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Day 42 - Blaine's ailments in full
Earlier this week David Blaine described the physical pain and discomfort he has endured during his time in the box. In one of his longest speeches since entering his Perspex prison, the illusionist read aloud from his journal, giving a complete list of his ailments. A selection of his words follows.
“I wrote down the most difficulties I had.
“The first was the backache. The pad is only one inch thick – so when I lie down… my back is in continual pain which started on day two. Also when it gets cold this pad gets really hard so that’s another crazy discomfort.
“Number two is sharp shooting pains in my muscles… I can’t stretch arms or legs out ‘cause of this killing pains.
“Next – always cold at night – the walls are thin. The lights do nothing to provide heat. The two small, round heaters didn’t last – if I put my hands right against them I can feel that... In the day, the sun bakes.
“Number four. Headache.
“Number five. Strobe light effect in eyes.
“Number six. My heart is beating really fast, then slows down and stops – it’s irregular.
“My mouth is always dry which reminds me to drink which is good, and it tastes like sulphur – which almost tastes like s***. For the first days it tasted sweet, cos my body was breaking down sugars glucose.
“Dust balls all over everything – they even get in my nose and throat.
“When I stand up everything goes black and sometimes my hearing goes out.
“When I concentrate on something too much it hurts in my head.
“Fantasies about food – don’t usually hurt but once in a while I crave it.
“Cause of the taste in my mouth the water is often disgusting to drink.
“I’ve only taken a ‘number two’ once, so my body is holding it in and that hurts. Often I wish I was free.
“It doesn’t smell too great in here. I don’t smell too good. When I lean face down through that hole – that’s the only time I get fresh air. I wish I could shower and brush my teeth and have some fresh thin soup. This box is always dropping suddenly ‘cause the cables drop so that’s freaky – I’m used to it.
“And the last one is that I always want to vomit ‘cause my body is so acidic – and that is why I burp a lot. “
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