Hello All, I just wanted to make this journal to chronicle my ongoing experience with fasting and the issues I’m hoping to correct:
My issues
- Back in February I got a dry cough and was insanely fatigued. (Tested neg for COVID twice)
- In March woke up in the middle of the night because my left arm went 100% numb and I got dizzy.
- My feet have been buzzing since March
- For about a month I was having electrical jolt sensations in my head at night. Felt like I was about to have a stroke.
- I’ve experienced shortness of breath on and off to varying degrees in the last 8 month.
- My hands are sore and my pinky fingers have been very stiff and sore in particular.
- Left side of my body has been tingly/numb/airy to varying degrees for 8 months. At the worst of it I had a foot drop in my left leg.
- More recently I’ve had shooting pains in my liver.
- Soreness and pain in my breast bone
- Lots of pressure in my skull
- Pain in my chest (I think it’s my heart, but it’s hard to know for sure)
- Limp and tingly left arm
- Soreness and fatigue in my neck and back (hard to sit up straight for more than 10 minutes)
- Edema in my feet and legs
- Swelling in my lower abdomen
- Soreness in my lower back (under my rib cage)
- Soreness and pain in my kidneys
- My right wrist is “loose”. I can now pop it and the joint seems floppy.
- I had an episode of Raynaud’s syndrome in the middle finger of my right hand last week.
- I’ve always had psoriasis
- I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s in 2018
- I haven’t had a solid bowel movement in a month (my gut is certainly leaky).
- Brain fog is extreme. Thinking is disjointed. Can’t focus at all.
- Persistent cough for the last 4 month. Constantly trying to clear a little bit of phlegm out of the bottom of my lungs.
- Extreme muscle weakness. If I put my arms above my head, the get airy and tingly in about 5 seconds.
So, with that out of the way… what am I doing?
I’m on my 5th day of a water only fast. I’m doing this after reading Upton Sinclair’s book on fasting and excerpts from Joel Furhman’s book on extended fasting.
I’m drinking fresh mountain spring water and taking 0 supplements.
I’m not sure how long I’m going to go, but I pray an extended fast will activate autophagy in a beneficial way, clear out all the old/damaged cells, reduce inflammation and hopefully cure or substantially reduce my symptoms.
I’m a 36 year old male. I weigh 192 lbs. I’m 6’6"
I’ll use this to track my progress. If anyone reads this journal and has useful insights, I’d welcome their comments.