Sue, I wish you could get your hands on some of the salve. It's truly miraculous how quickly it works. And they really should consider making the salve legal, or at least not criminal. It's not like you get high off it, or that you could even eat it. Well, I suppose you could if you were desperate enough to deal with the goopy texture. But still....
See if there's something like the Compassion Centre in your area. There might be. Here the criteria for membership are really strict and your doctor must confirm your diagnosis before you can become one. Thankfully, mine was willing because although AS is on the list of illnesses deemed severe enough for the medicinal list here, I'm on Remicade so I'm not supposed to have pain bad enough to need it, so I can't get on the list.
My pain may have reduced a great deal on Remicade, but it's nowhere near gone and doesn't act as a muscle relaxant. Not to mention, its anti-inflammatory properties are such that I don't need to take Celebrex for the most part, just use the salve. If I need to take Celebrex even after my nightly smoke, then it's horribly bad, you know what I mean?
Warm hugs,
