Healing power of chocolate

I don’t know why it actually works, but chocolate is one hell of a healer. There’s just something about it that picks you up and helps mend all wounds and conditions.

I’ve even had a nurse prescribe it to me. No word of a lie. I had a biopsy done on my lump in the first few days after finding it. It was done under local and the biopsy was conducted with a cap gun looking thing. It wasn’t very fun. The wonderful nurse held my hand the whole way through it (because Nik wasn’t allowed in the room) and although I’m sure I shattered the bones in her hand, she was still super nice.

After the procedure, I went into shock. I was shaking like a leaf and my teeth were chattering like I’d just gone for a dip in the waters around Antarctica. She promptly told me to go and eat as much chocolate as I’d like. Fabulous, she was getting better and better by the second.

When I woke up from my mastectomy surgery and was wheeled into my room, Nik already had the chocolate out. It was far more appetising than the hospitable dinner that was waiting for me.

While recovering, some like-minded friends at work sent me a chocolate hamper. It contained a kilo or two block of chocolate and a little hammer for smashing the slab of chocolate apart. Not only did I appreciate this – all my visitors did too!

In the months since then, people are constantly showering me with gifts of chocolate. I can’t count how many blocks I’ve received. But they’ve all made me feel rather good.

So, you see, I think I’m living proof that chocolate is one of the best healers around. I hereby give you permission to devour it for whatever thing is troubling you – a bad day at work, a runny nose, a twisted ankle, or hey, even cancer!