Sick

Its the flu season again and I suppose I asked for it.
I have been feeling icky for a few weeks, not really able to keep down anything substantial and just wanting to sleep all the time. So I thought perhaps, it being spring and all it would be a good time for a cleanse. I started to prepare myself on Friday by only drinking juice and taking it easy.
Day 2
On Saturday I started the master cleanse ( the lemon juice, cayenne, and maple syrup mixture) drinking lots of herbal tea and slept most of the day with a short walk with the dogs. Felt pretty good but was craving waffles (weird). Broke down and had applesauce in the evening.
Day 3
On Sunday I woke up and walked the dogs then did the salt water flush. For those of you who don't know what this is it is really quite gross. 2 tsp of sea salt in a quart of lukewarm water. Bleck! Gagged trying to get it all down. Because it is roughly the same salinty or something as your insides it basically goes through you very quickly taking a lot of gunk from your intestines with it. Not pleasant, but effective. But then I started to get phlegmy. So I did a nasal cleanse with my trusty netti pot and went to do a restorative yoga class, which btw was amazing. However, my nose would not stop running. just continued to flow! My first thought was that this was just how my body was detoxing.
Day 4
Woke up a little stuffed up and got ready for work. Got to work and started sneezing. Continued to sneeze with extremely heavy congestion. Simon made fun of me saying that all the health food I eat is making me sick, I need to eat more chips and beer. Gave up and went home at 10:30am. Miserable. Stopped and got lots of juice and drank juice and slept all day. Didn't feel like eating anything
Day 5
Still incredibly conjested, can't sleep, sneezing totally miserable. Drinking juice, tea, but nothing else sounds good. Workers come to replace rotted wood on my cottage to prepare for painting. Lots of banging and pounding and shaking as the rip off the old wood and put up new planks. UGH! Dope myself up on Theraflu, totally negating the cleanse and sleep all day. Manage to eat some white rice and steamed broccoli for dinner.
Day6
Wake up at 5 am totally awake, not conjested but not feeling all that hot either. Its raining. I go to work for 10 minutes to pick up some papers to read and come home. My head feels like its going to explode. All day. Ugh. Had oatmeal for breakfast. stayed down. Tried to have soup for lunch. did not stay down.
Day 7
Woke up again at 5 am even though I stayed up till 11pm. Weighed myself out of curiousity. Lost 10 lbs since last Thursday! Seriously not good. Had oatmeal and tea for breakfast. Went to work until noon and then needed to sleep. Had soup for lunch, but tasted way too salty, even though from Whole Foods. Gross, but kept it down. and have been sleeping the rest of the afternoon.

This is a little ridiculous. I suppose it could either be a serious detox, or I weakened my immune system by trying to cleanse. Either way, not fun. Lots of stuff to get rid of I suppose...