Well, the first week I had these fancy ideas of doing 20, 30, even 40 days. But by day 5 I was in pretty bad shape, awful pelvic pain that was constant, mental fog and a sharpened sense of smell that could pick up the scent of food from 300 yards away.

I am finishing day 19 now. I've had detox symptoms, attended a luncheon and a christening party that tempted like crazy. But I'm still going. Can I do 30 or 40? Well I've still got thoughts about it. We'll see. If some real healing is a possibility then I want to try. Life's too short to be constantly sick (and 30 or 40 days is a relatively small price to pay).

I've been walking about 2 miles a day and relaxing, mostly. For the record, my master cleanse isn't "perfect". I started also drinking green juices and vegetable broth from about day 11. But it's a fast nonetheless and I'm going to do my 20th day tomorrow.