# Mononucleosis **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2014, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593 "2014-03-26T08:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![raider19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@raider19](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raider19)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/21 "2014-03-28T11:41:45Z")
Has anyone else had relapses tied to the time of year of the original infection? I am wondering if getting sick in July both years was a coincidence or not. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/22 "2014-03-28T12:21:22Z")
Interesting that you had pneumonia and were hospitalized prior to mono, **CatherineZeta**. I was hospitalized with pneumonia at 14 and a year later got mono. I haven’t had any adult recurrences of the mono but it took me probably two years to be totally over it. My doctor kept telling my mother my exhaustion was hormones but I think it was mono. How well I remember that feeling that walking to the bathroom was like a trek to Everest. Best of luck with your recoveries, **raider19** and **Sticks and Scones**. I think having it at a very young age was lucky; I cannot imagine trying to go to college classes with mono. All of you who had that situation have my sympathy, and my admiration. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/23 "2014-03-30T00:24:12Z")
> [@raider19](#): > > Has anyone else had relapses tied to the time of year of the original infection? I am wondering if getting sick in July both years was a coincidence or not. I can’t remember what time of year my two instances were. They were both during the school year, but that doesn’t really narrow it down much. ---
**Author:** ![Samantha\_Leigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Samantha\_Leigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Leigh)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/24 "2014-03-30T00:46:25Z")
I don’t remember, either. One was during the school year and the other one occurred after I had been at my job for about 8-10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/25 "2014-03-30T00:47:32Z")
I had it when I was 19 (it’s more commonly called Glandular Fever here). A specialist I had seen for a different problem had the blood test results that showed I had GF, but took several months to pass them on to my primary physician. He, in turn, never tested me for GF, so I went undiagnosed for months. Despite suffering fatigue so intense that I struggled to get from my room to the bathroom and back, all the advice I received was to “get some exercise”, as I think I was assumed to be suffering depression. I dragged myself out of bed and went on long walks, but only got worse and worse. By the time the GF diagnosis came through, I was experiencing intense pain all over my body, and I was eventually diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It was years before I got well. I still fatigue easily, and seem to catch everything going around, and when I get a cold it tends to last 6 weeks. I do wonder if my outcome would have been better if I’d rested in the initial months of the illness instead of trying to exercise it away. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/26 "2014-03-30T01:38:02Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > I had it when I was 19 (it’s more commonly called Glandular Fever here). A specialist I had seen for a different problem had the blood test results that showed I had GF, but took several months to pass them on to my primary physician. He, in turn, never tested me for GF, so I went undiagnosed for months. Despite suffering fatigue so intense that I struggled to get from my room to the bathroom and back, all the advice I received was to “get some exercise”, as I think I was assumed to be suffering depression. I dragged myself out of bed and went on long walks, but only got worse and worse. By the time the GF diagnosis came through, I was experiencing intense pain all over my body, and I was eventually diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It was years before I got well. I still fatigue easily, and seem to catch everything going around, and when I get a cold it tends to last 6 weeks. > > I do wonder if my outcome would have been better if I’d rested in the initial months of the illness instead of trying to exercise it away. “Glandular fever” sounds familiar. I believe that was the informal term my doctor used. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/27 "2014-03-30T01:58:21Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Best of luck with your recoveries, **raider19** and **Sticks and Scones**. I think having it at a very young age was lucky; I cannot imagine trying to go to college classes with mono. > All of you who had that situation have my sympathy, and my admiration. Thank you. I got it while student teaching. It was hell. I was just reminded today of another symptom that has stuck with me. I had a very long week including a job fair with 6 interviews, not getting enough sleep because I’d had a cold and I was coughing, and the end of the grading period at work. Well, anyways, I find when I’m overly tired that my fine motor skills, etc. go out the window. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I’ve dropped 20 things today and sometimes I have difficulty turning pages or picking up pencils. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593/28 "2014-03-30T11:58:40Z")
Had it when I was 19 (as many in this thread), and it kicked my butt for about 6 months. Had to quit my job and could barely attend school. Never came back, though, and I felt 100% afterwards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mononucleosis/684593.md?page=1)