Nichole Tavares-Gibbs, former First Sergeant in the United States Army, now entrepreneur with a new CBD venture in Columbia, S.C. has gone viral. Not only has Gibbs figured out a way to help deal with her incurable pain, she has launched a store in Columbia to help others who may be having medical issues, deal with their own debilitating pain.
In 2015, Gibbs’ life changed. She had a stellar career in the Army for 25 years before, what she described as migraines, began. Although the symptoms were similar to migraines, the pain was actually caused by a brain condition called Chiari malformation, which is a structural defect in the section of the brain that controls balance. This condition ended her career in the Army. The head-burning and stabbing pain proceeded to get worse after doctors performed an unsuccessful surgery. Not only did the pain get worse, Gibbs could barely hear or see, and lost function on one side of her body. Now Gibbs was dealing with pain, depression, and anxiety knowing her career was over and her body was in immense pain, and getting worse.
On NowThis, which has almost 500,000 views, Gibbs explained how she had been on opioides for so long, she had gotten accustomed to simply taking prescribed drugs in order to deal with life-debilitating pain. Not wanting to get addicted, she knew she had to look for an alternative. Finally in 2018, her pain management doctor recommended CBD oil – and since then Gibbs has never looked back.
Gibbs said the CBD oil has helped “tremendously”, and after five months of using the oils, she opened a CBD product store called Infusion 420 to help others. In her interview with NowThis, she stated:
“It’s so many people that’s suffering that need someone to tell them, you know, it’s gonna be ok. You know, yes you could have been in a bad place, but you can get better.”
Infusion 420 is the first of its kind in Columbia, South Carolina. It’s located in the heart of the city, the Vista area near USC’s main campus. Infusion 420, unlike many other CBD shops, isn’t just focused on recreational usage of CBD; the focus of Gibbs’ business is helping people heal.
Make sure you visit her Instagram, check out her business, and her NOWTHIS story!
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