Seven minutes after I sent the first post above, I was feeling very hungry, so I set about preparing a lemonade. I just caught a little wiff of the syrup, and everything came up! I couldn't even make it to the bathroom, I threw up at my desk at work. After that there was no ignoring my headache - it turned into a full blown migraine. I managed to drive myself home, have some soup, and lay down until the migrine subsided. So I did not meet my goal (10 days) on the MC. But I am going to look into other kinds of flushes (as suggested - I'll look into juice fasting - Thanks!My research will start at this site. What a gold mine of info and support!). My husband is really supportive, and wants to find one we can try together, which will be great. I wanted to get up and look at the posts last night to see if anyone responded, but I pysically couldn't. EVERYONE out there successfully on (or completing) the Master-Cleanse has my admiration and respect! You'll find me in another forum, I'm sure!I guess I just have whimpy taste buds! Anyone want my maple syrup? I'll never be able to look at that stuff again! : ) Nik