Companion Magazine for IBD Volume 1 | Page 36

HOLISTIC SPOTLIGHT: SEAFARMACY by Ms Arifa Grebennikova - DIRECTOR, SEAFARMACY LTD - www.seafarmacy.co.uk Seafarmacy tells us a little about an IBD Natural Remedy that some patients have found helped them achieve remission. I’m sure there is always a story behind every company. Seafarmacy is not an exception. This is a story of my miraculous recovery from IBD. I think every IBD patient still remembers the day when he or she have heard about the diagnosis from the doctor: “You have ulcerative colitis (or Crohn’s disease). This is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease. We don’t know the reason for it and we have no cure for it. Your chances of the development of the colon cancer are very high. You may end with the colon surgery soon…” I was 33 years old those days. It was like a thunder on a blue sky and sounded like it was not negotiable; I just had to accept it and follow the medical advices only. My condition was awful. I felt like I had a severe disability and my active life was completely destroyed by the disease. For 4.5 years, I tried different types of medication including Mesalazine (and its variation), the immunosuppressive drug Azathioprine and two courses of Prednisolone treatment. All these medications didn’t perform well and remission was the unachievable goal. In October 2011, I found KELP Jelly. After finishing the third jar, I felt incredibly healthy, something I had not felt for the last 4.5 years! I achieved remission only by eating natural 35