For the first time in Central Florida, a medical marijuana product has been delivered to a patient, Amanda Gammisch. Gammisch’s blonde curls cover her scars where surgeons have tried with two surgeries to get rid of her brain tumor. “It’s what I like to call the invisible disease, because a lot of times if you
For the first time in Central Florida, a medical marijuana product has been delivered to a patient, Amanda Gammisch.
Gammisch’s blonde curls cover her scars where surgeons have tried with two surgeries to get rid of her brain tumor.
“It’s what I like to call the invisible disease, because a lot of times if you see me on the street, I don’t look like I have a five-year life expectancy, but that’s what I’m up against,” she said.
Gammisch got her oil through Surterra, one of the six organizations in the state approved to dispense medical marijuana.
Only patients with cancer or conditions that cause seizures or spasms can qualify.
Doctors have to go through an eight-hour training course to recommend it, and the patient has to have gone to that doctor for at least 90 days.
Now that her wait is over, Gammisch hopes the oil can take the place of radiation and chemotherapy.
