Hooray! I have mono!

Yes, I know that sounds strange. Even my doctor laughed when I said that to him after he delivered the glorious news. “I’ve never once heard anyone so excited to have mono!” he said. Why am I so happy? Cause it’s not malaria, it’s not some crazy tick-borne disease, it’s not any of the other crazy diseases I was tested for, and I can quit taking the trial antibiotics that were making me lose my lunch. I may be sick for another few months, but hey, at least I’m not gonna die.

So, “The Kissing Disease.” I didn’t go to Africa, although they thought I had malaria. I didn’t do other things, and they thought I had something far worse than malaria. I didn’t kiss, but I got the kissing disease. Considering the competition, I’m really glad it was the latter. Yay! I have mono! Fishbain!

I found out early this morning from Dr. Fishbain that, despite having been tested for mono earlier to no avail, it suddenly came back positive today. I had been emailing him, keeping him up to date on the lunch-losing events (per his request, I didn’t just randomly email him and say, “Hey, Fishbain! Guess what! I threw up!”). That was when my test results came back. He decided to call to deliver the good news. He told me that some people have mono for two weeks, some have it for two years, but the average patient has it for about six weeks. So I could feel better next week, I could feel better by Christmas, there’s no telling. Hopefully I’ll remember this happy feeling that I don’t have malaria so that I won’t get all upset and worried and scared out of my mind again.

To pass the time this evening I decided to start an Amazon Wishlist. I’d created wishlists before as basic christmas wishlists to forward to my Mom, but I don’t think I’ve ever posted one publicly before. I always thought it was too… selfish or something. Well, you know what? After two months of pain, frustration, and a whole lot of worrying and/or crying, I deserve a present, dang it! Haha. Well, it’s nice to think about anyway. Plus, I added a few gag gifts to the list, so check it out, even if you just want a giggle.

I’m gonna go lay down now, as I took a shower this evening and now I’m totally exhausted. Thanks for all the kind emails and notes and hugs, everybody. 🙂 But now we can all relax and cheer, cause hey, it’s only mono! Hehehe.