OJH - I had a ruptured c-spine disc causing my R hand to not make a fist - and the constant severe pain 24/7 - took a month for a neuro appt over an hour away, in winter. Radiculitis - what a perfect name! I had c-spine EMGs 3x at Iowa City, they went up all the way up into the bottom of my head, I asked if it was almost over. Tech said "you're doing great, some people scream or can't finish" so I'd say my pain threshold is OK. Recent EMGs in Chicago were nothing like in the past. I was on 250 mcg fentanyl patches before the govt decided we're all heroin addicts, pills bother my stomach or don't work. I had Oxy when it was new and hated it. The patches don't affect me mentally, I just don't have as much pain but now I'm on 37.5 mcg and I don't think they'll raise it any higher. After spending a year's income at the dispo Wild Thai still will take my knee pain down from an 8/9 in ten minutes but I only use it for bad breakthrough pain, when I can find it. Puff Stuff and another sativa have helped some but nothing like WT, for me. I used to weigh 100 lbs more but weight loss never helped my back. I have desiccated, vacuum space discs cervical and lumbar with severe stenosis, bony overgrowths, bulging discs at almost every level of my spine. They don't image the thoracic spine because it's supposed to be stable. I had a full body bone scan recently, suspicion of multiple myeloma, it showed multi-level bulging discs in my thoracic spine too. I have a pituitary tumor and an ultra-rare endocrine disease so I'm not really interested in two spine surgeries. Most people need another, and then another - I'm getting too old for them to try to help me now. That ship sailed.
Oil - I want to extract it to be able to vape, dab, put on my gums, into caps, or make into edibles. When I bought my Insta-Pot I sold or gave away 2 crock pots and 2 rice cookers. The I-P has temp and time settings, or I have a Nu-Wave, never used. I don't see why the IP wouldn't work, it can stay on warm for 24 hours if you want, or aren't around to turn it off. Considering buying an extra non-stick bowl insert for it. I just wish I could recover the EverClear, or find someone local to press some bud. One day on reddit a guy's vape cart broke so he drank the oil, people were checking in on him for 9 hours, it was pretty funny for the observers. He got through it OK. I'll Google the Nettle tea, thank you!