Sorry that I haven't updated since my evening of magic but I was away for part of the weekend and I wanted to see how I was after a few full days. Friday night my first time with the fungi was interesting to say the least. I had two great conversations with mad6string and 1961mom helping me along with recipes and support. I ended up combining two different tea recipes and the effect was interesting to say the least. I brought 1 cup of water to s simmer and then threw the fungi in for a few minutes while it was still on the heat, I then added a good amount of lemon juice, removed the whole thing from the stove and poured it straight into a coffee cup, cover that with aluminum foil and let it seep for 15 minutes. I drank the tea and ate the fungi, which with the lemon juice was not bad at all. The effect was less than recreational but Definitely stronger than the seeds, but no guided needed. My balance was way off, and things looked a little brighter and I was a "bit" giggly, but no "tripping". Overall not a bad experience. One minor post dose hit about 2am, then another at 4pm on Saturday. Sunday was completely Pain free   till 2am again with a minor hit easily aborted. The only attack of significance happened around 5pm yesterday and I think part of the reason it was fairly strong is I fell asleep (naps are big triggers for me) and when it woke me up it was at a 4k before I could get to my 02 but it stayed there till I knocked it out. I am going to try to stretch the time out between doses and see where that leads. I hope everyone had a good holiday weekend (at least  us living in the States) and I will post again in a few days. Thanks Donnie, Denny, Tim, and Cindy for your help on Friday I can't tell you how much your support means and Cindy you are strong, hang in there and don't beat yourself up you had no choice. You are in my prayers,


David

Great news David. Keep us posted.

So here we go and nothing earth shattering as far as the dose effects Friday night. I made tea out of about 1.5 grams, same recipe as before, a hybrid of two of them. The effect was pretty mild, no Jim Morrison sightings and no guide needed. Light headed and rubbery legged and definitely below the recreational stage, but very pleasant. I had a post dose hit at 2am and then another at 6am, both were fairly hard hits due to the fact I was sleeping and didn't get to the 02 till the pain was enough to wake me, however the 02 aborted it fairly quickly. I got hit again at about 3pm Saturday, again aborted pretty quick with the 02, and that was it for 24 hours, no more hits, slept through the night and woke up shadow free. I had a mild hit today around 4pm, 02 kicked it's butt and that has been it. Some shadows and twinges but no other attacks. I have had a strange sharp pain off and on all day on the OTHER side of my face and eye area, no clue what that could mean. I am not really sure what my next step is going to be, the fact I am not completley pain free after 7 doses poses the question if this is as good as it is going to get until I cycle out? I am not complaining, this is a huge positive as I am usually an 8-10 attacks a day kind of guy and my cycles go for a year or longer, and 1 a day is pretty damn cool and I can live with it. Or do I keep at the dosing for a while longer and see if I can get a complete bust out of this? I should be resupplied next week so any of you long timers please chime in, your advice would be greatly appreciated as always. Oh and the Mets won today so that was a positive as well, all you Georgia folk you still got 2 out off 3 . PFD and Nights to all.

David

Quick update. Did a small RC seed dose on the 14th, had a small afternoon hit on the 15th and have been PF since!!!! I hope it holds this time. Wishimg all PF dats and nights.

David

Good for you David! 7 days PF is a milestone along the way to hopefully longer and longer periods as the beast weakens. Michael has yet to extend his PF time past 3 or 4 days and he's been at it for several months now. Don't be disappointed that it's taking longer than you had hoped. Look where you were 3 months ago.

Another milestone, passed my beer test after golf (went easy on it however) no shadows no twinges. I am now 3 weeks completely pain free, no drugs, no surgery. My normal cycle can go for 16 to 18 months so I figure I just saved myself about 13 months of hits at around 8 a day which works out to 3120 attacks prevented if my remission holds. For those of you willing to try it, Alt therapy can be a godsend.

David

WOW!!!!!! Lord knows we love our success stories around here. Enjoy the hell outta all your pain free time!

Joe