Take Your Medicine

Louise Currie (Left) and Lauren Chamberlain (Right) sit at the bow of the Imua enjoying the glassy water. (PC: Andy Sullivan-Haskins)

As a spiritual being myself, I’m a big believer in holistic medicine- specifically the restorative power of snacks.

So your arm is hanging limp in the socket because you just lifted 200 pounds of wet, sandy, multifilament gillnet?

Prescription- Kirkland Cookie Dough Protein Bar.

Say you just transited 4 miles across an atoll upwind, and now a squall is stinging your face with frigid rain.

Prescription- 1 bag of Flamin’ Hot Doritos.

If you’ve ever suffered a sprain from trying to wrestle your way into a Zodiac filled with trash, you’ll be interested in this little cure.

Prescription- Brown Sugar Pop Tart and 1 hunk Jack Links Pork Jerky.

Coral abrasion? Twizzler.

Sunscreen in your eye? Have an Oreo.

Ten straight days of work? Have two Oreos.

And there’s nothing you can’t fix with a Chocolate Chip Cliff Bar drenched in seawater.

I’ve tested this holistic and natural remedy myself, and I can confirm the regenerative effects.

Some members of the PMDP Team enjoy sunset together. From Left to Right: Ryan Naluai, Sydney Luitgaarden, Charlotte Frank, Nāmele Naipo-Arsiga, Andy Sullivan-Haskins, Kevin O’Brien, Sean Guerin, Derek Levault. (PC: James Morioka)

Meet the Author

Derek LeVault