A year after diagnosed with mono...

Very sorry to hear that Ravi, this virus is so awful and can cause so many intense and debilitating symptoms. I do hope you are getting plenty of rest when you need to at the moment. Things do get better with time Ravi, thinking about you and hoping for a settled weekend for you. Hang in there, God is our healer.

Craig

Just wondering how things have been at the moment for you Jenna, I do hope that things are not so intense and that you are managing to cope through this awful time you have been through. Remember things do get better with this with time, the first six months in my experience were by far the worst, it can take a little time still for some but you will get there.

Craig

well physically i think i am over my mono infection. i am lucky in that my sickness lasted probably under 2 months. symptoms began end of nov and on jan 5th when I found out id had mono, i was already feeling much better. my mental health has been destroyed though. ive had to up therapy to twice a week recently. i had mono for 6 weeks before i was diagnosed, despite 2 er visits and a dr visit. they all just kept saying they weren't sure what was wrong and they kept asking me for strep out of 3 strep tests at the end I had one come back positive finally. I did a lot of googling to try to figure out what it could be and unfortunately found lots of scary stuff and became convinced I had cancer that they were not going to figure out in time. this just set off a horrible round of anxiety and hypochondria snd even deprrssion which i dont usually have. I am still really struggling because every ache or pain or bump I find on my body I still think is some kind of cancer and I've had so many doctors visits and awaiting results from a second round of blood work even though my last round was perfect besides showing that I'd had mono recently. on days where I feel okay I worry instead about the future and what if I get some sort of horrible cancer in the future and I feel like everywhere I look it's all I see and I wake up every morning with this horrible anxiety can I practically cry because I feel overwhelmed with fear. I think being a new mom to twins plus the move was stressful on top of being sick and not knowing what it was it jjst sent me on a downward mental breakdown. my father passed in february which made everything worse. i feel just overwhelmed with fear of something taking me away from my babies and i cant control it. so mono caused much worse mentally for me than physically and i am so sad about it.

Hi Jenna,

So sorry to hear that you're going through this awful anxiety and fear, and I really want to reassure you that this is only understandable given the intensity of this dreadful virus. It really knocks your confidence and it does take time to rebuild - you will get there Jenna. Please be assured that the vast vast vast majority of people return to full and good and complete health after mono, without any further issues - I had it 12 years ago and it floored me for the best part of a year and I know it was only down to God that I was able to get well again as I struggled so much.

Remember Jenna take heart that they say 90%+ of the western world get infected with this at some time - many as young children when they don't get the full effects - and these people are all generally healthy afterwards and don't get any other illnesses or anything.

Seeing an occupational therapist during recovery helped me Jenna, just having someone to talk to can make a big difference. Definitely would recommend if you can talk to a therapist or a counsellor, I have needed that too at different stages of my life - it's not a weakness to have that, it really can help and sometimes after this dreadful virus you just need a bit of help to get back on your feet again and find your stability mentally, physically and emotionally - I know I did for sure.

Hang in there Jenna, you've been through so much and had to deal with lots of terrible things at once by the sounds of it - but it won't always be this hard, you will get stronger again - thinking about you and message any time. You're not on your own Jenna - just take each day as it comes. Thinking of you.

Craig