Q: Mononucleosis: One Year Later w/ Swollen Nodes & Tired
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insane mgmembrane
on September 29th, 2007
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Ok I'm 18 yr old male and I had sex with a girl in March of 2006. About a month later I became ill with flu-like symptoms ie: 101 fever extremely swollen nodes, sweats, chills, sore throat and fatigue. This cleared up within a week or so after an anti-biotic regimen and rest. I questioned the girl and she said she was tested for mono and it turns out she had it but I don't know 100% if I did. Now throughout the rest of 2006 I was tired and fatigued off and on still and the nodes on the left side my neck remained hard. I asked my doctor about them and he didn't seem too concerned. Well throughout this year I still get tired and the swelling of my nodes have not gone down although they are not painful or tender and they are not directly under my jaw (left side only). I was concerned that this is lymphoma so I went to another doc last week and he felt them, ran a CBC blood test which came back completely normal and I was prescribed an antibiotic which has helped the swelling slightly. A day later I passed kidney stones (from the anti-biotic maybe?) and had a CT scan on not only my kidneys but my brain and the side of my skull with some of my neck showing which did not appear to have a tumor. I guess my question would be, is it common for people who have mono to remain tired even over a year later and have still swollen nodes? This is freaking me out and I'm a little concerned I have cancer in my neck. Note: I take anti-seizure medicine which can cause tiredness and I just started working for UPS which is like at 5 AM. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
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