Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by medical marijuana patient Jessamyn Way. During the pregnancy of her fifth child, Jessamyn developed terrible migraine headaches, fainting spells, and blood pressure problems. After the birth of her child she was sent to a hospital ER where a CAT scan revealed that she had a brain tumor deep within her skull. She was told that her prognosis was very grim and that she had a dismal 5-10% chance of surviving the required surgery.She became resigned to the fact that she would be leaving behind her children ages 11 days, 2, 4, and 14 years old.

Miraculously she survived the operation, but Jessamyn was left with severe epilepsy. The medications prescribed had only limited successes controlling her severe seizures. As many as 25 different pharmaceutical medications were tried in maximum doses with up to 6 different types at a time. Rather than preventing her seizures, these medications left her with side-effects and complications such as GERD, Fibromyalgia, IBS, sleeping disorders and pain to name only a few.

Jessamyn decided try a combination of THC and CBD along with her prescription medications. on the first day her seizures dropped more that 50%, and within a week the frequency of her seizures dropped another 25%. With a 75% decrease in seizures, she was able to go outside again and play with her children.

In 2012 she was diagnosed with an Intrinsic Brainstem Glioma, an inoperable terminal tumor in the brain stem. Not wanting to endure chemo, she decided to increase her medical cannabis use and initiate a complete lifestyle change. Jessamyn switched to an organic vegan diet, and organic household products, which helped her in amazing ways. Her brainstem tumor stopped growing and began to fade from MRI screenings. She also dropped from a dress size 24 to a size 6. She went from sleeping all day on the couch to competing in Sprint Triathlons.

After losing another pregnancy from the harsh meds she was being prescribed, Jessamyn decided to quit all of her medications choosing to focus on finding the most effective medical cannabis treatments for her survival. By cutting her medications, increasing the use of cannabis oil, she was able to control her seizures. Eventually she was able to stop taking all of the prescription medications treating her multiple conditions. She went from taking 30 pills a day to just 3. Today Jessamyn says that her epilepsy and tumors are controlled.