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I began to feel somewhat better with fewer symptoms and less severe symptoms for a while but as of the last few days they came back :
exhausted slept 16 hours last night
no appetite and trouble swallowing
headache
muscle soreness
eyes hurting especially in bright light
weakness
nausea
feeling hot yet cold at the same time
random burning on skin
sometimes itchiness
back and stomach pain
breathlessness
I somewhat had believed i was getting a little better and moving forward no where near normal but was coping with the symptoms i had left making it through most days way more easily than before and he we go again it seems to have gotten worse with still no definite diagnosis. I was told maybe a mono-like virus 8 months ago but did not test positive for current infection though i had been feeling off for a fee months prior.At this point i am just tired of being tired and feeling bad i do not want to leave out of my house even though i have to go to work and try since i am my houses main source of income. Anxiety and depression have also been thrown into the mix but i think they are more of a side effect than a cause. I literally just do not feel like doing anything or going anywhere i just want to lay there and not move. It is so sad to be like this again after so long. I have extreme sympathy for anyone dealing with someone like this it is so debilitating and scary 24/7 and then on days you do feel better it makes you feel even more weird because you are not used to feeling normal. At this point after a year of feeling off i do not even recall what normal means or feel like any more.
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craig07920 josh46287
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Hi Josh,
I'm so sorry to hear that you have been feeling so terrible lately and I truly empathise with what you're going through. I remember after 8 months feeling very similar myself - I had felt like I made a small bit of progress before that but I was still so far off where I needed to be and then at around 8 months I hit another bad phase for a few weeks, where I had terrible joint and muscle pain, and the feeling of discouragement and just weariness with the whole thing going on so long and not getting there was just overwhelming.
I definitely want to encourage you Josh that this is normal with mono what you're going through, sometimes to feel like have moved a bit forwards and then all of a sudden it can feel back the way again. But please know that there is recovery and good health after this thing - for me it was about 10 months before I really started to see a breakthrough, it still took some time to get fully there but life became so much more easier and I didn't feel so awful all of the time. And that second year Josh was one of liberation and feeling much much better, after the horrors of the first year.
I wish there was an easy answer Josh, it really is just trying to cope and be patient through this time and remembering that this does get better - it is VERY normal still to be feeling how you are at this stage and then VERY normal to go on and make a full recovery after this - the vast majority of people do despite it going on so long. So please know that there is hope and will be better days ahead - your body is eight months down the line of getting to grips with this virus and it will reach the stage soon where it is ready to full kick it out once and for all - I truly believe that given my own struggles and recovery (thanks to God only) and reading of the full and complete ecovery stories of many others who were so unwell for the best part of a year.
Thinking about you Josh - just be kind to yourself, take it one day at a time, and remember you WILL get there. I'm having a tough time myself with hip pain right now and it's got me so down too, it's so hard when in the midst of a terrible trial and suffering - I still believe God is the great healer and is going to pull you through this - there WILL be better days ahead, believe me Josh there will.
Craig