Beautiful day today very sunny a real spring day which is lovely especially as I can begin to enjoy it now my pain has diminished.

Its almost impossible to adequately describe pain, all the time I have this strange tingling feeling going up and down my body starting in my toes and going up and down my body in waves.

First it’s a tingle then it feels like electricity then it gets hot and feels like pins are being stuck into me and shortly after it feels like hot slashing pain and then the whole thing from the start.

Added to that the sudden spasms in my legs which make me feel that I have been kicked in my lower back and the arms cramps which makes my arms become rigid and clamped to my body.

All of it bloody horrible and sadly nothing that I could prevent or stop by meditating or breathing slowly although these are good things to do they do not give me relief from pain.

Luckily I can use cannabis which is vaporized in the Volcano and I use bags of THC which I inhale.

Cannabis is an excellent pain killer, appetite enhancer, relaxant as well as a good way to get to sleep.

Would rather use this plant than alot of pharmaceuticals where you have to take two extra tablets to control the side effects of one tablet.

Tablets have such unpleasant side effects they can make you so drowsy and incapable of being able to take part in life that I decided not to use them.

Have just had several bags of thc and the pain has diminished considerably so I can start to enjoy the day.

Quite a morning.

Had a reasonable nights sleep sadly woke up really early hot and bothered and damp.

Flapped the duvet open and cooled off enough to drift back off to sleep which was really lovely and very welcome.

At 11.30 a very pleasant woman came round from Arjo Huntleigh, the company who we got the air pressure mattress from.

She wanted to check that the pump is working well, had hoped to get an upgrade but she told me that I have their best mattress the Nimbus 3.

She did put it on a softer setting and I felt the difference quite quickly which is better than it was.

Now I do not feel so much pressure on my back so quite a useful visit.

Plus now know that if the pump starts to get too loud we need to call the company and they will come and replace the filter in the pump.

After the vcisit received an email fro-m a friend in England with bad news about a friend of his who had just got 9 months in prison for a few cannabis plants.

His first offence!

No wonder the prisons are full, and not of scary prisoners as we are led to believe but with people like my friend's friend Dusty.

Many years ago I had a job working for the Probation Service in Reading, my job was to sit in court and take noted for the Probation officers to make their reports.

Regularly saw sad people at their wits end trying desperately to make ends meet and failing.

They would often break open the electric meter and steal a small ammount and end up in prison leaving partner and kids in an even worse position.

Never made sense to me which is why I did my degree in Criminology purely out of interest and not for the career opportunities.