Wrecked and Retching: Obscure Vomiting Illness Linked To Long Term Pot Use

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

kaiser healthnews
Pauline Bartolone   
January 2, 2018

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https://khn.org/news/wrecked-and-retching-obscure-vomiting-illness-linked-to-long-term-pot-use/

For 17 years, Chalfonte LeNee Queen suffered periodic episodes of violent retching and abdominal pain that would knock her off her feet for days, sometimes leaving her writhing on the floor in pain.

“I’ve screamed out for death,” said Queen, 48, who lives in San Diego. “I’ve cried out for my mom who’s been dead for 20 years, mentally not realizing she can’t come to me.”

Queen lost a modeling job after being mistaken for an alcoholic. She racked up tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills, and her nausea interrupted her sex life. Toward the end of her illness, Queen, who stands 5-foot-9, weighed in at a frail 109 pounds.