My right foot still hurts like hell. I’ve discovered the trigger for this week’s attack and it’s my attempt at intermittent fasting. Apparently, fasting elevates uric acid but the kidney is not able to excrete it because it prioritizes ketones. Umm okay, I got this info off reddit so I don’t know the exact scientific explanation. I haven’t been drinking enough water too, so I was super dehydrated resulting to uric crystals. It’s a hard lesson to learn. I’m sad because IF gave me results the past two weeks.

So yeah, I took the day off today because I couldn’t sleep with the pain. I finally fell asleep at around 8am, woke up at 2, ate, and went back to sleep. I woke up again at 8pm already, had dinner then welcomed the usual visitors at home. I like having people around because it distracts me from the pain. Pokemon Quest also helped with the distraction.

Now it’s 2:50 am. I just finished watching Switched on Netflix (I will post a review separately, but watch it guys!). I will be sleeping on the couch tonight so that I have easier access to the restroom in case I need to pee (I will be peeing a lot because I have been drinking water like crazy, to flush out the uric acid).

This is my view right now. My brother’s playing jazz music in his room so I’m feeling quite relaxed, pain on foot aside. I hope I get to sleep soon. I don’t want work to pile up.

Good night! I’ll be playing Pokemon Quest until I run out of batteries or I fall asleep.