Just wanted to share my experience on this in case it helps others as I’ve seen almost nothing here on medicinal cannabis.

So, I’m nearly 8 weeks post op now and completely fine but I really was not fine in weeks 2-4. Dilation was uncharacteristically painful. More painful than most people report. Severe, sharp, burning pain on the inside.

First up I will say nobody should be smoking cannabis so soon after surgery without good reason but I found small quantities (0.2g combusted) of it before each dilation session (3x day) to be a godsend. Smoked pure, no tobacco of course.

I would compare the type of pain relief to opiates. You still have the pain but you don’t feel it properly because you’re too fuzzy. It was as ‘mind-numbing’ as strong opiates but without the addiction/danger, constipation and extreme sedation.

About week 5 I switched to dilating without cannabis, as the pain had dropped considerably. Wouldn’t even think of needing it now.

At nearly 8 weeks I’m healing wonderfully. It helped get me through it without resorting to drugs which are (in my opinion) excessively strong/dangerous.

Anyway, hope this helps someone.