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My Mono Story

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connor28568
connor28568

Hey Guys, I'm Connor, I'm 22 years old, and I had glandular fever or 'Mono' In September of 2017, whilst I had it i found these forums quite useful and figured I'd now give back by telling my experience and possibly helping some people with it.

I had started a new job in September last year, a few weeks into the job I noticed my throat was pretty sore and inflamed, since I smoke cigarettes I figured it was tonsilitis from that, so I got anti biotics and continued with my life.

After a week or so it was getting worse and worse, I was visited the doctors perhaps 4 times in a week, the final time they said I should take a Mono test to see if i have it, 2 days later it turned out I did.

I was told there's no cure but it should get better in a few weeks.

The sore throat was BY FAR the worst of it, I was unable to eat food and drinking water was near impossible, it got so bad i was taken to A&E by my parents at 4am, where i was put on a drip of saline because i was so dehydrated. After spending 9 hours in A&E I was given a ridiculous amount of painkillers and anti inflammatory's, including a course of steroids..

For a week straight I was in excruciating pain from the sore throat, however some people only get mild ones so don't get anxious about it, i'm quite susceptible to sore throats. After I had finished a 3day course of steroids i was finally able to start eating again which was a huge breakthrough.

The sore throat got better pretty rapidly but that was due to the medication i was provided, I'ts been 6 or so months since I had it and I still feel fatigued and tired sometimes but i feel drastically better in comparison.

The first 6 days after symptoms occur are the hardest. If you're unsure if you have it or not, the telltale symptoms are: White blotches on throat that don't respond to antibiotics, foul breath, very sore throat, swollen glands, fatigue and general malaise.

A mono test doesn't take long to get results so it's definitely worth doing.

Summary: First week sucks, the sore throat is the worst part, and it's normal to feel tired and fatigued for a few months afterwards

Hope this information helps someone!

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  • Poppy89
    Poppy89 connor28568

    Posted

    Hi connor sounds like youve had a rough journey really good to read everyones stories. My throat is very red and inflamed but thankfully Ive had no problems with my tonsils up until now therefore i think it maybe something i need to overcome naturally as the docs wont give me steroids i am willing to try anything i recently researched some home remedies and have just bought some pokrle root tincture meant to be good for cleansing your lymphatic system so we shall see please your almost recovered very reassuring 😉

  • craig07920
    craig07920 connor28568

    Posted

    Thanks for sharing Connor, it's such a hard virus to deal with just want to reassure you that by far you are through the worst of this now, even though still feeling tired and not 100%, things will continue to improve from here until you get back to full health again.

    Take care and yes it's good to come on and encourage others, becuase this virus causes so much worry, stress, anxiety and depression for many.

    Craig

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