It's good to hear you're recovering, and hey..no worries over the replies :P

I'm much better today! I tried to get some chores done for my dad too now that I'm feeling a bit nicer and it felt pretty great just to be able to be up and feeling well enough to do dishes.

I'd love to learn more about how fasting is practiced in your religion, and the spiritual effect it has. We fast once a month, usually on the first SUnday, and donate the cost of the food we have not eaten to help other people. THe purpose of the fast is to be better able to focus on God. WE always choose a specific something to pray about during the fast, so if we start to feel hungry, it reminds us to focus our prayers on that topic. In addition to the monthly fast, if we have a topic we want to pray about with greater focus, we can choose to fast ad pray for that topic. Is the purpose of your fast similar to this? what is the doctrine behind it? Have you done successfully before, or is this your first time to attempt the fast? How long is the fast? isn't it something like a week, no eating during the day but you can eat one evening meal? is it the same for all moslems everywhere, or less strictly help in some circles?

Fasting has become much easier for me over the years, as I have become more accustomed to doing it. both the brain and the body need a little time to adjust. do you only do it once a year? it might be a bit harder to get adjusted to it that way, because you don't practice as often.

had a friend who could not fast from food, so she would fast from something else, usually music, since she was a musician and that felt like a daily need as much as food for her. I've also known people who fast from food and not from water, because of medical issues, or who fast for shorter times. because I don't know the exact rules or reasons for your fast, what say might not be helpful.

I hope you get feeling better soon.

DO you beleive God [Allah?] answers prayers and helps us and heals us? I beleive He does, and anything he asks us to do, such as fast, He will in Due time bless us with the ability to do it. I beleive if you are striving to serve him He will show you the way. sometimes he wants us to learn patience, though. things happen in His time.

It's considered one of the 5 pillars of Islam to fast for the entire month of Ramadan. Ramadan shifts through the years due to the Islamic calender being a lunar calender. So it's 30 days of neither eating or drinking during daylight hour for anyone who is healthy enough and generally over the age of 10-12 depending on parent's digression. Those who cannot fast for health reasons are encouraged to feed the hungry (I've done this already to help make up). The purpose for fasting is for a few reasons, to remind us that god gives us what we have to eat every day and that that is a blessing and to learn both discipline and to really empathize with those in the world who are less fortunate. We also do additional prayers on top of the 5 most Muslims try to do per day.

I know my health problems can be an issue as is and fasting really aggravated them; however I would not have felt right if I had not have tried it since this is my first Ramadan as a Muslim. I should have however, talked to my doctor before trying.

I recognize that God has given me my health problems for a reason, and for a lesson that I can grow from. God never gives us challenges we cannot over come in my opinion. If God can see this gets all sorted out I'd be happy but I already feel blessed that I live in a country that provides me with health care and means to maintain myself. As is this condition is chronic and will not go away unless the tumor grows and they preform brain surgery, but I feel I can deal with it since I have God to depend on when I am in pain.