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The Dreaded Kissing Disease

post #1 of 43
6/17/04 at 10:33am
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I just found out a couple of days ago that I have mono, and now my girlfriend has to go in and get tested today.

Has anyone else here had mono? If so, care to share some experiences? (good or bad)
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post #2 of 43
6/17/04 at 10:55am
I had it during college. (Thanks, fat drunk girl at the bar!) It's pretty awful, only because it's a disease that doesn't feel like a disease. Expect to feel incredibly tired and lifeless all the time, and you'll probably also feel depressed on a pretty regular basis. Half the time you'll probably feel like you're underwater, like all the lights and colors and sounds around you have been muted. Slow to act, slow to react, shit like that.

The best advice for beating the disease--and I'm sure your doctor has already told you this--is to get plenty of sleep. I started going to bed at eight or nine o'clock at night (I normally go to bed around two or three), and I got over it in 2-3 months. But I know people who tried to fight it, staying up and partying all night, and it lasted nine or ten months for them. So while the constant sleeping sucks and might briefly make you a social leper, it's better than the alternative.

Good luck, man.
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post #3 of 43
6/17/04 at 11:18am
What the hell is this? Is "mono" just the US name for it, or is it a disease that just exists in US high schools? Because I've never heard of it, outside of TV.
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post #4 of 43
6/17/04 at 11:19am
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I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored.
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post #5 of 43
6/17/04 at 11:26am
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Originally posted by Dan Whitehead
What the hell is this? Is "mono" just the US name for it, or is it a disease that just exists in US high schools? Because I've never heard of it, outside of TV.
Your good friend, Mononucleosis
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post #6 of 43
6/17/04 at 11:36am
The only slight benefit--and it's only a benefit if you're a needle-phobic like me--is that once you've had mono, you're not allowed to donate blood again for the rest of your life.

Guilt: defeated.
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post #7 of 43
6/17/04 at 11:36am

the dreaded kissing disease

I had that on my ass once.
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post #8 of 43
6/17/04 at 11:41am
Aaah, it's glandular fever.
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post #9 of 43
6/17/04 at 11:46am
Slater's right. I had it the summer of a long time ago and it kept me down for three months. Even when summer was over and I went back to college it took months before the extreme exhaustin wore off. Good luck and buy lots of books and movies because you won't be going anywhere for a while.
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post #10 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:21pm
The only people I knew that got mono were the ones that slept around.
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post #11 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:24pm
I got it in between soccer & track and field seasons sometime in high school. I made it through soccer, but I had to opt out of most track and field events. Just keep yourself hydrated and don't miss out on taking that medicine. Get lots of rest, too.

I think I got it because I was constantly on the move; it was either practice or work, hardly any time for down time.
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post #12 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:27pm
It's that disease where you can only hear out of your left ear.

Thank you.
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post #13 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:32pm
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Originally posted by Charles B
I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored.
Hey, looks like I'm not the only wayne's world fan around...

On a more serious note, if you don't pay attention and get all the rest you need you might end up catching other diseases at the same time. Mono weakens your defense system.
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post #14 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:34pm
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Originally posted by Slater
The only slight benefit--and it's only a benefit if you're a needle-phobic like me--is that once you've had mono, you're not allowed to donate blood again for the rest of your life.
I didn't know that... Any idea why? What the hell does it make to your blood??
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post #15 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:36pm
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Originally posted by alice's girl (chucky's ex)
I didn't know that... Any idea why? What the hell does it make to your blood??
I hadn't heard this either. I've donated my blood plenty of times without complications and I know for a fact that one instance it was actually used.
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post #16 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:41pm
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Originally posted by billylove
The only people I knew that got mono were the ones that slept around.
I agree. I *am* pretty goddamn great.

And I don't remember the exact reason you can't donate blood anymore, Alice, but it had something to do with the fact that the virus leaves trace amounts of itself in your bloodstream. Transfer that blood to somebody who hasn't built up an immunity to mono, and they'll get the disease in turn. That's a pretty vague description of what he told me, but it was definitely something along those lines.
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post #17 of 43
6/17/04 at 12:43pm
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Originally posted by Slater
And I don't remember the exact reason you can't donate blood anymore, Alice, but it had something to do with the fact that the virus leaves trace amounts of itself in your bloodstream. Transfer that blood to somebody who hasn't built up an immunity to mono, and they'll get the disease in turn. That's a pretty vague description of what he told me, but it was definitely something along those lines.
I see. Well, luckily in the instance that I know it was used the person already had mono once, and they are still living, so things are A'OK.
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post #18 of 43
6/17/04 at 1:01pm
If you want an excuse about not giving blood just tell the donor-seekers that you're a homosexual.
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post #19 of 43
6/17/04 at 1:14pm


Frankie's already busy with a little friend called "Craterfacistis". He doesn't need to deal with any glandular problems.
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post #20 of 43
6/17/04 at 1:55pm
I had it in the 10th grade, though some doctors called it the Epstein-Barr virus. I missed two months of school 'cause I couldn't stay awake for more than a few hours at a time.

Aside from being exhausted all the time, I remember having a really sore throat, swollen glands, and a swollen spleen while afflicted. And watching every Beach Party movie on TBS.
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post #21 of 43
6/17/04 at 3:07pm
You can't get it twice, right?
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post #22 of 43
6/17/04 at 5:04pm
Do Americans get Mumps ?
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post #23 of 43
6/17/04 at 5:10pm
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Originally posted by Straxboy - An Anthony Hickox Film
Do Americans get Mumps ?
Yes. I had them when I was seven. The picture is quite comical. My cheeks ballooned out like a pufferfish.
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post #24 of 43
6/17/04 at 5:11pm
They call it the Deep Throat Disease, I think.
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post #25 of 43
6/17/04 at 5:13pm
On a vaguely related note, that freedem.com ad at the top of the page is alarming.
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post #26 of 43
6/17/04 at 5:37pm
I like how the "Before" and "After" pictures are either A) Taken five years apart or B) Of completely different children.
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post #27 of 43
6/17/04 at 5:41pm
I had mono and strep throat at the same time. Oh! The agony! My throat felt like I had gargled razorblades and I couldn't stay awake for more than six hours without desperately needing a nap.

I'm not sure where I picked mono up, as I was single at the time.
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post #28 of 43
6/17/04 at 6:49pm
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I'm not too happy with the fact that i won't be able to give blood anymore. I actually donate fairly regularly.

But on the lighter side of things, my girlfriend found out this morning that there is a good chance she is immune to the virus! Apparently this is quite rare. She is getting some tests done tomorrow to find out for sure.
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post #29 of 43
6/17/04 at 6:56pm
When I had it, I didnt really get all THAT tired. However it did make my tonsils swell up like crazy. I couldnt eat ANYTHING. Couldnt even push a popsicle past them. But I got a shot of steroids and it cleared up by that night. Then I just took it easy on the couch for awhile.
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post #30 of 43
6/17/04 at 7:10pm
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It hurts me tremendously just to drink water. But since i'd rather not die of dehydration, i'm still chugging it back.


Nap time.
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post #31 of 43
6/18/04 at 3:49am
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Originally posted by Seabass Inna Bun
I'm not sure where I picked mono up, as I was single at the time.
That's what confused me, you see. We have glandular fever in the UK, but without this "kissing disease" stigma - it's just something you can catch. It gets on people's hands, they touch something, you touch it, you catch it.

In a related query about America's seemingly hysterical desire to scare people off any contact with the opposite sex from early childhood - what the fuck are "cooties"?
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post #32 of 43
6/18/04 at 3:58am
Circle, circle, dot, dot.

Now I've got my cootie shot.
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post #33 of 43
6/18/04 at 8:28am
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Originally posted by Dan Whitehead
What the fuck are "cooties"?
Cooties are germs that make you gassy and smell funny. Plus, they come from girls. Everybody knows that girls have cooties.

And I know you can catch Mono from sharing a drinking glass from someone else. A girl in my third grade class had it, and she was out of school for about three months. She got teased mercilessly upon her return.
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post #34 of 43
6/18/04 at 8:31am
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Originally posted by Momotaro
And I know you can catch Momo from sharing a drinking glass from someone else. A girl in my third grade class had it, and she was out of school for about three months. She got teased mercilessly upon her return.
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post #35 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:24am
You guys got mono that lasted months? Damn, drink some juice or something already...
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post #36 of 43
6/18/04 at 12:39pm
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Originally posted by Dan Whitehead
That's what confused me, you see. We have glandular fever in the UK, but without this "kissing disease" stigma - it's just something you can catch. It gets on people's hands, they touch something, you touch it, you catch it.

In a related query about America's seemingly hysterical desire to scare people off any contact with the opposite sex from early childhood - what the fuck are "cooties"?
I was under the impression mono was transmitted through human contact. I was a little old to be taking heat for catching it at recess, so I don't know about a stigma as such.


As far as I know, a cootie is a plastic bug you build as part of a game.
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post #37 of 43
6/18/04 at 3:15pm
I had it senior year of high school. I was homeschooled for 6 months, finished my entire senior year because I was SO DAMM BORED. And took college classes when i was better.
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post #38 of 43
6/18/04 at 10:29pm
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Today I can actually swallow without much pain at all. Welcome back solid food!

My girlfriend got checked, and her doctor thinks she is actually immune to the virus!
We'll know for sure on monday.

Also, i'm sorry to hear that prala. That had to be extremely hard to deal with.
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post #39 of 43
6/19/04 at 7:17pm
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Originally posted by Brian Ross
When I had it, I didnt really get all THAT tired. However it did make my tonsils swell up like crazy. I couldnt eat ANYTHING. Couldnt even push a popsicle past them. But I got a shot of steroids and it cleared up by that night. Then I just took it easy on the couch for awhile.


LOL. Im curious to know. WHat the hell were you doing sticking a popsicle past your tonsils. Arent your tonsils located in the back? hahahahaha Not even I stick a popsicle that far back. lol thats just funny..
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post #40 of 43
6/19/04 at 11:32pm
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Come to think of it, that IS a damn good question.
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post #41 of 43
6/19/04 at 11:48pm
Mono is called the "kissing disease" because it is carried in the saliva. If you kiss someone with mono, chances are you're gonna get it. This doesn't at all mean you HAVE to kiss them to get it... drinking from the same glass as an infected person is another way, or sharing utensils, or sipping from the same straw. So it's quite possible to get mono even if you're not intimate with anyone.

Cooties, on the other hand, are carried by girls. Methods of transmitting cooties known to third grader boys include touching a girl, talking to a girl, or even being looked at by a girl. The most significant symptom of cooties infection is merciless teasing by other boys on the playground. The best solution is to never have friendly contact with the girls... in fact, throwing dirtballs is great protection. If you do become infected the known cures are to make certain gestures (the 'cootie chant' thing recited by Gist), to recite the mantra 'Girls are stupid!', and if all that fails, hit any kid who mentions 'cooties' in your presence.
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post #42 of 43
6/20/04 at 12:17am
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if all that fails, hit any kid who mentions 'cooties' in your presence.
Oddly enough, that and Tantum mouthwash are how I got over mono.
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post #43 of 43
6/20/04 at 9:05am
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what is a tantum mouthwash?
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