Any of you foos had Mono before?
Take the steroids, my doctor told me not to wear the lap belt in the car because of the enlarged spleen. Why are the labs taking so long? I went to an urgent care and they just did a finger ***** and had the results back in like 10 minutes.
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Yep I just had it fairly recently. Lasted me from Thanksgiving till around the end of December and I missed 2 weeks of work. Make sure you drink alot of water, preferably no other fluids than that (OJ is good tho). Get alot of sleep... if you can sleep in just go ahead and do it since your body is trying to fight off the mono. Try to eat healthy and take some multivitamins. If your tonsils get swollen / infected looking like mine did, gargle with warm saltwater twice a day... works better while in the shower cause it will help you spit up any mucus or infectious crap in the back of your mouth. Chew gum since it helps prevent you from swallowing and have icewater or ice cream too for the swelling. Even though I don't have mono anymore my right tonsil is still swollen slightly and my doctor said it probably wont go away or will just take longer to. Good luck.
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u only get mono once correct? then body becomes immune to it.
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Yep I just had it fairly recently. Lasted me from Thanksgiving till around the end of December and I missed 2 weeks of work. Make sure you drink alot of water, preferably no other fluids than that (OJ is good tho). Get alot of sleep... if you can sleep in just go ahead and do it since your body is trying to fight off the mono. Try to eat healthy and take some multivitamins. If your tonsils get swollen / infected looking like mine did, gargle with warm saltwater twice a day... works better while in the shower cause it will help you spit up any mucus or infectious crap in the back of your mouth. Chew gum since it helps prevent you from swallowing and have icewater or ice cream too for the swelling. Even though I don't have mono anymore my right tonsil is still swollen slightly and my doctor said it probably wont go away or will just take longer to. Good luck.
i had it. my tonsils was swollen as f#ck. hurted like crazy too. felt like i was gettin stabbed in tha throat. juss try to rinse it out wit warm water or lemon juice. i was laid out for like 2 weeks cuz of it. i took alot of motrin to for the pain. good luck n hope ull feel better. (sorry if i kinda scared u)
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Originally Posted by se0ul
u only get mono once correct? then body becomes immune to it.
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Originally Posted by British Banger
Once you get mono it is highly improbable that you will get it again. However your chances of getting the virus that caused it, Epstein Barr, remain the same
. You almost never get it twice though. Rest is about all you can do. It's all you will want to do.
If you don't do what they tell you, you might get over it for awhile, then have a relapse. Most people have actually had it and didn't know, just thought it was the flu or something.
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I've had it twice. Or one, very very long time (3 years apart). Being a "science" they can't be sure. You almost never get it twice though. Rest is about all you can do. It's all you will want to do.
. You almost never get it twice though. Rest is about all you can do. It's all you will want to do.
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Hey Oaf,
I feel your pain. Being hurt in BCT is not fun. I thought it'd be a great idea to go to a hockey camp the month before I went to get me in a little better shape. Horrible idea. I showed up 3 days after I left with shine splints. Not only was I physically busted but I was miserable to begin with. Assage sucking commenced in superflous amounts almost instantly upon my arrival at Ft. Benning.
I feel your pain. Being hurt in BCT is not fun. I thought it'd be a great idea to go to a hockey camp the month before I went to get me in a little better shape. Horrible idea. I showed up 3 days after I left with shine splints. Not only was I physically busted but I was miserable to begin with. Assage sucking commenced in superflous amounts almost instantly upon my arrival at Ft. Benning.
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Had it once when I was like 14. Just to echo what everyone else has said, you'll feel tired for about 2 weeks. Pretty much all you can do is sleep it off. Drinking some Sprite seemed to help me through it, because you won't want to eat. The upside is that you will probably lose some weight because you won't be eating, so it's like a diet by force. :-)
Good luck, get well soon!
Good luck, get well soon!
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Originally Posted by FLIWRX
I had it when i was a kid its not fun at all 
. The best thing to do is take he medicine they give you and lie down. It will most likely make you feel real rundown like it made me feel. I was out of school for like 1 week then i was 13 cause of it. It is contagious from what i can remember about it in its early stages but i might be wrong about that. Good luck and get some rest.
. The best thing to do is take he medicine they give you and lie down. It will most likely make you feel real rundown like it made me feel. I was out of school for like 1 week then i was 13 cause of it. It is contagious from what i can remember about it in its early stages but i might be wrong about that. Good luck and get some rest.I had it too...plenty if rest dude!!!!
-freddie
ps. Hope you feel better soon.
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