Comments | raining_cloud: OMG WTF MONO!?!?!

raining_cloud

OMG WTF MONO!?!?!

Apr 19, 2009 19:47

So um...Yeah. Over Nicole's and my vacation to Florida (which was awesome, btw), I noticed a lymph node on my neck that was way swollen all to hell. On Monday, I asked Jeremy, my nursing-student friend about it, and he was like "Yeah that's definitely a lymph node, and its full of lymph. Are you feeling sick at all?" And I was like "No, not at ( Read more... )

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davien April 20 2009, 00:32:46 UTC

How much did each visit to the doctor cost?

raining_cloud April 20 2009, 16:45:31 UTC

$80 to see the doctor, and the mono test bumped the 2nd visit up to $125. It suuuuucks.

kibarika April 20 2009, 01:31:08 UTC

It might be the kind of thing where if somebody sneezes near you and then you put your hand to your mouth you could get it or something.

pseudokiwi April 20 2009, 01:36:12 UTC

Remember I got it in 8th grade and was certainly not kissing anyone, and did not know anyone else who had it. . . so somehow it can be randomly transmitted.

raining_cloud April 20 2009, 16:46:29 UTC

Yeah, I was thinking about that. How on earth do you and I get random diseases so mysteriously?

tribalkittykat April 20 2009, 01:53:33 UTC

Not sure how you got it, but I am sorry that you have it. I really hope you feel better soon!

raining_cloud April 20 2009, 16:46:52 UTC

Thanks Sarah!

bananaf1sh3 April 20 2009, 16:46:35 UTC

Nobody is particularly sure about how contagious mono is. Apparently 80% of adults in the US have mono antigens, which is a little unusual because not 80% of the adult population catches mono. To make things more complicated, Mono frequently becomes dormant inside your spinal cord fluid, and can occasionally come back in other forms. Some sources say that individuals can be contagious for a full year after having Mono. Occasionally it will do something really weird and not be completely dormant during periods of extreme physical stress. For example, ever since I had mono, when I feel an illness coming on, I will get very tired, and if left alone, will sleep for 15-20 hours, but will wake up perfect healthy ( ... )