Mid diagnosis for glandular fever

Hi Jackson,

well, my gp said to me straight off 6 months to a year. I wish there was some special cure, as would be all taking it! but it's just rest and time, good diet, no alcohol, I take vitamins and have previously taken Metatone tonic. To help my immune system.kick this.

hopefully you're one of the lucky ones that doesn't have it for that long, we are all different and experience it a bit differently. And I think it's the not knowing when it will go is the hardest thing....for me anyway!!! I would say just don't push yourself, it pays you back worse. 

i can only describe it as a roller coaster, you feel better and then you go down again. And so on and so on.

The future for all of us is the same..... We will eventually be back getting on with our normal lives, may be a year, give or take, but we will all be better. I doesn't feel like it sometimes as who ever is ill for this long?! But it'll happen.

these forums have helped me greatly, someone always answers and understands as they are experiencing what I am going through.

good luck with the go tomorrow.

caroline .x

 

REST. Don't push it at all. If you push GF, it'll likely push back. Give your body all the rest it wants, and then a little more. I know this is hard to do. I'm in month 10 because I'm over a decade older than you and because I tried to push through the illness. At 20, you should bounce back quickly. The prolonged cases are often people past their 20s with other medical problems or extreme stressors, and it seems more women are hit than men (according to the various doctors I've seen this past year). 

Hunker down with some tea and TV. I hope you feel better soon. If not, there are many people here to commiserate with.

*Good luck with the gp*

Hi Jackson,

You are young which works in your favor. I think that most people recover sooner than I have, I am 55 so it hits harder as you get older,

I have taken vitamin C and D, drink green tea for anti inflammatory properties. Rest is the key to this especially in the beginning,

 

Hi Jackson,

Sorry to hear you have glandular fever, don't want you to get worried but the fact it's affected a lot of people differently on this forum, etc. Key thing is just to focus on your own recovery, for you there is a great advantage in that you are young and active, so that can only help the recovery time.

Would definitely recommend taking a strong multi vitamin per day, high doses of Vitamin C (1000mg to 3000mg per day), B complex vitamin (for energy) and an immune boosting herb (like echinicea or siberian ginseng). These will help boost your immune system for sure, but definitely taking plenty of rest after diagnosis is also key to recovering quicker, a mistake a lot of people make it to keep working through it and it can make it harder to recover quicker.

Key thing to remember is you will recover....just deal with things one day at a time is all you can do and try not to worry (hard as it can be I know).

Craig

Hey guys, forgot to update you all. I was one of the very luck ones. Think it was around the 6-8 week mark when I started back training MMA  twice a week then 10-12 weeks got back to the gym. Thing that hang around the most was the fatigue side of things but a quick nap counted that. But thank you all for your support and kind words really hope you good people are doing well yourselves or at least improving. 

Thanks again Jackson