Day 5, the worst day yet

Day 5, the worst day yet...by far

I was told that days 4 and 5 are the most difficult and today lived up to its reputation. But as you read this, and if you are considering this fast, this was no worse than a 24 hour flu.

As you may have read, I was up a 3:00 with significant chills.  What I didn't write was that I wasn't able to go back to sleep.  In the morning, around 8:00AM or so, I feel asleep for about an hour and a half. I was still quite chilled and weak and tired.

To describe it in terms that we all could understand, I felt like I was sick.  Chills, headache, body aches, numb, lack of energy, overall just wiped out.  As the day went on, I found myself wanting to sleep but having difficulty actually doing so.  My headache got worse, and so did my chills.

In the mid-afternoon, I took my temperature.  I usually read about 98.2 degrees, slightly below normal.but today it read 100.7 degrees which is obviously in the "I'm running a fever" category.  At this point my head was really hurting and my neck as well.  I went old school western and took a Norco pain pill, 325 mg acetaminophen and 5 mg Hydrocodone Bitartrate.  I'm sure that some would disapprove of this but I can tell you this much, my body pain and headache diminished significantlay and my fever broke.  A success in my book....or a success in my blog post.

Although I'm still feeling a bit lack luster and tired, certainly I feel much better.

A dear friend, Amy, brought some delicious chicken broth to me.  It tasted so good tonight.  She is always considerate and helpful but this was also, in my mind, a vote of confidence and approval. I greatly appreciated it.

Tonight I threw together a beef bone broth to simmer overnight in the crock pot.  This time I added a dried pasilla chili, a handful of pearl onions, some garlic, salt, and pepper, with some Asian 5 spice.  I don't know what it will taste like but anything that is slightly different than basic is welcomed.  That said, Amy's broth was traditional but outstanding.  I just finished a cup and am considering another before going to sleep.

The real surprise in soup broth was the hot Italian sausage with some red chili flakes, onions, and red bell peppers.  Awesome!!  I will definitely make this in the future for this cleanse but after as well.  I'm going to invite my friend Phillip, a New York Noho Italian.  I can't wait to give the solid part to him.  A sandwich of crumbled sausage and bell peppers and onions does not get much better.

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Middle of the night 3:00 AM

It's 3 AM in the middle of the night.

So why am I writing at such small hours? Shortly after I got into bed I felt quite cold. That is really quite unusual for me especially in the evening in bed. More often than not, I wake up quite sweaty. I'm sure that's a pretty picture. Sorry about that.

I thought perhaps it was just something that was passing. But after about four hours of sleeping, well not really sleeping, I finally could not stand it anymore. 

For four hours I laid in bed very cold with the covers up and over my head forming a hood. I was so cold I didn't want to move. Although my mind told me that I needed to get up and get something warmer, I was just too cold to want to even move out of bed to what would certainly be a far colder room.  

One might think, or picture, that this is taking place in the winter but that is not the case. This is in the warm Indian summer of Santa Barbara.  Tomorrow the temp is supposed to hit 90.    

Rarely am I  cold at night period but never in this type of weather. So I got up and took off my pajamas and added a T-shirt and socks, yes I sleep in pajamas ha ha.  Then I ran into the other room and picked up the warmest blanket that we have. Even in the winter, it seems to keep me plenty warm by itself.  But tonight even with the comforter and this super warm blanket and the covers over my head, I am barely comfortable. 

Clearly something is slightly out of whack. But this does not upset me. It tells me that something, anything, is happening and changing in my body. To me this is good news for this is the change that I was hoping for.  I did not decide to eat only broth for 30 days to remain the same as I had always been. The truth is that I knew I needed to improve and I need to do something radical to make a change, rather, an improvement, in my physical condition.  

Recently America has voted for change. I, for one, do not like to see change for change sake. I like to see improvement. If that requires change, then fine, bring it on. So I hope and I pray this is the beginning of an improvement in my life and in my physical condition.

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