Mono sucks.

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Hahah. ;)

Yeah, I had it for a month, took a year to recover from it...but that was mono + fibromyalgia so...meh. You've got it easy.
 

BD2003

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It sucks...just hope it doesnt lead to hepatitis, which makes it far, far worse.
 

OulOat

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Yeah, for a little while. I turned on my cd player in my car and out came the lamest sounds. Turns out someone had set it on mono. Yeah, mono sucks.
 

jammur21

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I had it over christmas break my senior year in HS. It knocked me out, big time. Try to keep your fluids up, get lots of rest. Maybe subscribe to Netflix, or Blockbuster free month trial b/c you won't be doing much of anything for a while. I was sick for 2 weeks, lost about 15 pounds, and was weak for about 2 or 3 weeks after that. I figure it was at least 2-3 months before I felt 100% again.
 
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People are making terrible assumptions. You don't have to have direct oral contact with someone to contract mononucleosis(sp?). You just need to be in close proximity to someone; aka: sitting beside someone in class. At least, that's how I got it.
 

UsandThem

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Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I thought itwas fluid contact (usually spit)

It has a much higer infection rate that way, but like stated before, you can get it from just being in close contact.

When I was in school, almost all the cheerleaders got it because one of them got around a lot (confirming to new name calling rules for females) and several of them was drinking from her water bottle and bam.......like 75% came down with it.

 

TwinkleToes77

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Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I thought itwas fluid contact (usually spit)

or sharing a drink, or someone sneezing/coughing on you. plus a carrier of mono doesnt necessarily have symptoms. They can go their whole life without knowing they have mono.
 

cavemanmoron

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Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
well, just found out today i have mono. there goes my summer. any of you ever have it?

Yes when I was 19.


I almost died;parents were out of town;for 2 weeks,while I was getting sick,
I was too stupid to go to the Doctors.:eek:

Parents came home from vacation,and knew right away I was really ill.

Doh.