Paying it Forward - A New Direction

Vitolo

Vaporist
We have been in contact with Vito and we hope it will not be long until he is back in action again!
August 26th.
There is much to be told, but I will be back in action on August 26th.
I will share all details at that time both in the "Police Raid" thread, and here in "Paying it Forward.
We have been working with folks, and helping patients, but at the advice of legal counsel, and certain people in official positions, we will release information on the day that we will be back in action... Aug. 26th.
Thanks @scottg402 for being in touch with me.
More info in 28 days!
 

Vitolo

Vaporist
♪♭♩We're back ♬ ♫

Whew... that was a long road, and we are back one entire day early to report that the issues we faced are done and over.
Dead and stinkin'.
Life begins again today.
Over the past 464 days, 5 hours, 30 minutes and 0 seconds....
.....Or 1 year, 3 months, 6 days
I have lurked while I posted on FC.
When I saw one of you in a jam, I wrote to you privately, and sent you the parts I had left, as I figured I would never see my units again.
That is all good.....
It was paying it forward in the small way I could without having folks to our home.
I saw a few patients at our home, but did not invite the entire community... only those that were terminal and critical or just downright important to us.
We were able to get Vapor Brothers units to a Lawyer who distributed them to low (or no-income) legal patients in Phoenix surrounding outskirts, and we did skype instruction.
Now.....
We are getting all of my Vaporizers back.
We won't have parts for all of them, so I will need to re-build my collection of parts.
That may take a small amount of time.
I will place some of my units for sale at very low costs in the FC Classifieds, and I will use that money to replace parts to get the units being returned to "complete condition".
Parts like stems, tubing, screens, mouthpieces, and of course Batteries... as I am certain many batteries died in that period of time.
Units will be given to patients referred by Doctors, as they always had been, and the stories shared with you right here.

Members of FC are invited to do 4 things:
  1. If you or a family member are in trouble, and are a medical user, that needs help, you may email me or message me directly, and I will discuss your situation with you, and if you are in a category of patient that I can help, I will do my best to help you, or get you help from someone in your area.
  2. If you have functioning spare parts or batteries you do not use and wish to donate them, message me and I will gladly accept these parts.
  3. I will accept donations of Vaporizers, and each will go to a qualifying patient.
  4. Any money donated to the link "to help low income patients" will go toward the purchase of parts and consumable goods (butane/batteries).
We have been in contact with Vito and we hope it will not be long until he is back in action again!
@scottg402 and I have been in touch. They sent an agreement for me to sign. I signed the document and sent it by email, and by USPS.
Haze and their legal staff are trying to work out details that will allow them to again participate in my Paying It Forward program ( I am not a legal non-profit entity, which complicates things for their attorneys). In the meanwhile they are making themselves available for help I need with my existing units and patients.
(Among the Vaporizers being returned are a few Haze Units that were not distributed by the time the police arrived here... so we will start off with those units.)

I did not get to see some special patients for over a year.
I lost 3 of these patients to their cancer, and one to suicide.
These first two were my first two Haze placements:
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The other patient that passed while we trudged through the court system was one of the original founders of this early online Medical Marijuana Forum.
The writer of this article from that forum is a great fellow, and has himself referred many patients that were in need.
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Life begins today
Paying it Forward begins today....
...as though for the first time.
My mind is freed of the burdens that prevented my making copious posts, so I will be more present here than I have been for the past 465 days.
Heck.... we might even see a post or two from Patty, as we stretch and open our eyes, and awaken from the nightmare.
If you wish to start a private dialogue with me about Helping low-income, terminally ill Senior Citizens, please feel free to do so.
To be continued.....
 

rshetts

Well-Known Member
Congrats and welcome back! Its great to see that the good that you have done will continue. The world is a much brighter place because of you and Patty and it brings joy to my heart to know that you are back doing what you love the most, helping the people who need it the most!
 

Vitolo

Vaporist
It's time to thank @syrupy for the donation of a Firewood Vape.
Not the typical unit one might expect for a patient.... especially a patient as mature as this.
This fellow is in his late 70s and already uses a Da Buddha and a CRZ (Aromazap's Arizona Medical RockZap) for relief from Chronic Illness.
We had been talking about finding a suitable portable for him, before the raid.
He does not like newfangled things and the "E-cig" craze has turned him off to using some of the newer portables with the slim body form. He had asked about the launch box in the past....
Wood is good.
He is one of the patients that received an email explaining that we were no longer in a bad situation.
We talked, and the Firewood was right up his alley.
He read about it online at a family member's computer.
Having tested out the firewood Vape, I agree this is just the unit for this patient.
Nothing stealthy, and just for when away from home.....
with a touch of modern technology tied into a wooden form. (Kind of "steampunk").
I will share anything interesting about his journey with the Firewood.
 
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Vitolo

Vaporist
Time to say thank you to good friend J____ (no FC name at his request).
He lives in my area.
He had me help him place an order more than a few dozen Yocan Evolve Plus... and a large number of Yocan Torch... directly from Yocan in China, so he could supplement his stock in his corner of the local Dispensary industry.
He was visiting me when the phone rang.
It was one of the younger patients that I have worked with.. (met him when he was 17 five years ago)
This young patient always touched our hearts. So polite and sincere. Led a protected life, because he has Neutropenia. Often wearing a sterility mask, and always fearful upon hearing a cough or sneeze... this young fellow has no defense over illness or disease, and is hospitalized way too often for a boy.
I always knew that his body produced far too few White Blood Cells to keep him from being susceptible.
The young man asked if I could find him a deal on a "Cloud V Electro".
It costs around $247.... and he could not come close to affording it.. He was too sick as a child to ever get on Disability as he never had a job. SSI is a low income. I know... because our entire household income is a whopping $733 a month because I am on SSI.
I asked why he felt the unit he asked about was so important.
He explained that it had a built in bubbler so he could use waxes with a milder effect on his lung.
He broke down and told my why he was looking "NOW".. he had other units that Patty and I (and you FC members) had provided him.. He received a new Extreme Q at no cost a few years ago.
That morning (yesterday) he learned that his body had stopped producing white cells.
They told him he needed a bone marrow transplant and it had to be done within an extremely short time frame.
His family flocked to be tested to see who would be compatible. This is only a day out, so there are no definitive results yet... and it takes almost a month for results to come back. Quite a few family members gave bone marrow to be tested. Man... that's love. It is a painful procedure.
He wanted a new unit now because he was feeling low, and wanted a simpler way to do dabs through water to try to medicate more deeply.

I discouraged him from the electro telling him the price was unwarranted for his needs.
Get to the point Vito.....
I saw to it that he had a water piece.
Good friend J____ was here and dropped off a Yocan Torch at his base cost minus the shipping cost and also minus the Paypal fees to China.

Bottom line:
The young man is on his way to our home right this minute.
Patty and I wait for him to arrive.
He will be walking out of here, not only medicated, but with a huge Bag of pesticide free produce grown by Patty.
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Patty in Garden wearing gloves and Sun Protection headgear... given to her by our own @VAPEHUNTER
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A couple of varieties of Squash (we have a few other types also.)
We also have Tomatoes, Cucumbers, 6 kinds of chile peppers.. and herbs (dill, basil, greek basil, oregano and more)
This fellow will be here shortly and does not know he is getting the vegetables.
He does not know he is getting any device.
He thinks he is coming over to medicate, and to look at a tool that I think would be a better deal than the unit he was asking about.
He thinks he is coming to be taught something and shown something......
Instead he is coming over.... and getting "PIFed".
Thank you for reading this story.
I will be back and tell you how the meeting went.

 
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Vitolo

Vaporist
Smiles as big as he will 'Im sure.
We will see if there was a smile.....

I promised I would let you know how it went.
His girlfriend drove him here...
After the visit he brought in his 3 year old son to meet us.
We hugged and talked, and Patty loaded him down with vegetables.
He kept calm composure as we asked after his health.
His lips quivered a bit as he said.... "It was just the roll of the dice, that I am the one... I will be OK, and if it is my time then that's how it is"
I have been given his permission to post his image, to show how happy he was with his new tool.
First he tried mine, for the intended purpose of being shown a new device:
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Then he was handed a new box (already charged for him) and told it was his:
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Patty and I both get to sleep a little easier tonight, knowing that this young man is wearing that smile.
Sometimes a smile is all you need.
I will rest assured that he is in a more comfortable state this evening.
 
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Vitolo

Vaporist
@mephisto details arranged, and preparations done.
Thank you so very much for your concern for patients that are without... and for you kind words for Patty and me.. we are in better shape that is for sure.
We are seeing one another smile again, and that is a beautiful thing.
Thanks again... to you and to all of FC.

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@mephisto over time you have hooked up a few patients. We all thank you.
(myself...Patty.. patients.. and other FC members I am sure)
I got your message about the addition of yet another Vape to the package en route.
I often give a patient a vaporizer, and because most do not have internet access, I drag them into this room, and log onto FC and show them who it was that "hooked it up" for them.
You FC members that do this would be surprised at the number of patient's that know your screen names.
You would blush with pride if you could hear one of them ask me...
"Can we look at your computer before I leave?... I would like to catch up with posts from ___"
In this case fill the blank with Mephisto....
But there are dozens of you being followed by various patients that think of you with reverence.... Esteemed so highly to the impoverished, that it is almost like seeing the gratitude expressed toward an organ donor.
I am humbled, and get weak in the knees (what there is left of them!!). A rush of sensation runs through my stomach... followed by teary eyes, and finally a weakness.. almost like being sleepy.
Then... Softy that I am, I generally cry... and run for Patty to be near to help me finish reading a post, or to help me finish posting if I get the shakes.

You folks are celebrities!
 
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Vitolo

Vaporist
@ChooChooCharlie ... you've done it again!
I received the Odin Vape... AND the E-Nano.
I will of course try them both out before figuring where they will live out their lives.
The placement of a personal Vaporizer like the Nano is a sensitive process for me.. I like to find just the right home.
I do not know the Odin yet, but I will I promise.
I will tell you about where these fellows end up.
Thanks...
That was kind of you to think of others (seems to be a habit of yours:nod:)
God Bless all.
I will go rest.
Tomorrow is my 65th Birthday and I need my Patty now!
 
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