Posted by garnet71 on May 15, 2009, at 18:10:14
In reply to Re: mono/allergies/celiac/Lyme; constant fatigue - son » garnet71, posted by desolationrower on May 15, 2009, at 7:07:05
Ricker, i am so sorry you are going through that. Man it sux having low life quality. You must certainly be taking the applicable supplements recommended for CFS? I just have a feeling this is my son's issue too..after I read your post, I read up on mono some more....you know, he always used to get sore throats and high fevers with swollen glands, especailly in the winter, though they are much less frequent now. I hope it is not in the autoimmune realm, but aren't allergies and Celiac auto immune issues anyway?
I'm wondering to, Ricker, if I should be tested for mono as well? At least a year ago, I came down with an awful fever, major swollen glands, and sore throat; was ill for days. Prior to that, I haven't had a flu in over 20 years, and I always thought I was somehow immune to the flu. Do you think I should get tested too, since I've had fatigue problems? And I had spleen pain when I took a supplement-really strange. All the times my son was sick, I never worried about germs, i'd drink out of his glass and kiss him and all.
See, this was our primary argument for years--he wouldn't ever get enough sleep! When he had the mono, he did not rest long enough-he'd always be out with his friends, would always put off going to sleep at night w/TV and Playstation; always late for school. It was difficult for me to keep on him though, cause I worked 2 jobs, one full time, and went to school myself during his last 2 years of high school. I still cooked every day for him though, at 11 pm for the next day, so he's eaten pretty good during the time, though who knows what he did with his lunch money (i used to take mine and buy cigarettes with it). But we fought all the time about him not sleeping, and he would never take vitamins. And he worked through H.S. too. But I think 6:30 am is too damn early to leave for school, I really wish they'd update the time to normal people's cycles. At least now, after years of persuasion, he does take vitamins and supplmenets. I was so worried about the spleen issues when he had mono, but would find out he was out playing basketball!!!! What do you do when someone is thickheaded like that? Well of course, to a teenage boy, Mom's are stupid and know nothing..lol.
He's taking 10 credits next semester, and I tried to talk him into only taking 6, but he insisted. What sucks is he has no driver's license, and getting him to school and back is difficult, don't want him to have to take 4 hour bus trips to/from school like I have to do every day.
So I told my son about your story, leaving out the 22 years part, and he asked me what the remedy was for this....I told him rest, good nutrition, and taking it easy. Is that the only way to deal with this? Did you ever check research to see if anything new is out there? Damn herpes viruses!
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