I've just been diagnosed with Glandular Fever (mono)

[Duzza]

Which probably explains why I have been so uninterested by tennis/exercise in general lately. Doc said that I am probably infectious for about a year and I have a girlfriend which is great.....I was really sick on the weekend but was feeling a lot better today except for a bad cough, my sore throat/difficulty to swallow was improving so I am a little annoyed that it is actually mono....

Anyone else ever had it? How long were you bad for?

 

[armsty]

I know people that have had it, goes for about 2 weeks and it is recommended that you only do physical activities a week after that...

 

[Duzza]

Well I was sick about Tuesday last week, and slept all weekend, so I reckon I am about a week into the symptoms already? Which is good. I read some stories about people doing nothing but sleep and watch tv for a week, but my week was actually not that lazy..

 

[westside]

Ouch Duzza, that sucks man

Well Wimbledon is around the corner, so that means pleanty of lying on the couch watching T.V

 

[Duzza]

Ouch Duzza, that sucks man

Well Wimbledon is around the corner, so that means pleanty of lying on the couch watching T.V

If I had cable television!!!!

 

[yodudedudeyo]

no tv??? that sucks man. and mono definitely takes longer than two weeks IMO. in highschool, the people who had mono always missed like two MONTHS

 

[nickb]

Ouch...sorry to hear that.

You will be fatigued for about 1-2 months after having mono...sometimes longer.

Hope you get well soon!

Nick

 

[Rickson]

Sorry to hear this, Duzza. I don't know if it'll make you feel better, but over 90% of the world gets mono at some point. Just hang in there for the next few weeks and you'll be ok. You'll be fully recovered in 18 months.

 

[Mad iX]

If I had cable television!!!!

Aren't Channel 9 showing it?

 

[Duzza]

no tv??? that sucks man. and mono definitely takes longer than two weeks IMO. in highschool, the people who had mono always missed like two MONTHS

Nah I got TV, but in Australia normal free-air TV is quite ok. I have Seinfeld, Arrested Development and Scrubs anyway

 

[Duzza]

Aren't Channel 9 showing it?

See I thought they would, but last year we got like zero coverage from Channel 9, so I don't have my hopes very high.

 

[Rickson]

At least you have time to play hold em.

 

[Ignorant Genius]

I got it when I was in college, probably had it for 2 weeks before I got sick enough to go to the doctor. I felt sick (sore throat, slight fever) for about 3 or 4 weeks. I felt tired and low on energy for close to 6 months. I'd say it took me a solid 6 - 7 months until I felt "normal" again and could get back to doing all of my usual activities without being worn out.

 

[Punisha]

bad luck... had a friend get it and he could not do anything for 2 weeks... couldnt even eat solids for most of it... just soup... best of luck to get better.

 

[PimpMyGame]

Nasty. I had it when I was 19, it came out a few days before taking end of year exams. Couldn't swallow solids, lived on soup for a couple of weeks before feeling a bit better.

I was extremely lethargic for about 6 weeks but then started recovering. I went on a complete Mars Bar bender and put on loads of weight, which I've never really been able to shift. I even got stretch marks!

I was at the end of a full-time one year accountance course and had to pass six exams or pass five and be referred in one. I ended up passing four and the college gave special dispensation to resit two about 3 months later.

Unfortunately at that stage in my life I was far too stupid in many ways and still managed to fail one of the resits, thus failing the year. Doofus.

 

[Duzza]

Hey guys, just wanted to update you that I'm feeling a lot better symptoms wise. My sore throat is pretty much gone and I feel like doing stuff. The only problem is that I still haven't been doing any fitness or exercise and my muscles are becoming very sore and weak I feel because of this. People are telling me to rest but I just want to get back into physical activity again!

One good thing that has come out of it is I haven't touched alcohol/fast food in over 2 weeks!

 

[Duzza]

Hey guys, just letting you know that I fully recovered from it after about 1 month, possibly less. I took a combination of Vitamin B+Immune System strengthening pills which helped a motherload. Now suffering from 2 broken toes though

 

[El Diablo]

Those vitamins really helped! Most cases resolve in 2 to 3 weeks and yours only took a month.

 

[Cloudy]

Careful you don't get relapses. Listen to your body if you feel tired rest. I had really bad relapses for well over a year after I got it and tired bouts for nearly 2 years after.

 

[Duzza]

Those vitamins really helped! Most cases resolve in 2 to 3 weeks and yours only took a month.

2-3 weeks?? No way..Mario Ancic was off the tour for about 6 months, and is off again. And I meant 1 month in total, about 1-2 weeks after the vitamins. I was skiing full on about halfway through my treatment too.

 

[Robbnc]

relapses can happen anytime for the rest of your life.

In addition to what was mentioned and far more effective for treatment :

high dose ester-C 15-25 grams a day

zinc 100mg a day


colloidal silver teaspoon a day


guaranteed to shorten duration of any relapse

bear in mind that relapses are more likely to occur when you are stressed and
fatigued to the max, like playing 2 long 5 set matches in 3 days