It's the Little Things That Will
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| Would you jump this high to help yourself against endo? How about without an audience? |
MET A MAN who deals in chocolate for helping and healing purposes.
Well, to be exact, he deals in the stuff that chocolate is made of: pure grade Trinbago-grown cocoa. And in the sweetest little gingerbread house set-up, he and his Japanese-Trini partner-at-arms peddle chocolate bars, cookies, syrups, spreads, body butters, skin polishers, hair products that stave off graying, cocoa for cooking and baking, cocoa for drinking and, as I mentioned before, cocoa for medicinal purposes.
Got that died and gone to heaven feeling?
I was never really a chocolate fan until I turned on to dark chocolate. I'm sure you've heard how wonderful that is for your health.
"It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested ... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work," -- Jean-Anthelme Brillat-SavarinHere's the thing, though, this post isn't really about chocolate at all.
See, this same man who is a cocoa-advocate (only Trini sistuhs will get the joke in that), is also a supporter/educator of alternative, complimentary and lifestyle changes medicine.
Which brought us to talking about my chronic endometriosis battles and dissemination; that led to him expressing his frustration that more women coping with the disease aren't turning on to things like -- ta-da-ta-da-dahhh! -- castor oil. Castor oil packs in particular.
As Trinidad and Tobago approaches March 30th, the date for the first Endometriosis Walk put on by the Trinidad and Tobago Endometriosis Association, this man and I raved about this simple, proven effective method created to "shrink" fibroids, that has also been shown to help against endometriosis inflammation and pain; as well as resultant swelling, scarring, clotting, constipation and soreness.
We wondered at the fact that many women will walk a mile, or two, like literally, to support "highlighting" a problem, but WILL NOT expend the same amount of planning, energy and devotion toward committing to adopting long-term, even little solutions that WILL help.
I will always quote a reader who E-mailed me during my newspaper columnising years: "It's hard to get the sisters excited about anything other than shoes."It's not a true true statement, but there is truth in it. Re-read my last post, it's right up the alley of contention.
I definitely plan to blog-cover that upcoming endometriosis awareness event; because it's something, right, in a land where there is really not that much, comparatively-speaking, on the hidden epidemic.
I'll post pictures and everything.
Before that, though, I'm going to let you in on what is not a secret, but might feel like a secret because so many endo-women here, there and everywhere DO NOT know about it: THE AMAZING (and easy to do) CASTOR OIL PACK.
Next post for sure. ♛
In beauty may you walk (pun acknowledged)
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