Anyone have experience with mono?

[MomofCKJ]

My 11y DD was just diagnosed this morning. I brought her in thinking strep, she's had a bad sore throat the last few days. I wasn't expecting this. Poor thing broke into tears when they told her no horseback riding for a few weeks. Anyone have experience with this? What can we expect? They said to keep her home the rest of this week but if the fever is gone by Monday she can go back to school.

Thanks,

Allyson

 

[Hedy]

Seaspray's DS has it too http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1982965

I had it in college. I would not wish it on my worst enemy. to DD.

 

[Nik's Mom]

Ugh! I have experience. I caught it in college and was very sick for a month! It was awful. I was very weak, my tonsils were so swollen that I could not swallow. I lost a ton of weight. Even once I was well enough to go back to school, I still felt tired.

The good news is that I've heard that adults seem to get sicker with it than litlt ones. Hope your dd feels better soon. Be sure to follow doctor's orders.

 

[PatsMom]

I had mono when I was 18 or 19 years old. I was on active duty in the Air Force at the time and didn't have any family to take care of me. I was also single and they didn't like to assign single sick airmen to quarters (sort of short term sick leave) because they were concerned about them getting worse and dying. So I was trying to keep working. Fortunately I had a great boss at the time who cut me a lot of slack. I was so sick and tired. Finally the doctor said something about what would I do if he gave me real convalescent leave - the answer was I would fly home to my mother. So I got two weeks convalescent leave.

It was a really miserable disease and seemed like it just dragged me down for weeks on end. I remember the sore throat but it was pretty secondary to the exhuastion.

 

[mamamary]

I had it my freshman year of high school. Honestly I remember a bad sore throat but I don't have any other bad memories about it. Hope she feels better soon.

 

[powellrj]

I had it in high school and missed 9 weeks of school and it took almost a year before I was completely recovered. I had a swollen spleen and I also had jaundice.

My brother had it in the 5th grade and was so sick, he was under the care of a hemotoligst.

Its nothing to mess around with. Some kids recover pretty quickly, but I would be very surprised if they could return to school on Monday.

 

[ObsessedwiththeMouse]

My 11y DD was just diagnosed this morning. I brought her in thinking strep, she's had a bad sore throat the last few days. I wasn't expecting this. Poor thing broke into tears when they told her no horseback riding for a few weeks. Anyone have experience with this? What can we expect? They said to keep her home the rest of this week but if the fever is gone by Monday she can go back to school.

Thanks,

Allyson

Hi Allyson!

I had mono twice when I was a kid. It was horrible.

I just remember sleeping alot and not being able to participate in gym class for awhile. There's something when you have mono, your spleen (I think) is enlarged and, if you "play rough", it could burst...which is why no gym class.

Poor baby!

 

[MomofCKJ]

Thanks for the link to the other post and for sharing your stories. Ugh. Right now her throat is the worst of it and she has a fever. She is tired but not to the point of not being able to move. The dr felt she was on the early side of this. Her spleen and liver are not enlarged right now but that was the concern and the reason for the no horseback riding (or any sports). We go back on 11/21 for another visit. Poor thing, one of her best friend's sleepover parties is this Friday night and she is going to miss that too.

Allyson

 

[kmp1191]

I had it in the third grade. Actually, I had mono and pneumonia at the same time. I remember my mom taking my temperature one night because I had slept all day and it was 105+. They rushed me to the hospital and had to ice me down. (Litterally, stripped me down and made me lie on a bed/gurney and they poured ice & ice cold water on me!)
I was in the hospital for a week and missed a month of school. I remember having a sore throat and sleeping ALOT.

Good luck to you and I hope your DD feels better SOON!!!

 

[MushyMushy]

I had it my senior year fortunately. I say fortunately because at that time, we had "senior campus" which allowed us to leave school during lunches and study halls. I spent about a half a day in school and the other half at home sleeping. I was downright miserable for months!

Make sure your DD takes it easy and doesn't overexert herself. Poor thing.

 

[mhsjax]

Please have her rest, I had it when I was 18, it was HORRIBLE, I slept for about 20 hours a day for 4 weeks, and then was hospitalized. It can take a long time to get over, so easy does it for her. Take care.

 

[mommasita]

to your DD..

I had it at 17 and am just now getting better from it again, but at 39. Not fun.

Rest is the best thing, and lots of Vitamin C.
I do hope she is feeling better soon. It is a real doozie of a thing, but she will heal, and probably fast at her age...

 

[aprilgail2]

to your DD..

I had it at 17 and am just now getting better from it again, but at 39. Not fun.

...

You had it twice?? All my Dr's told me that once you get it you could not get it again! Boy I hope they were not lying!

 

[Nik's Mom]

I had it in high school and missed 9 weeks of school and it took almost a year before I was completely recovered. I had a swollen spleen and I also had jaundice.

My brother had it in the 5th grade and was so sick, he was under the care of a hemotoligst.

Its nothing to mess around with. Some kids recover pretty quickly, but I would be very surprised if they could return to school on Monday.

This is so true. I kept trying to keep going to class because I was getting straight A's that semester in college. I almost fainted at work and my boss ordered me to the health center. I was put on bed rest and a team of doctors told me that if I didn't follow doctors orders, I could die. I listened to them after that.

 

[MushyMushy]

You had it twice?? All my Dr's told me that once you get it you could not get it again! Boy I hope they were not lying!

I had it twice (my doctor told me it was chronic), and a friend of mine has had it twice. We had the same strain -- even caught it from the same person.

 

[mommasita]

You had it twice?? All my Dr's told me that once you get it you could not get it again! Boy I hope they were not lying!

I had it twice (my doctor told me it was chronic), and a friend of mine has had it twice. We had the same strain -- even caught it from the same person.

Yes twice. Sad but true. I am finally having some extra energy this week, and that is due to the FABULOUS b12 injections..