DAY 5:
Still no thirst nor hunger. Am very weak though. Standing and moving around is difficult due to weakness and dizziness.

I would say it is going well as I haven't been hungry either. Tongue is still coated and breath still smells.

Going to keep dry fasting until I get true thirst then drink according to thirst, it seems the best way.

Does anyone have any information on what happens to the gut flora in this type of fast?

DAY 6:

Now at 5.75 days dry fasting.

Still not thirsty nor hungry. Have been having a very dry mouth and some kind of achy circulation type pain in my left arm every now and then. Having pins and needles in my feet and arms occasionally and they are rather cold.

Still dizzy and very weak. Heart beat gets randomly strong sometimes and I get shortness of breath.

My tongue is still coated and breath foul. Sleep has been poor but I don't feel like I need it.

Been reading online that some other people have done this 28 day Water Fast for bloating issues (like me) and the bloating vanished whilst on the fast (like me) but returned as soon as the first ended. This is rather disheartening however there is only one way to find out if I will be the same and that is to complete the fast! Does anyone know what could cause the bloating to instantly come back?

Day 7:

Last night was pretty rough. I felt very irritable, had a slight stomach ache, felt weak and tired (not mentally though), had shortness of breath, and heart palpatations.

Slept for about 6hrs through the night in spurts. Dry mouth is getting worse but I am still not thirsty and no hunger.

Still getting slight stomach gnawing pains early in the morning.

Felt better this morning.

I have been thinking it seems that my stomach has not been hungry for food since this whole ulcer thing started. I would have a certain level of mouth hunger but my stomach would always "fill up" and feel heavy very quickly. Maybe this was natures way of telling me to fast...

Day 8:

Decided to transist from a dry fast into a Water Fast today since my mouth, throat and ears were getting horrendously dry. I decided to do this even though my stomach felt "full" and not hungry for food nor water.

I drank half a bottle (350ml) of spring water at around 6pm. The first few sips were tasty and I wanted more but by the final sip I felt sickly and wanted no more. My throat, ears and mouth instantly felt better however...

My stomach felt heavy and sickly as though I could throw up the water at any given time, I bloated out from this and just felt unwell. This is what happened to me when drinking water before I started fasting only this is 10x worse. The strong feeling of possibly being lasted 3hrs after this incident and continued lightly throughout the night and into the next morning, so did the bloating. That is a 16hr gap so far since drinking the water.

This is worrying me greatly that fasting is not improvin my illness at all. Now there is the possibility that because I had eaten and drank absolutely nothing in a week and wasn't thirsty when I decided to drink, that my body wasn't ready for it ( in the same way if you break your fast before being hungry issues occur).

Would really like anyone's advice/opinions on the situation.

Thanks, Sean.

Day 9:

Yesterday was rough. I felt the water sitting in my stomach from the day before almost all day and it made me feel ill.

I was real weak, dizzy and heart palpitations were strong.

I was worried about being dehydrated as my mouth kinda wanted water but my stomach still felt full/nauseous and made me feel if I would drink anything it would come right back up.

Decided to do a retention enema for some hydration. Used about 300ml of salted water. After this the weakness, dizziness, and heart palpitations reduced in severity a lot which confirms to me my body was dehydrated. I have also been hardly peeing at all and body temp was difficult to control.

Soon after this though I started to feel really ill. My stomach felt more nauseous and just ill. I was anxious about my body not accepting water and it sitting in my stomach for 1.5 days and wanted to end the fast.
Was this all due to the enema, or a continuation of the sickness from drinking the water or general die off?

Anyway about 3 hours later the stomach discomfort went away and I felt great (even though I was still ill with fatigue, etc). I think at this time my stomach stopped feeling full of water as well!

This morning I have started sucking on ice cubes in hopes that I can slowly re introduce water into my digestive system. I will build on this over the next 2 days.
If I still cannot accept oral water by then I will have to start regularly using water retention enemas.

What do you guys think of my experiences thus far?

Day 10:

Think I have got some healing crisis/retracing going on.

Last night started getting throat pains and this morning when I awoke all my throat was sore, I had a headache, swallowing hurt, etc.

I used to get tonsillitis all the time as a kid so I think that's what this is.

Another note is I am still bloating from drinking water (spring). This was the reason I started the fast and so far fasting hasn't helped it.

I mean what could cause my stomach to bloat out from drinking water?

On a lighter note tongue coating and breath are less foul.

Day 11:

Throat was still sore last night and this morning but is getting better.

Drank a decent amount of water yesterday. Experienced some slight bloating.

I have noticed that I have been retaining lots of water at the abdomen since transisting from dry to water fast. I will put this down to my body conserving water after being dehydrated and me drinking salted water.
To get rid of this I will try drinking spring water, to thirst, for the next couple of days.

I have still being getting stomach gnawing pains throughout the fast, this was also a problem pre fast. I thought these would have cleared up by now and would like to know what's causing them.

Also fasting is really boring but it helps to occupy the mind.

Day 12:

Throat has been getting better and with that energy increasing slightly.

Drank about a litre of water to thirst and my stomach started doing what it usually does but slightly worse this time.

After drinking some of the water my mouth was still thirsty yet my stomach was full. It felt like there was an outward pressure pushing out from my mid left abdomen and there was significant bloating in this area (just to the left of belly button). My stomach felt uncomfortable and heavy, there was a slight refluxy feeling and I burped a couple of times.

This uncomfortable feeling has remained up to today (18hrs) although reduced in severity.

Why the hell is this happening?

Day 13:

Didn't drink any water yesterday due to still feeling the water from the previous day messing with my stomach.

My tonsillitis retracing seems to have healed up!

My skin also feels softer.

Breath seems to smell more.

Still have water built up around my abdomen assuming this is because I have been bloating there.

Decided going to easy up on my already low water intake until I really am thirsty to give my stomach some rest and hopefully time for repairs.

This is really boring... need to occupy my mind.

Day 14:

Still really fatigued.

Drank 300ml of water then bloated out in the mid left abdomen again.

Drank 400ml of warm water later and despite the immediate discomfort afterwards around 3hrs later I felt a lot better. Was still bloated mind. Thinking the warm water may be of less stress to my system.

Noticed burping after drinking the water helps to relieve some of the stomach pressure.

Decided to keep up a regular intake of water from now till the end of the fast and see if I make any improvements in the amount of water I can handle. If no improvements are made by day 28 that is when I will end the fast.

Day 15:

Roughly half way there I guess.

Days are real long and hard. Feel week all the time, time moves real slow, have to try and look in good spirits so family doesn't panic and try and force me to eat.

Still not hungry, not thirsty at all either.

When I drink water there is a slight increase in gas in my intestines. I wonder why?

Almost threw up some water when trying to burp today.

Bone pains last night, one this morning.

Will try to really et into meditation over the next 2 weeks to help me.

Tongue still really coated and foul.

Day 16:

Yesterday I felt better even though extremely weak. My heart stopped pounding as much and my breath was less terrible. I felt kind of happy like when you get over a healing crisis.

Felt a little worse again this morning, tongue and breath was as bad as ever.

Still getting problems upon drinking water but they maybe going down slightly. Will have to monitor that over the next few days.

Brain keeps worrying about fasting being pointless and not curing my bloating/stomach issues. Reasoned this away by the fact that it can't harm them and will must likely do them good. Will do my overall health good. The main reason to quit early would be to enjoy food but thats not really possible with my condition, so there is no point.

I also figure that with most people deep healing doesn't occur until around the 3rd week, so for now I should just concentrate on getting to the 3rd week whilst monitering my currnet symptoms.

Day 17:

Still have excess water weight around my stomach that hasn't gone since I switched from dry to water fasting.

Had some leg bone pain yesterday, was one this morning so I assume it was a healing crisis.

Throughout the night I kept having to swallow my siliva all the time and the taste was foul. This was very unpleasant and made me feel nauseaus.

Still really weak, still a fairly thick coating on my tongue.

Had a hot cup of spring water this morning and the bloating seemed to be slightly less bad. Will see if this keeps up.

Time is still moving really slow.

Laid down for 2 hours today with eyes closed. Helped a bit but got real boring after a while.

This fatigue is really rediculus, it is hard to just get up and walk.

Day 18:

Some more leg achy pain yesterday. Went after sleeping.

Meditating helps with rest.

Drank half a cup of cold water instead of a cup of hot water this morning and stomach dyspepsia symptoms were a lot worse. I felt a lot fuller, bloated and sick from half a cold water than a whole hot water... weird.

With extra rest and meditation I don't really feel as bad. Maybe body is gearing up for next healing crisis.

Noticed I haven't had much retracing but I guess I haven't much to retrace. Only tonsillitis and a few aches and pains.

Wonder how long it will take for coated tongue to disappear now. This is important to me as I noticed my tongue was slightly coated since my digestive issues started so that could be the signal that it has ended?

Day 19:

Drank a lot more water yesterday. Noticed I tollerate hot water way more than cold.

Noticed more intestinal gas movement.

Spent more time lying down which seemed to help.

Left arm bone pain went over night.

Not much to report.

Days 20-23:
Weakness persists but it is getting more comfortable and easier to handle, palpatations and shortness of breath are reduced.
Feeling better as each day progresses. Coating on tongue is getting less and less.
Can feel gas moving around intestines especially if I massage them but very little is passed. Bloating from water persists.
Started taking warm baths and brushing and I noticed lots of shit is coming off in the water and I generally feel better from them. Definately keep this up to help with detox.
Hair has improved vastly as well.

Lasted 29 days.

Was made to go to hospital by concerned family. Doctors made me stay overnight with IV drip because blood glucose was 2.9 when it should be 4.5.

Was stuck in hospital for 3 days because they thought I might have an eating disorder. Had to break fast using non preferable foods just to get out of hospital.

By the end of the 29 days my tongue coating was reduced but was still pretty coated, urine still dark and hunger had not returned so I assume my body still needs cleansing.
Been having very watery BMs so far since breaking the fast.

Was pretty weak throughout, found warm baths and skin brushing helped.

Was hardly thirsty at all throughout and when I did drink water I would bloat up and feel extreme fullness in my stomach.