Eating Through the Pain

A Story of Injury, Appetite, and the Role of Cannabis in My Recovery

Dr C: Appetite is something most of us take for granted—until it disappears. For today’s anonymous interviewee, that loss wasn’t a choice. A childhood accident left them with a spinal cord injury and unexplained damage to their stomach, stripping away hunger cues and turning food into an uphill battle. Years of medical interventions, weight struggles, and emotional turmoil followed, all compounded by the daily realities of living with a spinal cord injury. But this story isn’t just about appetite. It’s about resilience, the intersection of physical and emotional health, and the quest to regain control over a body that often felt like it wasn’t their own. It’s about the hard-earned lesson that healing isn’t linear—and that cannabis, when used with intention, can be more than a tool for appetite stimulation. It can ease pain, stabilize mood, and serve as a key to unlocking a more livable life.

This is their story, unfiltered and unedited.