208hrs
So...I coughed up blood. Bright red blood.
This has never happened to me before, and I am an avid faster. I've been practicing it since 2010, from short term 1-3 days to later on, weeks.
I am currently into 210hrs of fasting and am almost about to leave work. Here's what happened:
At around 5am, I had this weird feeling and unbelievably foul taste in my mouth, even swallowing water tasted so....ugh. So I decided to chew some gum (which I allow only when I feel like my breath is not doing it's best) I suddenly feel this like...phlegm in the top of my throat, and I walk over to the trash can to spit it out. Pure blood. A phlegmy ball of blood. I panic thinking the gum made my gums bleed, or a tooth was fucked, or something!
I check my mouth and no bleeding gums, no broken tooth. I throwaway the gum, and cough up again. Blood. I waited a while and tried to spit from my mouth, not throat, and it was pinkish. So I knew it was my throat. I also felt this strange sensation in the middle of my throat...like it was slightly torn? It felt kinda cold, metallic, and I knew that was the source of the blood.
Guys, this was one moment to the next. It has NEVER happened to me, and I'm only on the end of Day 8/starting Day 9!
I read this happened to some, and that they continued the fast safely, but I am scared. I have a gum disease and tooth infection thanks to purging and smoking (thank God I stopped both recently) and don't know if maybe it might be that? WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I won't stop my fast until I feel I truly need to. I will ride this out today, and see what happens. Fuck, I'm scared.
This has never happened to me before, and I am an avid faster. I've been practicing it since 2010, from short term 1-3 days to later on, weeks.
I am currently into 210hrs of fasting and am almost about to leave work. Here's what happened:
At around 5am, I had this weird feeling and unbelievably foul taste in my mouth, even swallowing water tasted so....ugh. So I decided to chew some gum (which I allow only when I feel like my breath is not doing it's best) I suddenly feel this like...phlegm in the top of my throat, and I walk over to the trash can to spit it out. Pure blood. A phlegmy ball of blood. I panic thinking the gum made my gums bleed, or a tooth was fucked, or something!
I check my mouth and no bleeding gums, no broken tooth. I throwaway the gum, and cough up again. Blood. I waited a while and tried to spit from my mouth, not throat, and it was pinkish. So I knew it was my throat. I also felt this strange sensation in the middle of my throat...like it was slightly torn? It felt kinda cold, metallic, and I knew that was the source of the blood.
Guys, this was one moment to the next. It has NEVER happened to me, and I'm only on the end of Day 8/starting Day 9!
I read this happened to some, and that they continued the fast safely, but I am scared. I have a gum disease and tooth infection thanks to purging and smoking (thank God I stopped both recently) and don't know if maybe it might be that? WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I won't stop my fast until I feel I truly need to. I will ride this out today, and see what happens. Fuck, I'm scared.