OK this only tangentially crosses growing in the home but since 90% of my home grow goes to making RSO and this is an (maybe) RSO question…it works here if you look at this side-ways.
Here is the deal. I have a little mystery and I would love to entertain suggestions from the peanut gallery as to a solution. The “facts” of the case:
I have a brain thing that has alot in common with Alzheimers so for the purposes of this discussion, I effectively have Alzheimers.
My wife was digging around in my grow/smoke stuff (funny how the two intersect) and came across five syringes in a baggie:
Now while I make most of my own RSO, that hasn’t always been the case and since RSO is a non-party drug, I often had to go store to store (dispensary) looking for it even two years ago. Point is I have gotten it from a lot of different sources.
The mystery or question is, is whats in those syringes RSO or something else? If else, what? Fundamental thing here is finding a way to test or determine their contents short of just swallowing the whole thing.
I have traditionally done the RSO shopping here (she about crapped when she saw what we spent on RSO and that may have been what sparked her interest in growing enough to make RSO on a regular basis. Just sayin) and I am the only one who could have memory of where they came from and I definitely don’t.
Not that this is terribly helpful but the viscosity of whatever is in them looks about right, and the size/bore of the needle on the end says to me whoever put that crap in that syringe knew it was going to be tough to spurt out the needle.
Now I am sure someone has a real common-sense way to sort this out and given what a pharmacy I made of my bod back in the 80’s I fear few chemicals. I do however have an aversion to intentionally doing something stupid since doing something stupid these days takes on a whole new set of pain…
Hey @lbdwarrior, I make rso with 80% of grows and have bought alot also. All the RSO I’ve ever had still smells good. I can tell those aren’t from a dispensary! They never sell them that way with such long blunt tip needles.
I have a lab in my state that I have test my flower and oil. I’m sure you could find 1 in your state, but each test runs over a $100 a pop. The smell test should be your best bet. I make my oil at a very low temp to retain as many Terps as possible and it still smells and tastes amazing!
You never bought RSO with those horse-needles on them? I have and recently too. Hell I got one batch from a local disp that had this ridiculous injector rig built into it, like they spent big bucks engineering that crap into the applicator, can’t even call it a syringe. What I would love to find is someone semi-local that would do custom RSO batches on contract. I have a particular need and have to face the facts that I won’t be able to do all this for myself much longer…in a perfect world, since I know my expiration date I would simply bulk-purchase all the RSO I will need for this lifetime in one go and be done with it…legislators would stroke out over that though…
They’re pretty strict with the packaging and labeling of all cannabis products in Oregon. It’s all sold a gram at a time. $40-50 each! Too expensive, but I get it takes alot of work to extract it. I really enjoy doing it and have worked out a great receipe. I bought a package of these cuz that’s what I’ve seen most grams come in.
Then the test results are stuck on with an non removable sticker, then put inside it’s own child proof package.
I’ve tried using blunt tip needles but precious oil get wasted up inside of them. Not much, but I go the extra mile to get every last bit of medicine out of my flower.
I’m curious if the sniff test worked for ya?
I joined this network hopefully to set ‘my mind’ at ease … My father had been using RSO since March of 2021 (in dire hopes of curing his stage 4 metastatic melanoma skin cancer). The “protocol” is to be 1 gram a day of highly potent high THC oil (that is very thick as I’m sure most know about the product). Anyway, he had ZERO previous MJ experience so I was so hopeful that this (supposed) to be healing product was NOT causing him the terrible issues he suffered from - from time to time throughout March 2021 and October 2021 (when we lost him) …
We administered the dosing (after working UP to the full 1 gram syringe worth per day) via little pieces of bread he would swallow - then around the summer of 2021 we bought the veggie capsules and would dose him that way 3x per day so we could get the full gram in him each day - trying to get to the magical protocol step of reaching “60 grams within 90 days” (which we never got there within 90 days - but we did consume quite a bit from March through October).
Anyway, my father survived with Melanoma skin cancer for five full years (began in late 2016). At onset he was Stage 3C - so the only step to follow was Stage 4 - which we became Stage 4 in early 2018. So we survived at Stage 4 for 3 1/2 years. We began the RSO in March 2021 (his final year with us) in hopes he would be a success story that this wonderful plant would be able to “cure cancer.” Sadly, it did not work for us, and I got a lot of ‘flack’ from his family because they were convinced the bouts my dad would suffer from (nausea, retching, some vomiting, but mostly horrific abdominal pain) that these were all caused from the RSO.
I want to believe it was NOT the RSO that caused this - but I just don’t know. During our treatment over the five years we did immunotherapy, double immunotherapy, radiation and finally chemotherapy (which chemotherapy doesn’t normally work for Melanoma) - and our biggest problem was his small bowel - he had a metastatic tumor within his small bowel that had grown and grown and grown. In the last month or so before he passed he also developed what is called “peritoneal carcinomatosis” which is the lining of all the abdominal organs and even that can cause all those nausea, vomiting and horrific stomach pain ordeals.
I WANT to believe that it was the peritoneal carcinomatosis that caused all these issues throughout 2021 and NOT the RSO. But I just don’t know. There had been thought that the RSO I had been using was possibly loaded with “pesticides” - not sure if it would have caused all those same symptoms - and I did pay a lot of money to have the oil tested and it did indeed have pesticides in it (which I don’t think there is a way to have a full 100% free of pesticides product - maybe I’m wrong) - but anyway I’m just ‘venting’ - I want to believe that RSO DID help him throughout 2021 at least as far as he never really was sick from chemo (just tired) - he lived up until the last two weeks and went downhill super fast from the cancer, but I want to believe the RSO at least helped him some and did not hurt him. However, I truly was wanting a miracle - and sadly - we didn’t get one …
Your dad’s issue was from the tumor. The rso doesn’t cause those kinda issues. You did give him relief. I’m sure you saw him smile a bit more after the rso. I’ve had similar experience. Saving friends that were past the point of saving. Quality of life did get a tad better for my loved ones. Alas it was too late, but I am truly blessed to see them smile, even if it was for a bit. I hope you got to experience a smile or two… thank you for sharing. I know it’s a hard subject to discuss. You are very strong. Thank you.
@Slym3r Do you know if the RSO needs to be high THC high CBD, or is it a combination of THC and CBD? I’ve been stocking up on it. Both high THC and high CBD. I want a supply on hand for family, friends, and myself if needed.
Yes I’ve done some research on it, but was wondering if the lower dose of THC with a higher CBD like a 1:1 ratio would be as effective. Haven’t seen much on that specificly for cancers. Also some strains seem to work better for different cancers as well. I do know that when your talking a gram of High THC RSO you are pretty much ZONED all day. At least for me.
Well then I think a good suggestion would be to find something that is a little bit higher CBD and a little bit lower THC and do your grahm that’ll last you all day and supplement your THC with smoke. One thing I’ve noticed with this plant every strain affects everybody different. So it’s just a matter of figuring out what’s going to work best for you. Just remember you can always supplement by vaping or smoking.
If you go to the source of the seed you’re looking at a lot of them have very good descriptions on what they do. The people that are producing plants that have a good blend of CBD and THC are very proud of it and they do get very detailed descriptions.
Although both THC and CBD have therapeutic potential, it is CBD that was suggested to exhibit relatively high potency in relieving mood disorders: depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder
The state of Carcinomatosis is catastrophic and is usually one of the last complications before death related to metastatic pelvic/abdominal carcinomas. The inflammation and pain these patients suffer can’t be understated. When the disease progresses to this point it can be difficult to control the associated pain even with the huge arsenal I had at my disposal in the ICU. RSO in this situation as an attempt to control pain, control anxiety, and increase comfort might be worth a try.
