Fasting - Day Five

105.8.  Had a horrible night last night with heartburn so bad I thought it was going to burn a hole through my chest.  That lasted five hours.  The doctor came through to do his morning rounds pretty early today and woke me up.  Then I was barely getting back to sleep when the housekeeping guy came through.  Grrr.  The good news is, though, getting only half of the sleep that I need would normally make my headaches off the chart bad, and they seem about the same as yesterday, so that's encouraging.  I have been super whiny today.  I'm cold, my legs ache, my back is sore, my tummy is upset.  Just no fun.  The intern did an extra check on me today to make sure that my blood pressure and pulse really wasn't as wacky as it was this morning.  Really, though, if you're going to pull me straight out of an interesting dream, what do you expect?  I'm still hungry and obsessed with thinking about food.  And where at the beginning of the fast I was dreaming about healthy stuff, now I'm thinking of stuffed mushrooms, cheeseburger soup, hot chocolate, honey lime chicken enchiladas. . .mmmm.  Anyway, we'll see how the night goes.  Sometimes I wish I could take naps.  I'm thinking of composing a song about fasting, to the tune of the 12 Days of Christmas.  On the first day of fasting, my hunger was extreme. . .and then adding a new symptom every day.  What do you think?