Detox Symptoms: Don't hate em. They're Milestones

[innerpilot]

Do you mind stating your age and/ or if you ever have had any professional diagnosis concerning your pains and stiffness? I am 57 and have had climate related arthritis that is greatly alleviated when I cleanse, although while cleansing, some days the pain seems to be worse for short periods, and yes, I personally connect this with detox. It's amazing how much mucus the body accumulates, even if one lives a healthy lifestyle; a little may be necessary for lubrication ( the jury is still out on that one), but most mucus is junk, sometimes simply a carrier for toxins, that can be expelled incredibly by this cleanse.

[Guest]

Hi Peter,
This is my first attempt ever at detoxifying. I am on day three of the MC. However, last night I started experiencing MAJOR lower back pain/discomfort that sits at the top of my deriere. So I decided to stretch before bed. The pain did not go away instead it lasted through the night. I awoke this morning with the same discomfort so I went for a walk to loosen up my back. The pain subsided for a little while however, it has returned again this evening with a vengence. It's unfcomfortable to walk, sit or lay down. Is this normal? If so, how long does it last? I haven't done anything different in my daily routine that would aggrivate my back this way. The only change I have made is to begin the MC. Does this mean that my kidneys are detoxifying? Please help. I don't want to sound like a pansey but this hurts and I don't know how long I can endure the pain. Thanks if advance.

[Errigal_lass]

Today is day 2 of my official cleanse and am freezing my tail off! I cannot get warm. I had done an epsom salt bath soak to sweat for toxin release through the skin, and maybe that was a bit radical at this stage of the game?

This is the second cleanse that I have done, only the first one last fall was with veg juicing for 10 days. Am anxious to see how I feel after this one.

Have a nice day everyone. E.L.

[SIGURDSSON]

someone here posted about BLOOD PRESSURE but there wan't a response and I'm concerned.
it hadn't occured to me, that that could be a danger. I've always had low blood pressure. sometimes, too low. I'm really healthy. I remember it had been a concern for me when I drank and wasn't taking care of myself. but it's been normally low.
could the MC be wrong for me? would this lower my blood pressure too much b/c I don't have minerals coming in and having the flushes take everything out?

just wondering.
I would hate to ask a doctor anything b/c they won't understand the cleanse and scare me away from it.

[sweetcornprincess]

Wow. I'm having the weirdest joint pain. At first I questioned if it was detox, but now I know it must be. This dull ache just drills deep to the bone and then sends pingers of pain radiating from my joints. It's different than any other pain I've had.

It was just my hips, but now I feel it starting in my right knee. I hope it goes away with tomorrow's salt water flush. This hurts...but it could be worse.

I don't have a problem viewing this as a milestone. I just wish I had confirmation that's what it was, so I stop worrying about it.

I'm on Day 5, but I'm thinking I may have slowed myself down a bit by skipping the swf two days and not replacing it with the tea. I really thought it would be fine going every other day, as I was still having morning eliminations. Even with the SWF, I only have eliminations in the morning. Nothing else throughout the day.

Should I do the SWF in the am and try an extra dose of the tea during the day?

[ladydee]

Hello sweetcorn -

Congrats on keeping wth the cleanse even wth that joint pain! i have had some severe detoc pain myself so i know how you feel . . . yes, i do think it is detox.

Drink lots more water - that will help.

*And* if i were you, wld definitely do the SWF in the am (and the laxative tea tonight) .

No matter what, the SWF is very *efficient* at sweeping toxins from the system!

For now, hot and cold compresses to your joint(s) might help some or even a topical ointment (like Arnica, Icey/Hot,etc.)

Hope this helps.

[sweetcornprincess]

Thanks ladydee. I am definitely sticking with the swf. I could feel that I needed it when I skipped it. I got up late today, got down half of it, realized it was too late to try more. I hope it still works. I held off on drinking a glass of water so as not to affect the ratio of salt to water going through me.

I'm going to do the tea this morning too as I feel I need to ensure that I eliminate all those toxins from yesterday. Think that's okay?

I hope today is a better day. Day 6 for me. And for the record, I usually drink 8 glass a day - yesterday I drank 12. I was just craving food so bad. Wow. That may explain the intensity of my detox symptoms.

[sweetcornprincess]

Oh man, I don't know if I'm gonna make it. The joint pain pingers are starting again, and it hurts so bad. I feel like I'm in such heavy detox for day 6...I'm going to have to leave work. I'm just going to chew my face off. I thought it says symptoms are supposed to go away the next day after eliminations.

I get hungry and have cravings for what I don't even know, but now I can't drink the lemonade. Every sip I take of the lemonade makes the pain increase. It's like it's not working now because it's triggering too intense detox...I know. Drink water, right? That's what I'll do. And no more than 6 glasses of lemonade a day maybe - I've had 3 today already. I'm having a rough day.

Ughhhh...and mucous, I'm choking up foam. I'm such a mess today. I wonder why Days 1-5 were easier for me, and now I'm falling apart. I don't get it. Technically I guess this is Day 7 for me since I started the fast w/lemonade on Friday. Maybe it's the bad day 7 Peter talked about.

Is this something specific I'm having a hard time detoxing on?

[Guest]

This is my first cleanse and I'm on Day 6. It is going well; however, I'm concerned about low back pain which I've not had before. I'm also not getting a fast response from the SWF. I thought it was supposed to work in about an hour. It has been two hours, and nothing has happened. I've done this every other day...and each time it takes quite a while for an elimination. I'm 6 feet tall and 200 pounds.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[Yellowgirl]

Hi Deb Z,

About 10 - 20 minutes after you finish the SWF, start rubbing, kneading, pushing, squeezing, and massaging your entire abdomen, stomach and intestines. If you do it vigorously enough, you'll feel and hear some gurgling - that means you got it moving!

Keep doing that until you get the "urge," then go sit on the bowl and keep doing it until it's out!

Works like a charm! ;D