groo
07-21-2006, 10:08 AM
I'd posted some info about my experiences with the Saskatoon Pain Clinic
http://www.treatingyourself.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=13725
The letter I received from the anaesthesiologist I saw at the SPC outlines the decision made by him, another anaesthesiologist, the SMA, and my primary care GP to not get involved with an MMAR application. Instead, they suggested that Saskatchewan needs a multi-disciplinary pain clinic.
Over the years I've seen about a half dozen GPs, a couple of neurologists, a psychologist, and the anaesthesiologist regarding the migraines, their treatment, and the MMAR paperwork. I've had a CAT scan, an MRI, and blood work done.
I've been through the long process of eliminating potential trigger foods, identifying a few key items that I avoid like the plague.
My migraine treatment history runs through every treatment option listed at http://www.migraines.org/ (MAGNUM), plus a few others.
While a multi-disciplinary pain clinic is an excellent idea for treating chronic pain sufferers in the province, all it would do is save time for other patients. I've seen every specialty branch of North American medicine that would be involved with such a clinic; it just took me three years to do so instead of one visit to a multi-disciplinary facility.
There is nothing in the MMAR paperwork to suggest a time limit on when you have to see the spectrum of specialists for a disorder before the treatment options are exhausted.
As far as I am aware, my having gone through all available treatment options and specialties without success means that medical cannabis now qualifies as a "last resort" treatment. I believe it is my constitutional right to have that treatment authorized without further interference or obstruction from the medical community.
I considered Section 56, but that is apparently for researchers, not patients. I'm not interested in returning to school for several years to obtain a doctorate so I can be a legal PhD researcher. That would be an absolutely ludicrous requirement for a patient.
Besides, even if I did obtain a PhD and become a medical cannabis researcher, that still would not be a personal prescription. I believe it would be illegal for me to write my own prescription in such a situation.
I guess the only remaining option is to prepare to file a self-representation case before the Saskatchewan courts demanding my right to effective treatment via medical cannabis under the Canadian constitution and/or Charter of Rights. If I file the case, it cannot be dropped by the crown as is so often done when a case nears a settlement that could set a precedent the crown wants to avoid setting.
http://www.treatingyourself.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=13725
The letter I received from the anaesthesiologist I saw at the SPC outlines the decision made by him, another anaesthesiologist, the SMA, and my primary care GP to not get involved with an MMAR application. Instead, they suggested that Saskatchewan needs a multi-disciplinary pain clinic.
Over the years I've seen about a half dozen GPs, a couple of neurologists, a psychologist, and the anaesthesiologist regarding the migraines, their treatment, and the MMAR paperwork. I've had a CAT scan, an MRI, and blood work done.
I've been through the long process of eliminating potential trigger foods, identifying a few key items that I avoid like the plague.
My migraine treatment history runs through every treatment option listed at http://www.migraines.org/ (MAGNUM), plus a few others.
While a multi-disciplinary pain clinic is an excellent idea for treating chronic pain sufferers in the province, all it would do is save time for other patients. I've seen every specialty branch of North American medicine that would be involved with such a clinic; it just took me three years to do so instead of one visit to a multi-disciplinary facility.
There is nothing in the MMAR paperwork to suggest a time limit on when you have to see the spectrum of specialists for a disorder before the treatment options are exhausted.
As far as I am aware, my having gone through all available treatment options and specialties without success means that medical cannabis now qualifies as a "last resort" treatment. I believe it is my constitutional right to have that treatment authorized without further interference or obstruction from the medical community.
I considered Section 56, but that is apparently for researchers, not patients. I'm not interested in returning to school for several years to obtain a doctorate so I can be a legal PhD researcher. That would be an absolutely ludicrous requirement for a patient.
Besides, even if I did obtain a PhD and become a medical cannabis researcher, that still would not be a personal prescription. I believe it would be illegal for me to write my own prescription in such a situation.
I guess the only remaining option is to prepare to file a self-representation case before the Saskatchewan courts demanding my right to effective treatment via medical cannabis under the Canadian constitution and/or Charter of Rights. If I file the case, it cannot be dropped by the crown as is so often done when a case nears a settlement that could set a precedent the crown wants to avoid setting.