Please note that I was raised in a Conservative home & am now a Baal Teshuva.
My main problem is that my blood sugar can drop without my realizing it. I even have a Service Dog that not only alerts me when my level drops when I am awake, but has also saved my life quite a number of times by waking me when I’m sleeping (he weighs 18 lbs. and jumps up and down on my chest while barking in my face until I wake and drink some juice or eat hard candy I keep by my bed to raise my level enough to get up and eat something proper).
So I was told that I am not allowed to fast & to do so would be as wrong as a healthy person who refuses to fast.
It was suggested that on Yom Kippur I should bring a small bag of food & occasionally slip out to the bathroom and eat enough to keep my blood sugar level up, but I fear that others may spot me doing so or see the bag of food and think I am committing a Chillul Hashem.
Plus, and I fully know this is my own personal issue, it feels kind of sneaky and bad. Then, not to take away from anyone else, I see posts from people praising their relatives for being able to keep the fast and I feel even worse for not being allowed to even try to do the same…
I don’t expect anyone to find some sort of resolution for me or to not post when they are proud of others for being able to fast, I guess I just needed to “share” my internal predicament.