Share your mono story with me!

[RUDisney]

While I never had mono, my junior prom date did. This is his/my story. He had a mild case.

He decided that he was up to going to the prom with me since everything was already paid for and he wasn't feeling too awful. Him parents ok'd the idea and mine did, too.

When he picked me up, my Mom handed us both a note:

No Kissing.

No hand holding.
No slow dancing.

No kissing.

Keep the windows down in the car so the germs will blow out.
No whispering in each other's ears.

No kissing.

No sharing utensils or glasses.

NO KISSING.

Yes, the no kissing messages got bigger and bolder, like I've written them here. We shared the note with everyone that night because we thought it was so funny.

When we got home, he walked me to my door. We shook hands to say goodnight. I went inside and my Mom said, "you didn't kiss him, did you?" I said, "no and we shook hands goodnight." She told me to get in the bathroom and wash my hands right away.

I never got mono from him.

I hope, while I couldn't give you any advice, that I've made you laugh with this story. Hopefully, it doesn't hurt to laugh.

 

[acejka]

I had it 6 years ago, and it was terrible. I was working full time, part time and a full time student. I was dating a guy who's mom was a nurse so she helped me out since I stayed at their house a lot. I was sick for months, probably 2 or 3. I couldn't stay awake, achy, sore throat, ugh and I had some kind of terrible rash all over. They were like huge hives and I had to get steriods.

I was never so tired in my life, and I swear I get some kind of reoccuring mono like symptoms from time to time. I still get that unable to move tiredness and exhaustion.

 

[marypoppinswannabe]

UGH!!! I am so sorry you were sick. I hope you are feeling better.

I had it when I was 26. I have never been that sick in my life... I started feeling bad at Thanksgiving and was not diagnosed until the first week in Dec. I had it so bad that it affected my liver. I was throwing up and had headaches so bad, I had to lay in a dark room with no noise. I was out of work for the entire month of Dec and could only go half days for the month of January. I went every week for liver function tests until Feb.

The month of Dec is really big blur. I slept all of the time.

The upswing of it all? I lost alot of weight and skipped my monthly cycle for two months.

 

[OK!]

It's sort of hard for me to remember, but I got mono during the summer before 4th grade. I remember being SUPER-sleepy during a swim meet and falling asleep between races. It was out of town, so as soon as we got back home, I went to the doctor to find out what was wrong with me. I remember falling asleep on the exam table while waiting for him to come in, and also falling asleep on the way home from his office.

Because it was during the summer and I was a really active, athletic kid, getting mono SUCKED. I had to miss soccer camp and all of the end-of-season swim meets, and of course had to listen to all of the "Who ya been kissin'?" jokes. Lol.

The plus was that I got to have the black & white TV moved into my room, since I spent most of my time in bed. I felt like a princess!

As far as missing things...I remember that I only went half-days to 4th grade for maybe the first quarter or so. I'd always been a very good student, so it wasn't a big deal to miss the time, and right around lunchtime was always when I was really starting to feel weak and beaten down. It just completely sucks the energy out of you.

Sorry to hear you've got it! Make sure you get lots of rest (as though you'll have a choice, lol) and I'm sure you'll be up and around in no time!

 

[autumnpalm]

Thank you, HannaBelle! That is so sweet of you!

I'm feeling better bit by bit. I've managed to keep up with my full university course load so far which is quite challenging but I'm making it through! Most days I go to class, come home and just sleep, sleep, sleep.

I find I have good days and bad days. Usually the bad days come after pushing myself and doing too much and then I pay for it later! My spleen is still pretty enlarged so I've being careful with that and I have to get weekly liver testing but I think overall I have been pretty lucky. The fatigue is the worst part and a lot of the time I feel like somebody has packed my body full of rocks or sandbags or something but I do feel better than when I was first diagnosed!

I have my fingers crossed for our Disney trip coming up in two weeks! Just gotta get through midterms which hopefully don't take too much out of me and I doubt we'll be getting to any rope drops or EMH mornings. But I'm taking each day as it comes and I'm feeling pretty positive!

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I had mono when I was 16. I thought I had strep throat, it turned out to be mono - well, Epstein Barr. The blood work showed that it was a re-occurance of Epstein Barr - that I had had it in the past but didn't know it.

I was out of school for over two months and then went back to school for two periods (less thank 2 hours) a day for the rest of the year (I first got sick in the beginning of February). I wasn't allowed to take gym class even the first semester of the following school year.

My doctor wouldn't allow me to drive since my spleen and my liver were enlarged because of the virus. I remember at one point, I was supposed to go back to school the next day. During the early evening, I went to the grocery store with my mom and the next morning I relapsed and was sick all over again!

It took a LONG time to recover. There are times even now that I wonder if I'm having a re-occurance of Epstein Barr.

Good luck and I hope you get better soon!

 

[luvsJack]

DD has it now. She was diagnosed in November and stayed out of school the entire 3 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

She just gets to feeling rotten and gets really tired. And she complains of her side hurting (doc said its possible that her spleen is slightly enlarged).

She is mostly back at school but still misses at least half a day a week and we have to be really careful about not doing too much on the weekends and her getting overly tired.

It seems to be a long, drawn out process.