Hey I'm new this forum and just looking for a little help. I'm a former D1 basketball player at a local colorado college who was forced to cut his career short due to a non-union of a fracture in my tibia (basically i fractured my shin and it will not heal). I first had surgery to implant a metal rod into my shin in march of 2005 and then again in january of 2007. During the second surgery they actually injected steroids at the fracture sites and performed bone grafts as well as implanting screws at my ankle and knee to anchor the bigger, second rod down (which they did not do the firist surgery). During what would have been my senior year I was forced to take a medical hardship (or forfeit my eligibility) as the pain was too intense and the fracture to this day still has not healed.
During my ncaa basketball career I was randomly drug tested so mj was never really an optin as I would automatically lose my scholarship, so I was forced to swallow the numerous painkillers to do everything from sleep at night, walk down the street, and attempt to hit the hardwood. For the past 4 years I have not been able to even walk up and down stairs without excrutiating pain in my shin, with the exception of the pain meds (which left me feeling sick to my stomach, loss of appetite, etc.). However, once I graduated in june of 08 I was able to begin (at the advice of a close friend) smoking mj and I was actually able to lead a relatively normal life for the first time in years. I didn't have the chronic throbbing at night that kept me up, I was able to go up and down stairs without pain, and ive even been able to play a bit of basketball with little pain.
My question to the forum is whether or not I seem like a candidate for a mmj card in the state of colorado. I can easily go over to the school and get copies of my records detaling the condition and the surgeries, as well as the meds they had me taking for it. My injury has left all my doctors baffled as there is a 1 in a million or more chance of the fracture not healing on its own, let alone with two very invasive surgeries. Any comments and/or information about what doctors or physicians I could contact would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all in advance : )
During my ncaa basketball career I was randomly drug tested so mj was never really an optin as I would automatically lose my scholarship, so I was forced to swallow the numerous painkillers to do everything from sleep at night, walk down the street, and attempt to hit the hardwood. For the past 4 years I have not been able to even walk up and down stairs without excrutiating pain in my shin, with the exception of the pain meds (which left me feeling sick to my stomach, loss of appetite, etc.). However, once I graduated in june of 08 I was able to begin (at the advice of a close friend) smoking mj and I was actually able to lead a relatively normal life for the first time in years. I didn't have the chronic throbbing at night that kept me up, I was able to go up and down stairs without pain, and ive even been able to play a bit of basketball with little pain.
My question to the forum is whether or not I seem like a candidate for a mmj card in the state of colorado. I can easily go over to the school and get copies of my records detaling the condition and the surgeries, as well as the meds they had me taking for it. My injury has left all my doctors baffled as there is a 1 in a million or more chance of the fracture not healing on its own, let alone with two very invasive surgeries. Any comments and/or information about what doctors or physicians I could contact would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all in advance : )
