Mono or AIDS?

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Tonsils will heal themselves, like other parts of the body. Red lines worry me also. When is the next appointment with the doctor?

Originally Posted By: IneligibleTonsils will heal themselves, like other parts of the body. Red lines worry me also. When is the next appointment with the doctor? Don't really have another appointment but I figure I will call tomorrow and see about the mono.What could the red lines be? I tried looking it up on Google using terms like "red lines running down neck" and it gives me nothing besides links to maps for various "red line" subways.

Have u ever considered acute or chronic Tonsillitis? Most of your symptoms match that. If the infection is chronic then you may find pus and blood in your sputum.

As far as the "shit", as you put it...stuck in your tonsils...look up cryptic tonsils. About the red lines occuring on your neck....that may be due to chronic infection. And the black stuff maybe blood that has clotted and gone dark brown or black.

Please see your doctor, take antibiotics on time, dont poke in ur throat with anything (you seriously dont want the anaerobic bacteria to travel deeper towards your jugular vein and cause serious problems)....if u so wana poke around your tonsils use your tongue its a better choice.

Try taking some lozenges. They do help. Use warm water + salt for gargling.

I hope you get well soon.

Yeah I pretty much came to the conclusion that the black was old blood. I've never had white shit on my tonsils ever, at least not since any age I would remember.Also I've been doing A LOT of reading into Mono and pretty much everything mirrored how I felt: not being able to eat, throwing up everything, too weak to stand up, sore throat...Since yesterday I've been feeling well enough to get up and walk around, I've even been driving and making trips to the store and whatnot. I also still am not eating as much as I used to but I can eat food again. Yesterday all I managed was a bagel from Brueggers and 10 mozzerella sticks. Today I had a piece of a cheese danish so far but I'll probably eat later on.My tonsils are almost all pink again now except for one stubborn white patch that all the salt and Cepacol in the world won't rub off. I think I need to use some mold and mildew tile cleaner and a brillo pad to get it off.As far as the red lines go, they typically appear after I blow my nose, cough hard, or open my mouth wide to look at my tonsils.Still don't know if it was officially Mono, due to the stupid christian holiday holding everything up i won't be able to find out probably for several days. thanks though

Ok so I do have Mono. Certainly the worst part of the symptoms are over but now I just feel weak and tired easily. Yesterday I got a burst of energy which allowed me to clean my entire apartment and then I was just zapped. I'm finally starting to work up a normal appetite but I don't know if that's due to my finally being able to smoke pot again or what, I stopped smoking for about 3 days during the worst of the symptoms and whenever I stop smoking pot I generally don't want to eat anything. How can I deal with the fatigue and energy drain? I have a great fear that I'll just never be the same again after I recover. Also, will this ever strike me again like it did a couple days ago? Because if I ever have to go through this again I'll just put a bullet in my head. I think people with terminal cancer have it better, at least they get morphine. And how long am I contagious still for? I don't want to pass it on to anyone I know at least, I'm worried if I share a bowl or bong with my friends they will get it. I told one friend I had Mono and he just flipped out like it was Ebola. I owed him some cash so I went over his place to drop it off and he was standing 20 ft away from me with a paper towel over his mouth and nose and a can of Lysol disinfectant in his hand, he just told me to throw the money on the floor and get out.

The fatigue will gradually go, but it will take quite a while. Depending how bad it was, it can take six months or more to get fully back to normal.There is a lot of uncertainty about how long you are contagious for. It is possible that you could be contagious still for many weeks. Your friend over-reacted, but you shouldn't share a bong or cup or plate or fork or things like that until you are back to normal.

I don't know if what I had constitutes "severe mono" but I was still walking around to some extent even on the worst days. I was sick and confined to bed for about a solid week. I anticipate it should all be over mid to late January. What if my friends hold a flame up to the mouthpiece of the bowl or use an alcohol swab? We often do that when one of us is sick. Plus I don't like slobber on the mouthpiece so there usually isn't much saliva on it.

An alcohol swab should be effective if used properly. A flame is also effective if it makes the mouthpiece very hot - merely waving a flame around is not effective.

You think I can drink alcohol yet? I've been "better" for like a week and I miss getting drunk.

If you are no longer on medication you probably can, if you can trust yourself not to do anything stupid.