10.15.2015
Jammu and Kashmir: Casual employees sit on fast unto death
9.16.2015
Environmental activists go on hunger strike in McPherson Square ahead of pope’s visit
9.04.2015
After Mass Hunger Strikes & Lawsuits, Prisoners Force California to Scale Back Solitary Confinement
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7.12.2015
Protesters against coal-fired power plant stage hunger strike
Paramedical staffers are on a hunger strike nationwide in protest against the outsourcing and privatisation of health services and demanded filling up of positions that are lying vacant for a long time.
Hunger strike planned to demand water
7.11.2015
Israeli women launch fast for peace on Gaza war anniversary
I srael Locks down Hunger Striking Prisoner in Solitary Confinement
7.10.2015
30 school principals from Malvani on hunger strike
6.29.2015
6.05.2015
5.08.2015
SPDF: Medical update, Fri a.m. 050815
5.07.2015
SPDF Day 52-14: Thu 050715 Medical update. Surgery?
12 p.m. update: The surgical team just came in and evaluated me. The head surgeon wants me to go back on regular diet immediately. IV removed. It is not that they are doubting any of my symptoms. it is simply their judgment that we should give it more time and see if my system can learn to cope with the incoming food. I should receive lunch momentarily. I'll have dinner. a meal tomorrow morning. If all of that goes well then they will discharge me tomorrow and we will see what happens. If and when there is the onset of another event then they have decided to administer a test that in time lapse watches the food go through my intestines so that they can better spot what is going on, where, more exactly.
5.06.2015
***** SPDF. Med Update. Houston, we have a problem.
5.04.2015
Tufts students to begin hunger strike over job cuts
5.03.2015
SPDF Day 52 minus 10: Hunger strike is most dangerous once food intake is attempted.As I have experienced and......
5.01.2015
Back in the emergency room. Extreme pain since 7 this morning. 12 hours now. My hunch.....
Back in the emergency room. Extreme pain since 7 this morning. 12 hours now. My hunch is that 52 days without food allowed the scar tissue from my cancer operations to lay traps around my intestines causing obstruction. Awaiting results from the CT scan an hour ago.
4.30.2015
SPDF Day 52-7: Released from ER and Hospital this afternoon.... more
Admitted to ER at Howard University (I survived) 7am after sitting on the toilet floor since midnight pouring sweat, shaking in stomach pain. Finally called the ambulance.
Diagnosis, twisted, obstructed, small intestine. The only comment on me going to the ER was, 'WHY DID YOU WAIT FOR 6 HOURS TO CALL US???? DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.' I won't.
Cause? The senior surgeon who admitted me and attended me each day, surrounded by his gaggle of interns, at mid day today, when I asked, 'What did I do to bring this on?,' thinking it was what I ate, how I ate, the 52 day fast... he said, 'No, it was nothing you did, and you have no restrictions now. It is all the cancer surgery in your abdomen. It unavoidably causes scarring, and this often, frequently, usually(?) sets up the condition for such small intestine obstructions as I had.
My SAINT of a primary care doc, devoted to we homeless, saw me when I returned from the hospital, and has called my cancer team to find out if they want the surgeon that did the liver section to see what is going on? And, she wants me to get the colonoscopy they've been trying to get me to schedule, which I will.
For now, tho I've been given no restrictions, I'm trying to avoid eating any C.R.A.P. (Carbonated, Refined Shugars, Artificial sweeteners or colorings, Processed) (the Farmers Market is open with subsidies for we economically poor), chew vvveeerrrryyyy carefully, watch portion size, hydrate.
I'm taking some gut-beast-feeding farmers market sauerkraut each day, and Greek Yogurt for the gut as well (sorry sister cows) :-( .
Tho the extreme pain has subsided, the nature of the pain and feeling of vulnerability has not. Feels pretty wounded, and vulnerable. I'll see what happens. They emphasized I need to be ready at short notice to back to the hospital.
I needed to be on Captal $$$ Hill with the Free Palestine Vigil this week... that didn't happen. Whether I can get to the White House Sat and Sun... I pray so... will have to see what my body says. Pretty messed up. Of course, I'll make every second count for Palestine, on line, that I can, regardless.
4.28.2015
SPDF Day 52-5: They have given me something for the pain. they are keeping me comfortable. They have....
SPDF Day 52-5: They have given me something for the pain. they are keeping me comfortable. They have taken a full set of abdominal x-rays to see if they can spot a blockage and/or adhesion. the doctor has not yet brought in the results. I am able to get some work done on my tablet. But having set up all night in the bathroom shaking with pain, drenched in sweat, I am also requiring quite a bit of sleep. Unfortunately. I needed to be on Capitol Hill with the posters for Congress today. Hopefully tomorrow. I must better understand how to consume the calories I need without creating a crisis in my carved up abdomen.