ONLY FIVE DAYS OF FASTING THIS YEAR!
So, yesterday (Friday) was my fifth day fasting and all was pretty good. I did all the usual stuff and Kwang and I even went to Had Drin for about 1 ½ hours. But as the day progressed so did this terrible headache I had. At seven we went to the wellness center to have our veggie broth and I told the staff I couldn’t get rid of this headache, “Is it alright if I take aspirin to help with my headache?” They told me it wasn’t a good idea, and instead gave me straight ginger tea! It wasn’t the greatest thing in the world, and it didn’t take away my headache, but it seemed to help a little.
Kwang and I came back to the room and sat outside for a bit. When I got up I felt really dizzy (something not uncommon for me, but this time it was bad). I walked back into the room and sat on the bed…Then I somehow got even dizzier and fell from the bed to the floor hitting the nightstand on my way down, which sort of caught my fall a bit. Kwang rolled me over and I had blacked out for a few seconds. When I came to, Kwang carried me to the bed where I stayed for a long time. I tried to get up a couple times but my head was whirling. Kwang was awesome, he took care of me all night and watched over me…He even went to the restaurant to get some ice for my busted lip and bruised chin. I fell asleep soon afterwards but Kwang stayed up most of the night to watch over me.
When I finally woke this morning I felt much better, but I chipped two teeth slightly and it looks kinda funny! I really don’t look as bad as it sounds…My chin is a little puffed and bruised and my lip is a little busted, and my teeth are slightly chipped (I’ll have to fix that when I get back to the states).
I went to the wellness center to speak to Moon, the manager of the wellness center, and told him what happened. He told me to break my fast that my body was telling me it was time to stop. He said last year when he fasted he got a horrible headache on the fifth day and decided to end then. So I don’t feel so bad about breaking the fast, but I sure do wish I could have gone all seven days. He gave me the post-fast sheet and told me to go eat a bowl of papaya…I wasn’t hungry but Kwang and I went to the restaurant and I had my bowl of fruit. Afterwards I came back to the wellness center and had the Probiotic flush that I take the first day after fasting. It wasn’t good, but whatever…
I’m gonna try to spend the day relaxing b/c I keep getting dizzy when I stand up, but it’s not too bad…Think I just need to rest up is all. But I am a little bummed I didn’t do all seven days. I know that this fast was really good for my body though, and I will do another one in a few years. When that time comes I hope to do all seven days!
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September 2nd, 2006 at 7:42 am
You still did pretty good with your fast. I hardly last a day. congratulations!