were delicious.

[ThomCat]

27. Cool. I hope you didn't eat them all at once.

Of course, you're thin enough to get away with it. You probably have that bottomless appetite I had when I was that thin. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

35. Haha, I do...

And my girlfriend hates me for it. :P

[yellowdogintexas]

23. wish I could bake you some Thom. nt

[ThomCat]

28. I'm making do with some really good chocolate.

:9

It's not quite as good as Brownies, and certainly not as effective as special Brownies. But it's still damned good chocolate.

But, I wish you could bake me some too. I'd get to hang out and meet you while we eat them. :hug:

[yellowdogintexas]

39. that is nice. Thank YOU. .

For that day when you feel like making some here is my easy breezy we don't need no stinkin brownie mix recipe:

1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa
3/4 tsp salt
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
nuts if you want them
other stuff if you want it

8 or 9 inch pan
oven at 350

Melt butter, add sugar, stir til sugar dissolves. stir in the eggs until combined, add the cocoa and stir until dissolved. Then add the flour and salt and stir until you can't see any white stuff. add vanilla.

**here is where you add the nuts or stuff if you are doing so**

pour into greased pan and bake 20 minutes. **keep an eye on them and test after 15 because you don't want to over cook these. They are supposed to be moist ***

Let them cool if you can wait that long.

*****alternate method using baking chocolate*****
2 oz chocolate, unsweetened, instead of the cocoa
Melt it with the butter ..when the butter is melted, stir the mixture around to finish melting the chocolate.

I do all the melting in the micro wave in the mixing container, large micro proof bowl of some kind. Saves cleanup.

Here's hoping you can try these yourself on a good day. They are awesome.

[LeftyMom]

24. I was thinking, "you're sick, why can't you get a card and go to the dispensary?"

And then I remembered that's pretty much a left coast thing. :(

If I'm not mistaken, some of the places out here have premade baked goods, some of which are vegan, since so many patients handle ingestion better than inhalation.

[ThomCat]

29. It seems like every day the feds are raiding another legal

dispensary. Even on the west coast it's not working out so well because of fucked up national policies. x(

You sent me links a while back to two vegan stores that deliver. I order from them periodically, and they do have brownies. I definitely think I'm adding some to my next order. :9

[LeftyMom]

32. Yep.

The local PD here doesn't care, but the county mounties from the next county over have been known to drive into our county, follow people home from the hydroponics store, dig through their trash for evidence and arrest people in this county. I'm not even sure how that's legal.

[jojo54]

25. The government's full, of narrow minded people.

Or maybe it's just that they haven't figured out how to make millions off it yet.

Sorry for your pain, dude. I gave up the green many years ago.....just made me sleep, waste of money.

[ThomCat]

31. I'd pay a lot of money to just sleep.

As it is, even when I medicate myself to sleep the pain shows up in all my dreams. It makes for very unpleasant dreams while your mind tries to justify why you hurt so much. :(

You're right. If corporations made millions from it, it would be legal everywhere. But if they can't patent it, own it, control it, and make large profits from it they'll make sure it stays illegal.

[Robeson]

30. Thom, I'm sorry for your pain...

...:hug:

[ThomCat]

33. Thank you.

:hug:
Hugs are always appreciated. They're not the most effective painkiller, but they definitely help with state-of-mind. :)

[LeftyFingerPop]

34. Mr. ThomCat

You may have been following my threads about my lack of pain relief, and also about getting fired by my doctor over losing my temper over said lack of pain relief.

I have the arm taser pain and the neck burn tonight.

I have indulged in the solution that you have mentioned in your OP.

It is helping, but only a little.

Let's try to make our pain leave us for an evening...I don't know...let's wish it away :hug:

Hang in there friend...it ain't pretty, but it is the way it is.

[ThomCat]

36. I'm sorry. I didn't see your post.

I must not have been online that day. I'm very sorry your doctor dropped you as a patient. :hug:

It seems that a lot of doctors don't really care about being effective, and you're damned if you try to get them to simply do their job.

I wish we could both get some relief. And then hang out and enjoy it together. :hug:

[wintemark]

37. A bottle of red wine might help too

And I happen to know of a good Merlot that has a sort of chocolate essence to it that really smooths out the wine and gives you a relaxing splash of taste. The bottler is called Barefoot and it is a very moderately priced Merlot. Of course it is nothing close to the level of relief you are talking about.

And if you know of any reliable sources in MI let me know I have been battling depression since January and the only real times that I am not feeling like crap is when I have that form of relief.

Hope you find a way to feel better, and feel better soon.

[madinmaryland]

38. Take care TC.

:hi:

:hug:

[ThomCat]

43. I will definitely try.

:hug:

:hi:

[seemunkee]

40. I'm sorry TC

:hug: Wish we could all take a little of your pain away and just spread is so thin it disappeared.

[ThomCat]

44. That is an incredible idea.

I'm going to fantasize about that now.

And then, if that many more people went to their doctors with minor but controllable pain doctors might finally take pain really seriously as a medical issue and that might change some policies about pain management. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

41. May the Force be with Barney Frank.

It's about time that personal use was put on a par with other products.
If the Frank bill passes, I'll subsidize the production of LeftyMom vegan brownies for ya.
:smoke:

I've known two people who always did better with home-cooked remedies.

[ThomCat]

45. That would be totally wonderful!

i hope Barny Frank succeeds. I don't think he will, but I think he'll build up some traction this time to eventually succeed.

I don't know that LeftMom would want to do that kind of baking, or do it for me, but I'd definite find someone who was into this kind of baking and become a regular customer. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

46. Oh, I just meant that I'd pay her to develop the recipe.

I'm sure that we could find willing bakers in your local area.:-)

[Dangerously Amused]

47. Dude. I didn't know you were into that.

Here go:




Feel better now, 'hear?

[hippywife]

48. You, you, you

so silly! :rofl:

:hi:

[Dangerously Amused]

54. Oh come on, he totally walked into that one!

Honestly I was surprised that no one went there before I did.

Heh.


:hi:

[hippywife]

56. Well, when your'e right...

you're right. Maybe if he hadn't capitalized "brownies." :rofl:

[ThomCat]

50. OMG! You didn't go there!

:wow:

:rofl:

:hi:
I'm definitely feeling better this evening. I even went out and met a DUer at the airport and had dinner in Manhattan. Of course, I'll pay for it all tomorrow, but it was nice to get out tonight. :)

[Dangerously Amused]

55. Hee hee!

Hey Sweetie, I am glad you got to go out and have some fun last night (endorphins are truly the best medicine) and I hope that you aren't feeling any ill effects today.

Big love to you!

:hug:

[hippywife]

49. What I wouldn't do to bake you some

and even share a few with you. Sigh. :hug: :*

[ThomCat]

51. That sounds like it would be a very happy, mellow way

to spend the day. I'd like that. :)

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. My dear ThomCat!

You did get home OK!

I'm glad, sweetie...

Come play in my thread, OK?

:loveya:

:hug:

[ThomCat]

53. I'll be there in a moment.

:)

:hi: