MamasHealth.com Home STDs Caught It Anyway Courtney's Story Herpes Hope Herpes, In Remission I Was Shocked! Living With Herpes Mono, A Second Time My Herpes Story My Husband's Love Outbreaks of Herpes Put On A Smile Links Email Mama Addiction stories Anorexia stories Athletic stories Bulimia stories Eating Disorder Family and friends stories Help Me! Herpes stories I'm not healthy stories Medical disease stories Medications and eating disorders Migraine stories Mother stories Recovered Anorexic Recovered Bulimic Recovered Eating Disorder Self esteem stories The Letter "C" Weight stories Mama's Inspirational quotes Mama's Motivational pledges Mama's Health quotes Mama's Poem	Mono, Not Something I Wanted To Hear! I was 20 when it was discovered that I had Mono. I was at work and felt very tired and weak. I did not want to stand up. Everytime I did, I would become dizzy and sweat. I was having dinner that evening with my parents and my mom noticed that my throat looked swollen. I was prone to sore throats growing up my whole life but never had I experienced anything so painful as that evening when I looked in my mouth and could not see the back of my throat. I waited until morning and went to the hospital. The Doctor asked me the regular questions, do you have a fever, have you had a cold lately? He did the strep test and that came back negative. He took some blood for blood work. I got a call a few hours later and was told I had "Mono" not something I wanted to hear. It took me nearly three months to finally feel better and get back to normal. Three weeks ago, I was daignosed with it again. It had been five years since I had it last. I never thought I would get it again because it is so rare to get it a second time.	Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust
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