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One Woman’s Journey: Managing Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, Cannabis for Pain and Beyond

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  Cannabis has many therapeutic benefits: appetite stimulation, reducing inflammation, easing anxiety and stress, and more. Similarly, cannabis has antiemetic properties that can ease nausea and vomiting, especially for people undergoing treatment for cancer. Its potential for providing relief from pain and discomfort are significant without many of the harmful side effects of pharmaceutical pain medications. At Haygood, we’re eager to share the stories and testimonials of people who’ve experienced the therapeutic benefits of cannabis. Meet Madison, a young woman living in Oklahoma who found incredible relief using cannabis throughout her journey with cancer. Madison’s Story Madison Irby was never a recreational cannabis user. She found relief from healing properties of cannabis, however, amid one of the most challenging periods of her life—while she was undergoing treatment for breast and thyroid cancers beginning at age 19. “I was going through a double mastectomy and in extreme pain

Don’t Get Active Without Your Hemp Salve

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  Hemp salve is a must-have for your active lifestyle. If you have a “no days off” active attitude, hemp salve may soon become one of your best friends. Hemp salves can be a perfect solution to help with minor aches and pains, overuse discomfort as well as tight muscles. If you are exploring adding hemp salves to your wellness routine, it’s a good idea to start by doing your homework. Hemp salves pack a lot of amazing benefits and very few reported side effects. Hemp salve benefits include: A healthy, natural option for pain relief Easy to throw in the gym bag, backpack or handbag Brings healing, soothing and anti-inflammatory properties Fast-acting results in localized areas Tips To Adding Hemp Salve To Your Active Lifestyle Get to know how hemp salve works.  The active ingredient in your hemp salve is CBD. CBD has shown promising indications that it can help with the pain. From chronic pain to arthritis to routine muscular pain from your active lifestyle,  CBD has been shown  to be a

Self-Care For Women & Why It’s More Important Than Ever

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It’s no surprise that self-care for women is on the top of our minds currently. The pressures of the world today are intense. We survived the pandemic, but the fact remains that it is still lingering around with a worrisome threat. We read the headlines about inflation and gas prices, and laws related to women’s rights seem to be at the forefront of the political agenda. Women often bear the brunt of society’s turmoil and that makes self-care for women more important than it, perhaps, as it has been before. Whether your self-care for women goals include a routine for every day, or something to help unwind and relax to get away from what is going on in the world, this is the only guide you need to kick things off.    The Ultimate Guide To Self-care For Women  Leave the guilt behind. Self-care women, to be effective, must leave guilt behind. It’s essential to let go of the commonly-felt sentiment that self-care for