Imagine this; You wake up in the middle of the night, because your throat is sore. You think that it's nothing to be worried about and get back to sleep. A little later, you wake up yet again to that same pain in the back of your throat, but now even swallowing feels like someone's grinding your tonsils with sandpaper. You go to the bathroom and see what the fuck is going on down in throat.
You turn on the lights and see your face on the mirror. You're shocked. Your neck has swollen like shit and it's sore to touch. You take a flaslight and use it to see down your throat. Your tonsils are swollen to double their normal size and they have some strange white shit on them. Swallowing hurts even worse than last time. Time to go to the doctor.
That's pretty much what happened to me today. I was sleeping with my girlfriend and I had had this pain in my throat for a while. I thought it was normal, because I have random soreness in my throat from time to time, so I didn't panic. Only today the pain was excruciating and the fact that it happened early in the morning didn't really help the situation.
I jumped off the bed in pain and zoomed right into the bathroom and took a glimpse down my throat. My right tonsil looked REALLY bad. Like it had a tumor or something. Part of it was dark brown and it had some white goo on it. Looked real nasty.
Back to the tumor tonsil or whatever. It really spooked me, because my uncle had a tumor in his throat, but I don't think it was because of natural causes, more likely it was his alcohol abuse, but that's not relevant.
So yeah, I pushed the tumor idea out of my mind and proceeded to get myself to a doctor ASAP.
At 9:00AM I got my ass hauled to the doctors appointment. I hate it when I have to wait at an hospital, because the people they bring in while you wait are just outright horrible. They brought this one drunkard who had his nose busted open and as soon as the paramedics dropped him to the waiting room he started to act up. He peed his pants and after that he sat on random benches, leaving them all soaked in piss. Awesome, yes, I know.
So at 'bout 9:25AM I got to see the doctor and told him about my [highlight]PAIN[/highlight] and after that she took a look down my throat and as soon as I opened my gutter she went; "Oh my, that's horrible". I wasn't too happy at that point. Then she felt my lympth nodes on my neck and went; "Oh my, that's not good". I wasn't too happy at that point either.
Then she took a listen on my lungs and heart. This time the bitch kept her mouth shut.
So she told me that I might have EBV, which stands for Epstein-barr virus, which is basically Infectious Mononucleosis. Easier name for it could be "kiss disease", because here in Finland it's know as "pusutauti", which roughly translated stands for "kiss disease". It's called that, because the virus is transferred from one person to another through saliva and what's a better way to transfer saliva to one person to another than kissing?
So at 9:45AM I was sent to the lab for blood samples and a sample from my throat. I hadn't had blood taken out of me for years and it was rather refreshing to experience it again. The throat sample wasn't all that fun, because the bitch just stuck a Q-tip mercilessly down my throat. After that she told me that the blood samples would take two hours to complete. TWO FUCKING HOURS !?!?
So I went to a store and bought myself a bottle of coke and couple of Donald Duck magazines. I went back and opened that coke bottle. Took a sip and I tell you, when I swallowed that shit it felt like someone just stuck a knife to my throat. My whole body cramped from the pain. My god, and it would be like this for the next two hours before I get my diagnose.
Roughly an hour and a half pass by and I hear the doctor say my name. I'm in joy! So yeah, it was mononucleosis just as she thought and she slammed me a recipe for penicillin and told me to spend the next week at home. I went out of the hospital and into a pharmacy to get my penicillin.
So now I'm here. In pain, but still alive. My throat is still swollen and hurting like a fuck, I can barely eat anything that's not in a liquid form and I can't do any excersices such as running or go to the gym, because my spleen might burst. It's gonna be an interesting week. I hope the worst pains go away after a few days of eating those penicillin tabs.
[highlight]UPDATE[/highlight]
Sleeping with this is a pain in the ass (or throat), because every time you're about to fall asleep you accidentally swallow and then it's the knife to the throat again. Also, you also get a runny nose from this shit and it's even harder to breathe that it was before. The most annoying thing after the swallowing is the fact that while you breathe through your nose, it pushes out this thick goo down your throat and it bubbles when you breathe. You can hear them pop. Fucking sucks.
I didn't sleep too well, like you can imagine. Mostly in 30 min periods all night long. Listened to music and tried to forget the pain, but it was pretty much impossible. Walked around the house and drank like a hyperactive sponge and peed gallons.
It's not fun really. I hope the meds do their trick soon and take the swelling down.
... Man I feel sorry for you.
Have a heart to hold on to. :)
What you been swallowin' boy?
Why would you buy Coke?
[QUOTE=BnevolntElefant;20473907]Why would you buy Coke?[/QUOTE]
It was either coke or diet coke. I went for the coke.
[QUOTE=BugsyXoX;20473868]What you been swallowin' boy?[/QUOTE]
His girlfriend
sounds like mono to me
hope you get better soon
i made you a card
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[QUOTE=BnevolntElefant;20473907]Why would you buy Coke?[/QUOTE]
Kinda wanna know this too
You bought a coke with a sore throat?
Are you retarded?
That sounds pretty crappy.
[QUOTE=Frayyyy;20473955]Kinda wanna know this too[/QUOTE]
Maybe I was thirsty? :iiam:
what happens when you eat a solid, like a sandwich?
[QUOTE=rctfanatic;20474015]what happens when you eat a solid, like a sandwich?[/QUOTE]
Hurts like a motherfucker.
:byodood:
[QUOTE=Hullu V3;20473774]
So she told me that I might have EBV, which stands for Epstein-barr virus, which is basically Infectious Mononucleosis. Easier name for it could be [B]"kiss disease", because here in Finland it's know as "pusutauti", which roughly translated stands for "kiss disease". It's called that, because the virus is transferred from one person to another through saliva and what's a better way to transfer saliva to one person to another than kissing?[/B]
[/QUOTE]
Now I'm scared of kissing girls :ohdear:
My school had a Mono epidemic my freshman year.
I was one of the casualties. But that's because I am a whore.
[QUOTE=acds;20474217]Now I'm scared of kissing girls :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Another fake excuse?
[QUOTE=acds;20474217]Now I'm scared of kissing girls :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Mononucleosis doesn't always occurr with such extreme throat problems that I have. There isn't a cure for mononucleosis itself other than wait for it to go away. Streptococci -bakteria sometimes comes with mononucleosis and gives you some serious pains, just like it did for me, but that is easily cured with the penicillin.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;20474340]you're on fp, you won't be kissing girls any time soon.[/QUOTE]
:iceburn:
A guy at my school had "kissing disease" too, and i don't know if it's the same as yours, but he lost alot of weight.
[QUOTE=TheDKer;20474437]A guy at my school had "kissing disease" too, and i don't know if it's the same as yours, but he lost alot of weight.[/QUOTE]
That's another extreme.
If you have large tonsils to start with and then add the swelling to the mix, you're soon in the hospital taking food through your veins.
That's what the doctor told me too. If I can't eat, I will have to go to the hospital to get fed through a hose.
I have infected my girlfriend with mononucleosis which proves I'm a host of the disease, even though I don't suffer its symptoms.
How cool is that, I'm a biological weapon
In the US, we call it mono.
[QUOTE=Adbor;20475188]I have infected my girlfriend with mononucleosis which proves I'm a host of the disease, even though I don't suffer its symptoms.
How cool is that, I'm a biological weapon[/QUOTE]
It's not cool, it means you're going to kill everyone you have sex with :ohdear:
[QUOTE=Adbor;20475188]I have infected my girlfriend with mononucleosis which proves I'm a host of the disease, even though I don't suffer its symptoms.
How cool is that, I'm a biological weapon[/QUOTE]
Anyone who has already had it will carry the mononucleosis virus for the rest of their days. It sleeps in your spinal core.
What if you don't have tonsils?
I had this when I was in 5th grade. Nasty shit, my spleen hurt to hell and back.
[QUOTE=Euphorium;20475418]What if you don't have tonsils?[/QUOTE]
Tonsils or not, I think you can still catch this shit and feel like death.
Can you find a pic of it somewhere?
Luckily, you can only get mono once. The bad thing is you have it all your life, but it has no effects. Oh, and you can still spread it.
Hope you get better soon.
How romantic! You sleep with your girlfriend and wake up with a painful infectious disease!
That's true love right there man.
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[QUOTE=acds;20474217]Now I'm scared of kissing girls :ohdear:[/QUOTE]The pathogen isn't gender-inclusive. :smug:
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