erikahollister- Журнал, 03 июл 23

@Erika... Thanks! 🙂 

I cringe the whole time I eat sardines, but I choke them down and won't eat again for at least another 24 hours.  

This thought had never occured to me, my actual longest ever fast was 15 days long and it was medically supervised because I was in ICU with a bowel perforation caused by endometriosis. I was NPO for one week while they pumped me full of antibiotics to prevent sepsis, then I was scheduled for a 2 hour bowel resection. It turned into a 7 hour surgery because it was not diverticulitis as they thought it was a 4 inch brick of endometrial tissue that had grown around my colon and they had to chisel it out of me, so I ended up with a colostomy bag. I spent another 7 days with a NG tube and NPR of course. On day 15 they hung a giant milkshake on my IV and started insulin shots, that continues for 3 days. Then they removed the NG tube, gave me water and clear broth, followed an hour later by clear jello, and pre&probiotics by mouth when all of that stayed down. They gave me soft scrambled eggs. Dinner was boiled chicken breast and white rice. They had me on a low residue diet for a few days till I produced a BM then they sent me home, with 40 staples on a full midline incision and a colostomy bag. That was my longest fast ever! Not fun! 

Debra... damn! 😬😱😨 

Yeah Phil, it was also the most physically traumatic thing I had ever had happen to me, including childbirth. I had never really looked at it as a fasting episode as I was quite ill at the time and the NG tube was the main focus of my misery because they had nicked my nostril when inserting it and it hurt like hell! They weighed me every morning and even though they kept a saline drip on me I had lost about 20 lbs by the time they hung that huge milkshake on my IV, that along with the insulin shots....because intravenous feeding does not activate insulin production, increased my weight by 9 pounds in three days.  

OMG - so sorry to hear this tale. and so glad that you survived it! 

It was boring in the ICU, no TV because most ICU patients are so ill they are barely conscious, so I looked at my medical chart, asked 10,000 questions of every Dr or nurse who came through the door. I never questioned my lack of hunger though, I supposed it was due to me being so sick. 

On the subject of sardines: you can make them into patties with a little egg and pork rind crumbs, seasoned and fried, or you can combine with tuna, salmon etc. to make a fish salad by adding some soft boiled egg crumble and your favorite dressing. Both are more palatable than straight sardines. Even straight out of the can I add dijon mustard. If you're hungry, it tastes pretty good. 

LOL! I love sardines! I like them with Franks Hot sauce! 

In a post apocalyptic world, I would eat sardines before I resorted to cannibalism 😇 

Back during the 4 hurricane year in South florida, I had stocked up on some tinned meats, vienna sausage, spam, sardines and tuna. The vienna sausages went quick, followed by tuna.....we came to a choice between spam and sardines, sardines won, no one wanted the spam! 

Damn, Deb!!! That was a horrible experience!!! So glad you pulled through it! 

Maybe my palate has changed. I will try some again sardines in the future. I also bought some liver to try again.