03 Cancer and Cannabis - The Patient Mindset

A Tincture of Time Podcast

In the face of adversity, do you think your mindset matters? If it matters, do you believe that your mindset is a learned behavior, or is it something we're born and raised with due to our surroundings? Or, is it a little bit of both?

How do you look at difficult situations? Do you pull up your socks and get in there to grind it out? Or, do you throw your hands up saying, "Nope, I'm not doing that!"

In this episode, Steph and Stacy share their personal stories around the "mindset" they each held during their breast cancer journeys and how cannabis played an essential role in their health.

Quick Episode Summary

4:20 The night I told the kids that I had cancer.

10:45 "When I first got diagnosed, I thought immediately about my dad who had passed away from cancer, and how hard that was on his three daughters and his wife."

14:15 “There are so many different types of breast cancer, and they're not all treated the same. How it affects you and how you're going to manage to get through it in your life is very individual.”

15:25: "You can't suppress it - You need to address it."

16:00 Did you ever get stuck around the "Why did I get diagnosed with cancer"?

26:30 “With this cancer diagnosis, I learned a lot about my body. Cannabis had the potential to alleviate a lot of symptoms that I was experiencing.”

29:30 “The endocannabinoid system - it's why we react to this plant! Cannabis is a homeostatic agent, meaning when you add cannabinoids to your endocannabinoid system, it helps your entire body be balanced.”

32:00 "Cannabis reduces the pain in my joints so that I can go and have a good walk and obtain all of the healing benefits associated with movement and exercise."

34:45 “Should we drink alcohol if we want to reduce the risks of cancer recurrence?” American Cancer Society: “How are cancer patients (past their active treatment) living their best life to prevent cancer recurrence?”

36:15 “How about those Canadian cannabis drinks, eh?” "I don't get a hangover or gut rot from my cannabis."

40:15 “However you look at the difficult situation you're in, you're going through, or you've been through, your mindset around it matters!”

Watch for our next episode on the endocannabinoid system!

Links from our conversation:

American Cancer Society Guideline for Diet and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention

Steph and I welcome our listeners to reach out to us directly. We are here to help and support you on your cannabis health journey. You can reach us at:

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Music composed and performed by Dave Bobak.

Stacy and Steph share their story of accessing medical cannabis as breast cancer patients. As co-founders of EduCanNation, a Canadian nonprofit organization that provides evidence-based cannabis education and supports certified cannabis educators, Steph and Stacy share the knowledge they have learned as certified cannabis educators to help advocate for the patient and the plant. Their stories of staying positive and hopeful despite the hardship of a breast cancer diagnosis, helps to remind us that we are always stronger than we think we are.

**The information contained in this podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not medical advice. We are certified cannabis educators, we are not medical doctors. Steph and I recommend that you speak directly to a medical cannabis educator or a medical healthcare practitioner who is trained in cannabis medicine prior to experimenting with cannabis for medicinal purposes. The topics and statements discussed are based on our research and experience and have not been evaluated by any regulatory body.