Paul
Vancouver, BC
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And it's the absolute worst.
I don't normally start threads about stuff like this but... holy crap, is this for real? My throat looks and feels like I'm dying of ebola.
Anyone else ever gotten it? How long did it take you to get over? Any suggestions?
Thanks.
thefightinglibrarian
Running after the 'Bus
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Paul wrote >>
And it's the absolute worst.
I don't normally start threads about stuff like this but... holy crap, is this for real? My throat looks and feels like I'm dying of ebola.
Anyone else ever gotten it? How long did it take you to get over? Any suggestions?
Thanks.
See what happens when you make out with everyone??
Sorry you're sick! Drink some tea and sleep the next few weeks away...
Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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Paul wrote >>
And it's the absolute worst.
I don't normally start threads about stuff like this but... holy crap, is this for real? My throat looks and feels like I'm dying of ebola.
Anyone else ever gotten it? How long did it take you to get over? Any suggestions?
Thanks.
ouch! Yeah, I had it 20 years ago and it took over a week to get rid of it. It was horrible. I couldn't even get out of bed and walk to the kitchen without passing out.
I suggest lots of fluids and SLEEP.
good luck!
Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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I was literally wiped for like 2 months, but was able to kind of get back to doing stuff after 2 weeks or so.
JimL2
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That's for real, yeah. IIRC, I could hardly drink water the whole time I had mono. Lost a ton of weight. Campbell's soup-to-go became my meal of choice, but I could only drink about half a can in one sitting.
Honestly can't remember how long I had it for... or much else about it. I think I've tried to forget the whole period. Spent most of the time asleep, and the other part wishing that I could be asleep. A constant cycle of waking up in a sweaty bed, late for my internship, hauling myself around for eight hours behind dead eyes, and then dropping out of consciousness. It probably lasted... a month? Two months? You'd have to ask HeyMrTough, she was around for most of it.
If it makes you feel any better, during this period I decided that shaving was too much effort, and grew a beard that I've had ever since. So maybe this is a good excuse for you to grow a sweet beard?
somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Well at least you know why you've been feeling so bad!! Sorry you're not closer for us to take care of you :( Feel better, bud! *hugs*
Ebeth
Merion Village
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blammo wrote >>
This is also a great chance for you to quit working out for awhile and work up a nice, healthy gut. The shirted men of Columbus implore you to pursue this opportunity.
It really is a good idea to stop working out. When I had mono, I started to feel a little better in the second week so I thought I would do a little yoga. Nothing crazy, more relaxing than anything strenuous, but my doctor was pretty upset when I told him. He said that I could have damaged my liver. I don't really remember the medical explanation for this, but just take it easy until you are healthy again!
chrisgillespie
Short North/Victorian Village
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Ebeth wrote >>
It really is a good idea to stop working out. When I had mono, I started to feel a little better in the second week so I thought I would do a little yoga. Nothing crazy, more relaxing than anything strenuous, but my doctor was pretty upset when I told him. He said that I could have damaged my liver. I don't really remember the medical explanation for this, but just take it easy until you are healthy again!
Maybe he actually was worried about your spleen? It can become enlarged from mono...
Hope you feel better soon, Paul. Take care of yourself, and don't try to rush it.
enzo
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blammo wrote >>
This is also a great chance for you to quit working out for awhile and work up a nice, healthy gut. The shirted men of Columbus implore you to pursue this opportunity.
Blammo is right. When I used to run 25+ miles per week I was so sick so often and had pneumonia twice. I have changed my program (even though I instruct 4 times per week) and am in better shape and get sick less. Sometimes we take ourselves for granted...working out like fiends, staying out late or for days, not eating properly and then during winter staying inside where it is a petri dish of nasty germs floating around everywhere, your already compromised immune system gets taken down further. I would suggest some things but everyone will give me a ton of shit...I swear swear swear by Turmeric...2teaspoons in water twice a day--gross but helpful Amalaki or other vitamin C you can absorb well. Mono sucks especially when you are a high energy person and you have to rest so much...very very irritating. Maybe we can do a CU meetup at your place. Seriously take care because relapse is very high.
somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Jim, don't be a dick. I'm booking my flight now!
nexttuesday
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I had it when I was 18 or 19. My throat was terribly swollen on one side which was my only symptom. It was so swollen I started to not be able to swallow food. After a blood test they told me I had mono. I asked how I would know when I was better and they said I wouldn't. So helpful!
Manatee
The eternal present
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When I had mono I worked at the Giant Eagle in Brook Park, Ohio. I was a cashier. I was turning green and politely took my drawer out of the till, then turned to my managers and communicated that I was going to be sick and was going to the restroom. They tartly told me that "you can't do that because you're not on break".
Well, I showed them that I could do that, and how. Then I didn't come back to work for two weeks.
During that two weeks, everything smelled like cheese and it felt like I had shards of glass in my throat. I didn't eat cheese for six months after that. What made it worse was my stepmother, attempting to nurse me back to health by presenting me with several cheese-based entrees a day.
Paul, you should get lots of those Whole Fruit popsicles. Those were great.
misskitty
Columbus
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Manatee wrote >>
When I had mono I worked at the Giant Eagle in Brook Park, Ohio. I was a cashier. I was turning green and politely took my drawer out of the till, then turned to my managers and communicated that I was going to be sick and was going to the restroom. They tartly told me that "you can't do that because you're not on break".
Well, I showed them that I could do that, and how. Then I didn't come back to work for two weeks.
During that two weeks, everything smelled like cheese and it felt like I had shards of glass in my throat. I didn't eat cheese for six months after that. What made it worse was my stepmother, attempting to nurse me back to health by presenting me with several cheese-based entrees a day.
Paul, you should get lots of those Whole Fruit popsicles. Those were great.
1+ for the whole fruit Popsicle's OMG their sooo good Strawberry OWNs
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