During the pregnancy of her 5th child, a young Washington mother named Jessamyn Way 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 percent chance of surviving the required surgery. She became resigned to the fact that she would be leaving behind her children, at the time, ages, 11 days, 2, 4, and 14 years old. Miraculously, she survived the operation but she was left with severe epilepsy. Jessamyn was experiencing 15-20 seizures per day.
Jessamyn was given the bleak prognosis of only two years to live, as doctors predicted that one of her Tonic-Clonic (or grand mal) seizures would kill her. Her seizures were so severe that she bit off part of her tongue and repeatedly injured herself. She was unable to go outside or even leave her room for long periods of time due to the stress and the possibility of triggering a seizure. Her children suffered from the loss of a functional mother.
Then she met a man who told her about oral medical cannabis. Jessamyn decided to try a combination of THC and CBD along with her prescription medications. On the first day, her epileptic seizures dropped by 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 even play with her children.
Her life was turning around. Then, in 2012, she was diagnosed with an Intrinsic Brainstem Glioma, an inoperable & terminal tumor in the brain stem. That was a decade ago and not only is Jessamyn thankfully still with us, but she and her husband Todd have returned to this show to update us about their amazing journey together.