About two months ago I came down pretty
hard with a fever, swollen painful eyes,
headache, nausea, body aches, chills, and
swollen lymph nodes etc. I felt awful,
but the fever went away eventually after
about a week and a half.
After the fever (which seems to be odd
since this is usually a symptom right in
the begining with mono) I got a horrible
sore throat with the swollen tonsils and
white patches. That went away after about
a week also.
I am now at two months and still feel
pretty sick sometimes. I just feel
generally unwell, very hot and flushed
sometimes (even though it doesn't look
like I really run fevers... nothing higher
than 99) nauseous, stomach problems etc.
I definitely feel better than I did in the
begining, but is it normal to still be
this sick two months in? I can make it
through class and 4 hour shifts at work
(Im a 20 year old male student) but I
generally just feel pretty crappy. The
lymph nodes on my left side also seem to
still be swollen or at least bigger than
on my right side.
Is it possible I could have lymphoma,
leukemia, or some other serious disease or
is feeling crappy/sick and having swollen
nodes common to mono even after two
months?
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cahoward
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 5
Posted: 03-09-08 12:30pm
Walty,
it is very common to still feel bad after
2 months. you worst symptoms are gone
which is good, and feeling run down/crappy
can last longer. it really depends on the
person but you could still feel kinda bad
for another month or longer. many people
i know say that it took them a few months
to get back to feeling like themselves. i
myself got mono in december and i am still
not back to myself yet. it is very hard
with this illness cuz it takes a long time
for the infection to leave your body. I
still have a swollen lymph node on the
right side of my neck even after 3 months
but seems to be getting a little smaller
as time goes by. don't panic about
lymphoma. just wait a month longer and
see how you are then. let me know on your
progress.
carmen
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xpunkardx
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 6 Location: ,
Posted: 03-16-08 16:47pm
Walty
I also had mono about 2 months ago. I
also have basically still the same
symptoms you do. I've been checked for
everything else like lymphoma. They just
said it's the mono. They said the feeling
tired and unwell won't go away until
probably 6 months....So i dont think you
need to worry about anything.
Sam
