Frustrated...sick...tired...uncomfortable!!! This is now my 3rd trip to
the Urgent Care since October 7th because I'm STILL sick and
feeling like crap! I haven't had the energy to do anything and I've gotten
very
slack with my bootcamp attendance. By the time I get up and get
ready for work I want to go back to sleep, but obviously I can't, so I
head to work. I am not typically a teacher to sit at my desk, I stand and roam the room during classes but not this month, I
simply don't have the energy! For weeks now I have been battling fevers, sore throats, and
constantly (at least it seemed) inflamed swollen, spotted tonsils that made turning my head uncomfortable! So far, on the first 2 visits to
the Urgent Care they tested me for Strep Throat which came out negative
both times and gave me antibiotics for the tonsil issue. Each time,
about half way through the antibiotics my tonsils would clear up and
look normal again but a couple days past the 10 day regime they'd
become grotesquely inflamed again! This nastiness (for the 3rd time)
and the fact that something is still attacking my body is what brings me
back to the Urgent Care yet again! The physician's assistant walked
into the room and I swear he was carrying a Strep test in his hand and
it took everything I had not to explode!!! I calmly asked him and when
he confirmed it was in fact a Strep test I refused to let him use it!
Seriously, did he read my file?!? I've already been tested for Strep
twice with negative results BOTH times and he thinks I'm gonna agree to
it again, NO?!? He looked a bit shocked at my reaction and excused
himself from my room. A doctor returned and I begged him to figure out
what the heck was wrong with me and to please test me for ANYTHING but
Strep! At this point he obliged, and took me to get blood
drawn to test
for Epstein-Barr virus, HSV1 (a herpes
strain?!), and against his will, he went ahead and tested me for
Mononucleosis, saying that people my age (over 30) rarely test positive
for Mono because by that age you've probably been exposed and built up
antibodies for it. Anyway, he sent me home with a 3rd round of
antibiotics and a script for Prednisone (a steroid to help the swelling
in my tonsils go down). He told me they'd call me for a return/results
visit in about 4 days. So guess what, all my tests were negative (thank
goodness) except one...yup, this 32 year old girl tested positive for
MONO!!! No wonder I'd been so stinkin' fatigued! To think I've been living
with this for nearly a MONTH simply because it wasn't standard practice
to test people over 30 for Mono!!! It's known as the kissing disease,
but can also live outside the body on food and surfaces for a time (if
someone has coughing or sneezing symptoms) so I talked to Paul even
though he wasn't experiencing any symptoms himself. He confirmed that there WAS
a girl in his office that currently had it right now! Paul's brother
had Mono as 
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