He was told he only had months to live, but swapping traditional cancer treatment for medical marijuana ended up saving his life
In February 2014, David Hibbit was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. He was told he had just 6- 12 months to live, maybe extended to three years if he started chemotherapy. He was never told he had the chance to beat the cancer altogether, but that’s exactly what happened after Hibbit began using marijuana.
Initially, he said he started taking CBD oil “just to help with the side effects of chemotherapy”, which was a “damaging” treatment Hibbit found very difficult to deal with. After 3-4 months of simultaneously treating his tumor with cannabis and chemo, the tumor began to shrink.
Hibbit then decided to stop chemotherapy, despite huge concerns from friends and family. The chemo had made him ill, tired and unable to eat, whereas cannabis oil gave him an appetite, stopped his hair loss, and improved his bowel habits.
“It was just unbelievable to me how better it made me feel, and that’s what made me decide to stop chemotherapy and continue with the oil alone,” Hibbit says.He also started taking vitamin D and changed his diet, cutting out carbs and eating only organic meat, fruit and vegetables. Hibbit experimented with this non-toxic regime for three months, and felt great.
He says he never believed that the chemo could prolong his life, not even by the three years doctors had predicted. Later, friends and family admitted they’d feared the same thing. Without the terrible and debilitating side effects of chemo, Hibbit says he began to feel energetic and healthy again.
Along with watching what he ate, he consumed 1g a day of the CBD oil, putting drops under his tongue to absorb it directly into the bloodstream.
