Category: Patient Stories

Dear Politicians, Parliamentarians, Health Providers, Doctors and Nurses Approximately 5 years ago, at the age of 45, I was diagnosed with a rare, untreatable, incurable auto immune disease that was attacking my kidneys and I was told take these medications Read More …

Adam Poulter had a tennis ball-sized tumour removed from his brain and uses cannabis extract to combat seizures, pain, and nausea. He has to break the law to get the treatment. The scar from his recent operation can be seen Read More …

Rochelle Kupa, loving life and defying the odds. I was diagnosed at the end of November 2014 with terminal cancer. I had small cell lung cancer in my right lung and it had also gone into my liver and into Read More …

I don’t and I won’t take cannabis till they legalize it for medical purposes. At age 16 I was assaulted, and left partially paralyzed for several hours. Ironically they thought I was lying about the pain, paralysis and then numbness Read More …

https://mcawarenessnz.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Christina_on_giving_her_terminally-ill_dad_cannabi.mp3 Christina on giving her terminally-ill dad cannabis: ‘I can’t believe how well it’s working’ Source:  Newstalk ZB

At 18 I ruptured a lumbar disc, my life put on hold due to a spinal injury with no support from ACC. Twelve years later I had dealt with the pain for many years and it was a way of Read More …

Benjamin recovering from a bad bout of Seizures. Benjamin in happier times. Benjamin was a happy healthy two year old boy until he started showing signs of seizure activity. His muscles on the right side of his face started to Read More …

Rochelle Kupa during healthier times. Kia ora, my name is Rochelle Kupa and I have terminal cancer. My cancer is in my right lung, my liver and in some of my bones. I was diagnosed at the end of November Read More …

After a week of taking cannabis oil, cancer sufferer Anna Osborne is sleeping better and no longer has to take anti-nausea pills. Osborne is undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma. She wants medical cannabis to be made more easily available. Sativex Read More …

Grace, awake after a scary few days. Grace Yeats, the young girl who suffered from a mystery illness at the age of 10, and had earlier this year been helped by “One Dollar Warriors” by raising nearly $30000 dollars for Read More …