Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 2 Location: mississippi
Just Diagnosed Posted: 08-30-04 20:30pm
I am 40 and just diagnosed with
mononucleosis yesterday. My symptoms
started a week ago with sore throat and
fever. I was wondering if I could have
gotten it from my new boyfriend of three
months. He doesn't remember ever getting
mono. He thinks I have been kissing
someone else but I haven't. Don't know
how else I could have gotten it. He is
upset with my diagnosis but wants to take
an ebv test if needed. He has a teenage
daughter and doesn't want to pass it on to
her.
Also, is it possible that my incubation
period was eight weeks? Thanks, worried
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Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 08-31-04 19:31pm
When I had mono my doctor had no idea
where I got it from. No one else in my
school had it and no one in my family had
it. My doctor drilled me about who I had
been around, places I had been, things
like that. Most likely I caught it out
in public - you probably did too.
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Health Angel
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Australia
Posted: 12-03-04 05:44am
Well I got glandular fever (mononucliosis)
about 8 months ago. I have no idea where
I got it from either. It is known as the
kissing disease because teens usually get
it. Im 21 and have had a bf for 3 yrs
and I def hadnt been kissing other pple,
maybe u got it from a shopping centre,
maybe someone sneezed near u or something
like that. I was in bed for 6 months so
I guess by the time I could actually get
out of bed my bf had forgotten all about
thinking id been kissing other people.
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worried3107
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 2 Location: mississippi
Posted: 12-03-04 09:01am
Well, I finally figured out how I got
mono. After seeing another doctor, it was
decided that because my daughter had strep
throat six weeks earlier (passing it on to
me) that the strep activated my mono. My
boyfriend never got it. I am doing much
better now. I had a rough week or two,
feeling tired and sick but after that I
was fine except a few episodes of crashing
in the middle of the day. I rode my
4-wheeler one day and a little later I was
very sick. I think that staying rested
and keeping your body quiet during mono is
very important. Also, my dostor stressed
how important it was to take vitamins and
drink lots of gatorade to keep my
potassium level normal. Also, 8 hours of
sleep every night!!!
Any questions out there? Just ask...
