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My name is Lisa and I´ve always been the green sheep of my family. I had my first puff on a joint when I was 18 at college where I discovered that it chilled me out and reduced my anxiety.
Back then I didn’t know cannabis was a medicine. I didn’t know that until I got a chronic illness that made my life unrecognizable.
Over many years, cannabis has taken me on a fascinating journey of discovery from Spain to the UK to California, Thailand and Jamaica. I have attended many cannabis industry events, medical cannabis conferences and retreats around the world.
I visited Malibu in LA back in 2018 where I attended the first curated cannabis retreat in the world. Whilst on this retreat, I completed Dr Ira´s (Kannabis Accreditation Regulation & Education) certification programme.
It was during this time I realised how powerful cannabis is as a healing tool AND how important it is to share this knowledge with other people. This was a game changer for me. It inspired me to launch Seedella and share knowledge to help others the same way cannabis helped me.
Everyone has a story about the moment their connection to cannabis changed. For me, it all started with a trip to Cuba to get married barefoot on the beach. This was one of the most amazing trips of my life … until it wasn’t.
On the last day of this trip, I got food poisoning from contaminated food at the hotel. By the time my new husband and I arrived home a couple of days later, I was doubled over in pain with stomach cramps and nausea.
I went to the hospital and was given antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection they said I’d picked up in Cuba. The antibiotics didn’t help. From there, things got worse.
I struggled on, battling intermittent stomach cramps, and a few months later, went out on the eve of New Year’s Eve with some friends. The next morning, I woke up with flu so bad I couldn’t get out of bed. This went on for months … then years.
Though it felt like the worst flu symptoms ever, this wasn’t a normal flu. Not only did my whole body ache, I had no energy. Simple tasks like taking a shower or brushing my hair became monumental challenges that left me drained. I couldn’t hold a hair brush for more than a minute or two without feeling exhausted.
The worst part was I had no idea what was wrong with me. And the symptoms kept getting worse. I was in a lot of pain, my muscles hurt, the smallest movement hurt, my glands were swollen, and I was very weak.
The effort to get through a day was all-consuming. Not to mention, extremely frustrating. I went from being healthy and strong-willed woman to being unable to get out of a bed and do the simplest of things, brush my teeth, take a shower, get dressed or even make a cup of tea.
This kind of basic activity was so taxing on my body, I’d collapse back into bed exhausted from the effort. I’d do one thing, then rest for half an hour until I had the energy to get up and do one more small thing. By the time, I’d managed to get dressed, I was wiped out.
I struggled to keep working. As a business-owner, I had responsibilities and had to find a way to make it work. I’d sit at my desk for half an hour until chronic fatigue hit me again, and I’d have to go lie down again. This cycle went on for months, and left me feeling carved out and very low.
Desperate for a solution, I visited a few different local doctors. None could help me. One young doctor said that there was nothing wrong with me and suggested it was “all in my head.” She said I should go to the chemist, buy some paracetamol, and I’d be fine. I sat in my car and cried for an hour, never felt so alone.
I was so low, and my life had become so unrecognizable to me, I began to wonder if it would be easier to not be alive anymore. I couldn’t bear the idea of another day feeling helpless. Though the physical toll was obvious, the invisible mental toll was more crushing.
Because no one could give me any answers or guidance, I did what any sane person would do in this situation, I got on Google, and started doing my own research.
At this point, I wasn’t consuming any cannabis because I had swollen glands, making it impossible to smoke. Back then, I had no idea there were other ways to consume cannabis.
I came across a medical medium online, and he spoke how the Epstein-Barr Virus is likely to be the underlying cause of a many autoimmune conditions including chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia and lupus. The symptoms he described exactly matched my experience. It was a lightbulb moment.
I went to a new doctor and broke down in tears as I told my story, explaining how the last eight months had been hell. I asked her to test me for a virus I suspected I had. The Epstein Barr Virus. The results were positive. What a relief. It wasn´t all in my head.
I was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto thyroid, myopathy and CFS, all symptoms of fibrolmyalgia. It was the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) that had triggered these problems
When you have an illness, you will try absolutely anything to get back to “normal.” Once I knew what was wrong, I made it my mission to get well again.
One day, I bumped into my friend Ben (I call him “The Intelligent Hippy”) and he suggested I try cannabis to alleviate some of my symptoms. When I explained that I couldn’t smoke, he suggested I take some oil.
I had no idea what he was talking about until he explained it was possible to convert the plant into a concentrated oil. He said he’d show me how to do it.
A few days later, he came down from the mountains with a bag of weed, coffee filters, butane gas and some alcohol. And he showed me how to make concentrated cannabis oil without blowing up the apartment.
The oil we made was sticky, tarlike. Ben said to keep it in the fridge, and take a tiny amount before bed. That night, I ingested a drop of the oil before going to bed. The next day I got the nicest surprise.
I couldn’t believe it. The next morning, I woke up without any pain. I could get out of bed without struggling. The mental fog had lifted. I had energy to get dressed and sit at my desk. For the first time in years, I felt happy.
In my second year of illness, I made a life-changing decision. I told myself “I must make use of this experience.”
I know firsthand what a virus left unchecked can do to your body and I totally understand what women with autoimmune conditions like fibromyalgia are going through. I’ve been there, got the t-shirt, and have spent thousands trying to improve my health.
Throughout this journey, the most frustrating challenge for me was the misinformation or lack of information available to me whenever I spoke about the cluster of symptoms related to my autoimmune condition.
Which is why I launched Seedella. My goal with Seedella is simple: help people understand cannabinoid therapy for better health.
As a certified cannabis practitioner, I fully understand that cannabis is not for everyone. But for some people, people like me, it’s a personal pathway back to wellness.
I want to empower you with plant knowledge to build your own personal pathway to wellness and rewire your relationship to your health.
Disclaimer: Cannabis as a medicine is not suitable for everyone.
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