Category: mono

Prayers for today!

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If you’ve been following my mono progress…you will know that it’s been almost THREE WEEKS.  Which, by the way, is tooooo long!  From what I have heard/read that’s about normal, though many people (women, especially) do experience issues far longer than this.  But we are not going there.  Nope!

I have a follow up appointment with my Doctor this afternoon.  Pray that it goes well, I feel good enough to be there and that I don’t fall out.  Being “up and about” has been the issue lately.  Getting up too quickly and getting dizzy or feeling hot and like I’m going to pass out – those are the things that keep me home.  Well, that and feeling like I need to sleep 16 hours a day.  During the day.  It’s no fun, y’all!!!!

Thanks for the prayers so far…

Grateful Post 9-27-12

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I have been doing these for a while and started sharing them on IG.  It occurred to me that not everyone is there and that I want to be sure I have them in a safe place!  I love looking back on them…especially on a bad day!  

Mono Teachings

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Mono has taught me a few things.  I have listed some here.  I honestly could do one of these a DAY!!!  (Maybe there are more than a few here.  The rest are free, too, y’all!)

  • You can actually feel like you’ve rested TOO MUCH.
  • Beds are actually kinda boring after a few weeks in them.
  • Online retail therapy is actually as satisfying as being in public.
  • You can spend more than you make in a day on a down comforter.
  • My hubby loves me more than I realize.  He has taken SUCH good care of me!
  • Buying hairspray online is cheaper than in real life.
  • I say “in real life” a lot, like the internet is FAKE.
  • I really do depend on social interaction.
  • Mono is worse than you think.
  • Sometimes when friends/family say, “call me if you need something”, they actually do mean it.
  • Lowes Foods to go is the best thing everrrr.  (Okay, already knew that.)
  • Short term disability is not just for pregnancy. (I didn’t wanna. Nurse at work said I should.)
  • My boss is one of the most compassionate, understanding people I know!
  • My employees are so capable of stepping up and taking on more in my absence.  Thought it probably but know for SURE now.
  • Cards are really seriously one of my fave things.  I have gotten a few and I treasure them so much!!!
  • Reading the Bible is so much better in a Bible study format.  I like instant reassurance that I know what the Bible is saying.

Friday Note of Praise

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Guess what happened last night?  I went to sleep at 9:45 PM, EST.  I mean, BEFORE TEN PEEE EMMM.  WHAT?  I know, it doesn’t sound like that early.  But for me, that’s early for non-mono.  For mono, that’s basically a day ahead of time.  🙂  I was up at 5:30 which is a tad early but I will take it.  I can’t even express the feeling of hope that I have for today.  I still feel so silly for feeling so horrible with this thing.  When so many others are suffering from so much more.  I also know that this is my reality for right now.  The joint pain, the exhaustion, the sore throat, the brain-sluggishness – all those things are more than any symptoms to me.  They basically are abnormal.  They don’t make me feel like Jamie Jones.  I happen to like Jamie Jones.  🙂  That’s what I miss most.  Feeling like me.  I hope I find me again…really soon!

Mono y Mono

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So in Spanish, that means “hand to hand” or denotes a fight between two people without weapons.  

I feel like that’s what my body is doing to me!  Fighting me.  However, I feel like it might have weapons.  Like:

  • fatigue
  • dizziness
  • joint pain
  • back pain
  • headache
  • loss of appetite
  • swollen spleen

I am just totally spent.  I feel like I’ve been run down.  Also?  It gets in the old noggin.  So, add depressed to all of that up there.  Thankfully, I’m smack dab in the throws of a Beth Moore Bible study and nothing makes you feel like a loved, treasured child of the King like the Bible.  So, I’m going to start on next week and try to ignore that bulleted list up there.  Night…err…mornin….