by rua on Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:10 am
hallo, my husband was diagnosed last year with stage 3 (metastatic) melanoma and we were really shaken by this. We went over to visit friends in Donegal in Ireland for a short holiday to recover after Marks surgery and treatment and while there decided to stock up on the local seaweed, dulse, which we`d been eating lots of at home. Well after a visit to a local man who `does nice seaweed` and a bit of a chat with him we came away with a car-load of 5 types of edible seaweeds and a new business! Both of us will swear that eating some seaweed, just a little every other day even, has made a difference to Marks health, aswell as my own. He was suffering dreadfully with lymphodema (swelling due to fluid gathering) in his sides where lymph nodes were removed, and this has definately eased. His hair, nails and skin, and my own, are growing healthy and strong. The last scans were clear, although with this cancer it is almost impossible to detect, however I am convinced that including lots of seaweed in our everyday eating has made him stronger and more resilliant to other illnesses, and even the cancer.
I can`t deny that the very best medicine is, as always, optimism and a cheerful aspsect!