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Yes, so I'm actually just getting over mono. It started with me having a fever and getting chills. Then a few days later I was drying my hair after I showered, and I felt a bump on my head. I freaked out because it felt rather large and I could feel it internally. But I held off seeing a doctor because I thought that it would go away (but I was still uneasy about it). So after a week of the fever and chills, I started getting the worst sore throat. Then I started sucking on Halls. I was miserable and at times nauseous. I took Nyquil and other cold medicine but nothing worked. So I went to my campus health center and the doctor gave me a throat culture. The five minute culture and overnight one both came back negative for strep throat. She gave me a decongestion and pills for my nauseous and told me to get good lozenges. So I went to CVS and asked for the strongest kind, which they told me was Fisherman's Friend. Yeah, they were definitely strong, but didn't really help me. So I went back to see the doctor, and that's when she gave me antibiotics and decided to test me for mono, just to make sure I didn't have it. So yeah turns out I did have it. Since I know it takes 4-6 weeks before you have symptoms, I traced it back to the last person I kissed, who happened to be the Greek Week Chair of our fraternity matchup--kissed on 2 occassions within that time frame--we've been friends for a while. But I never asked him about it because I don't think he was ever sick... he was always out at the bar like me drinking (and you're not supposed to drink). So it may not have been him. I had the worst sore throat in my life for another week and a half... I felt weak at times, and I slept a lot. But once the sore throat went away, I felt much better, though my sisters warn me not to be too active because I can still have a relapse in the next 6 months. I went back for a follow-up last Thursday, and she said I'm fine. She said I'm not contagious anymore, but I can't drink for another 3 weeks. I know the owner of the bar I go to and he's asked me if he could get me a drink. I'm like you can get me water... and he was like water?! I just told him I had gotten sick the night before from drinking. Yay for water! Oh and yay for sherbert too! I ate orange sherbert while I was sick for my throat, it was a nice treat!
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