The Juice Fast - Day 0

Ok here's the story...

My good friend, The Horsewoman (who is fit, fabulous and nearly fifty!) has talked me into going on a 10 day juice only fast.

I'm not at all sure it will do any good, in fact I was somewhat concerned that it might be harmful but Dr McLovely grimaced and said I would be starving but that it probably would do no harm.

Most people with chronic illnesses, in my experience, will get depressed and frazzled (or as my Mum would have said "I'm at my wit's end") with the relentless nature of their condition and will try the occasional fad or radical diet.  This is mine.  Being a rather analytical person by nature I thought it might be interesting to post here on the blog every day and give any poor sod who's reading this an update.  So I thought I would put together a little spreadsheet (yes I confess analytical) and look at the things that bother me consistently and see if there are any noticeable changes.  Now as stated elsewhere in this weighty tome yesterday was not a good day... actually it was a BAD day so it is not a very good yardstick against which to measure these subjective assessments of my condition.  So in addition to starting with an assessment of yesterday I will include an assessment of my version of an average day, I'll call it the Edna Everage Day - Day 0 is yesterday and I started last night.

	Edna Everage Day	DAY 0
Constant Pain	Constant dull aches	Not quite “Shoot me now!” but a VERY achy day
Pain Rating	5	7
Stabbing or Shooting Pain	Intermittent but many times a day – hips, knees, shoulders, back, neck – the usual suspects	Always somewhere – shoulders, elbows, hips
Energy	Like I used to feel when I had a cold or the flu.	Moving very slowly but getting things done – Very tired/fatigued.
Skin	Irritation and itchiness usually when I try to relax	My clothes/shoes were hurting me – hypersensitive
Plumbing	Varies	Fine
Forgetfulness	Intermittent	Average
Depression	A bit down	A bit down
Anxiety	Fluctuating at times high	Fluctuating at times high
Sleep	Restless, broken, some insomnia	Broken about 6 hours in total
Restlessness	Limited ability to be still	Unable to be still at all.
Fumbling & Stumbling	Drop things, bump into things, catch feet on uneven surfaces & stumble	Bad. Dropped several things, tripped multiple times and nearly fell.
Balance & Vertigo	Varied equilibrium issues with occasional vertigo	Equilibrium was off, staggered several times, slight head spin.
Hunger	Not usually	Hungry at night after juice
Cheating	N/A	Not yet...

Dinner last night was an interesting concoction of carrots, spinach, celery, apple, ginger and tomato followed by a juice of apple, pear and celery (for dessert LOL).

Well stay tuned if you are interested otherwise my normal rambling blogs will still keep coming and you can skip these ones that will be headed as above.

Let it be said at the outset, I'm a skeptic and I don't think I will see any significant changes in my pain or fatigue levels, however, I would be DELIGHTED to be proven wrong!