Just got diagnosed with mono.. help please!

[rjweng]

I had mono about 7 years ago, it is brutal. I almost ended up in the hospital because my throat closed up on me. I slept about 18 hours a day and lost about 20 pounds. I was bed ridden for a 2 weeks because I was to weak to get up. I had it for about 2 months, do not mess with this, listen to the doctors. I tried to ignore it also and it kicked my butt.

[geojedi]

I'm hoping you are reading everyone's opinion here and NOT PLAYING.

My mono story goes like this,
The summer between my junior and senior year of high school I was grounded for the first part of it. Got ungrounded, went to a party, hooked up, and spent the rest of my summer home with mono. Not a great summer, but barely had time to regain weight and stamina to claim my spot on the varsity HS team as a rookie senior. I played left wing at the time.

Rest, drink fluids, play video games to keep coordination, rest, drink fluids, learn to juggle, rest, drink fluids

[Petey4485]

I too had mono, right smack in the middle of my first year at University. Somehow I shed 30 pounds off of a pretty thin frame. My advice: sleep, drink fluids, and take it easy. No matter how good you feel, there is a high risk in being active when your body is even slightly effected by mono. A teammate of mine in midgets ruptured his spleen in a game and nearly died, only to find out that he had mono at the hospital, and though no symptoms were present his spleen was still swollen and weak. Same thing with my cousin - took a check into the boards, ruptured his spleen, and missed junior tryouts. He too had no symptoms. Just be careful, and do your best to work on a healthy recovery.

PS - they'll give you codeine for your throat, but it just makes you more tired. Motrin or other ibuprofen allowed me to eat again, so give them a try.

[glovesave90]

Yeah ive just been taking down fluids all day. I used motrin and it makes my throat feel decent, still a little tickle in the back of my throat. I just got a Wii so that will be good for keeping the hand eye coordination and im just gonna stretch everyday so i stay flexible. I am really hoping that this only lasts 3-4 weeks and not a bad story because i am just taking it easy for this whole time.
Thanks alot for everyones stories its really helping

[frankydee]

For medical advice, diagnosis, etc., contact your doctor and follow his instructions t-o t-h-e l-e-t-t-e-r.

DO NOT mess with diagnosed mono. Your life depends on it.

I was two days away from pushing up the daisies 20 years ago because of liver complications. A last ditch treatment effort saved me.

[gophergirl]

Originally Posted by Timberwoof

I'm reminded of a line of Sigourney Weaver's in one of the Aliens sequels.

Have you never heard of the germ theory of disease? It's the remarkable new idea that it's not bad smells or lethargy that cause disease, but incredibly tiny particles, or germs, that can get transmitted from one person to another. Louis Pasteur (you should Google him) has written some articles on the subject and even is rumored to have come up with a way to make people immune to rabies.

I wonder if they'll ever discover what causes mononucleosis. You know, some people actually think it's a virus!

Mononucleosis

Taking up the cranky, old man mantle, eh? Damm kids these days!

IIwill give him a little slack; being run down- tired, malnourished, under stress, etc, puts a strain on your body's ability to respond to a viral infection and can lead you becoming more vulnerable to infection.

[jay]

I was diagnosed with mono five years ago, at the ripe old age of 37!

My doctor thought there was no way it was mono. I had a raging infection in my throat that would not respond to antibiotics, so they ordered the test. When I showed up at the hospital for the test, the technician took one look at me and said "You've got mono. I'll run the test, but I already know you have it."

I missed about a week of work, and 3 weeks of hockey. I should have taken more time off of both, but with a family to support, that was not an option. As it was, when I was at home, I did not move from the couch. Rest and fluids are the ticket.

Even after coming back to work and hockey, I was not the same for a long time (months).

You are young. Take the time to heal. It will be worth it!

Were you coming to NH for the HNIB tourney in Salem?

[glovesave90]

jay i was going to hudson for the cyclones tourni

[Eidolon]

Originally Posted by thewallp2

im on a mono right now too but i cant afford to stop training and playing so ...i would just continue playing just get some energetique drink before you play and you should be fine , well i was anywayz good look with your mono cuz here its not that bad anymore

You're what, 16? Good call on dishing out the medical advice. I also question you mental capacity and that of your parents for allowing you to continue playing. I hope nothing happens to you, but energy drinks WILL NEVER REPLACE THE ADVICE OF COMPETENT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

I weep for our future...

[Timberwoof]

Originally Posted by gophergirl

Taking up the cranky, old man mantle, eh? Damm kids these days!

IIwill give him a little slack; being run down- tired, malnourished, under stress, etc, puts a strain on your body's ability to respond to a viral infection and can lead you becoming more vulnerable to infection.

Yeah, I just turned 48, so I'm entitled. (I'm more fun in person, because it's clear that I'm satirizing the grumpy old man. My biggest irritation in day-to-day life is having two pairs of glasses, one pair varifocals and still not enough for everything I do.)

So ... you think that maybe he was feeling run-down because he had mononucleosis?

Originally Posted by Eidolon

energy drinks WILL NEVER REPLACE THE ADVICE OF COMPETENT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

What's wrong with energy drinks? They give you energy, right?

[Threeleggedyoyo]

I had a mild case of mono about this same time last year. They tell you not to play hockey not only because exercise will make you way tired, but because your spleen and liver can swell. Taking a blow to the body (such as a puck) with a swollen spleen can equal spleen rupture, which can equal death. I don't know if it's always obvious, but in my case I could definitely tell something in my guts was swollen.

Even though my case was pretty mild, I could really tell the difference of how I felt when I got enough sleep versus when I didn't.

On the positive side, there's some kind of ongoing study out in Salt Lake (about 45 minutes from where I go to school) that gives you $200 a pop for your mono-laced plasma twice a week. I made $1200 and used the money to buy new pads to reward myself for being good and not playing. Easiest/most lucrative job I ever had...

I don't know if there are similar programs elsewhere but if you like I'll PM you the name and number of the guy who runs it in Salt Lake and maybe he can tell you.

Feel better.

~Brent