Back to Regular Diet, Day 2
So I've been putting this off for a few days now - confessing to my journal that I've given up. But reason and logic and Matt will not let me continue cleansing after the situation that happened on Friday.
I woke up Friday morning at 5:30am or so, and the laxtea had kicked in. So I hopped out of bed and ran into the bathroom. When I reached the bathroom, I began to see floating purple dots in my vision like I was about to pass out. And I fell forward, onto the wall - scraping my chin on the light switch. From there it's sort of a blur. I remember a strong ringing in my ears and vaguely hearing Matt calling knocking and asking if I was ok. I distinctly remember trying to answer "Yes", but couldn't get the words to form. When I came to, I was in the hallway and looking up at Matt's tearing eyes.
So we spent all morning in the E.R. and I immediately drank some orange juice when I was given the chance. I told the Triage Nurse about my Master Cleanse diet and he told me to not believe everything I read on the internet, sort of the answer I expected. So they did some bloodwork on me and found I was totally fine, except for being a tad dehydrated (probably the laxtea). So I've come to the conclusion that the Master Cleanse diet isn't inherently dangerous, but I just don't do well with any kind of fasting - and it's not for me.
But if a stronger person than I would like to try it (Abe), I will give a word of caution:
-Stop drinking the laxtea and saltwash when you get any form of diarrhea.
-Always be careful when getting up from sitting or standing.
So instead of a physical cleansing, I'm going to try my hand at a spiritual cleansing and go to church this morning.
I woke up Friday morning at 5:30am or so, and the laxtea had kicked in. So I hopped out of bed and ran into the bathroom. When I reached the bathroom, I began to see floating purple dots in my vision like I was about to pass out. And I fell forward, onto the wall - scraping my chin on the light switch. From there it's sort of a blur. I remember a strong ringing in my ears and vaguely hearing Matt calling knocking and asking if I was ok. I distinctly remember trying to answer "Yes", but couldn't get the words to form. When I came to, I was in the hallway and looking up at Matt's tearing eyes.
So we spent all morning in the E.R. and I immediately drank some orange juice when I was given the chance. I told the Triage Nurse about my Master Cleanse diet and he told me to not believe everything I read on the internet, sort of the answer I expected. So they did some bloodwork on me and found I was totally fine, except for being a tad dehydrated (probably the laxtea). So I've come to the conclusion that the Master Cleanse diet isn't inherently dangerous, but I just don't do well with any kind of fasting - and it's not for me.
But if a stronger person than I would like to try it (Abe), I will give a word of caution:
-Stop drinking the laxtea and saltwash when you get any form of diarrhea.
-Always be careful when getting up from sitting or standing.
So instead of a physical cleansing, I'm going to try my hand at a spiritual cleansing and go to church this morning.