Growing up, Georgia’s family thought she was a bit of a hypochondriac because she’d always complain about weird aches and pains. Even doctors didn’t really take her symptoms seriously.
“I remember at 14 going to the doctors with really bad lower back pain, and they told me it was my posture. I was really fatigued all the time and sleeping so much,” Georgia told Hack.
“Every day waking up, I’m not sure what I’m going to be in for. It’s a bit of a Russian roulette.”
Finally, after years of pain and other chronic symptoms, Georgia was diagnosed with endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in other parts of the body. It can be painful, chronic, and has no cure.
Georgia, who now runs the instagram page The Endo Journal, didn’t have a whole lot of options for how to manage her symptoms.
Then, last year, Georgia’s gynecologist suggested Georgia try medicinal cannabis.
Georgia thought getting approved for medicinal cannabis would be really hard, that only people with terminal illnesses or severe conditions could access it. She was pleasantly surprised.
“I got approved straight away. Within 24 hours I’d been approved.”
“My cannabis doctor just sends my prescriptions to my local pharmacy, and then I call up and pay for it and then they let me know when it’s arrived. So it’s really actually a lot easier than I…