I have full blown Mono, sounds scary huh? It really is not so bad, matter of fact I think I may have the designer disease of seniors...Give me your tired, your weak, your exhausted get your self down a few more cogs. Maybe pick up a fever that stays with you for a couple weeks. Finally friends start sayiny, "you know you just don't look good"...Your eyes are really puffy and blood shot...So you go to CVC thinking I need I eye drops...The pharmasis says "gosh you really look bad what all you got going here?
Any way my diagnosis was complicated and delayed because a month ago while on my way down to this level, I damaged a knee running my 3 miles every other day. So the injury took my attention and was even blamed for my run down condition...So it delayed things and the two conditions hand in hand supported each other so to speak and until this week I knew I was sick but did not really want to admit it. Well I am admitting it and business may pick up here on the blog as I got time to burn. I have wireless and a laptop and even now snuggled into one of my most favored spots, "MY BED"....
After several test the Doc walked in the room and says this is very interesting. We don't usually see this in folks your age, you have Mono....I said does this mean I have to quit dating? He laughed and said "no, most adults are amuned to this, if she has not got it things will be fine in a couple weeks...I can not help you with pills this is a virus and your going to bed for a couple weeks and then you should be fine...
Getting Mono was kind of fun, having it was much less fun but getting over it is going to be a dream come true...sleep for 2 weeks as much as you can and drink nice juices and eat good food...I mean someone pinch me here, this has to be the designer disease of all time....Mono where have you been all my life.....
Now in my second day of recovery which has been just as much fun as yesterday I am loving this...ON doctors orders there is no guilt here of waking up after a nice long nights sleep and eating a little something and just getting back in here and taking a nap till noon...another bite to eat enjoy the gorgeous day out side but then saying you know I think I will just sleep all afternoon..and doing it...and my temperature that has been with me for weeks has left, the first sign that things are going to turn out fine here...
AS the office staff prepared my mono screening test order and made my appointment with a knee specialist, I said well I guess the old guy has MONO huh? They said kind of looks that way, don't see that much at your age, kissing disease they say?
I said well however I got it, I am taking this as kind of a "badge of honor", they laughted and said "why not good attitude Mr. L....In January my triplet grandaughters and I were on a back water fishing trip into the waters south of Marco Island. One of them had just become engaged..Our old salty Captain looked at my Grandaughter and said well, I have failed a time or two, I have been around awhile but I think I have a worthy piece of advise for you young lady. He said " if that man is not spoiling you so dam rotten that no other man would ever want you, then you need to drop that sucker at first opportunity"...We laughed but I began to think of what he had said and it is true, if it is not happening in a blooming relationship like that then it probably will not. I think his words sunk into her as she has since broke off the engagement. And like her grandpa may be cultivating a new one.grandpa has started a friendship with a fine lady he met in a greiving class, and those words are still in my head and maybe have taken grandpa down mono lane...Well maybe that and the Marine training of focusing on an objective and not stopping until it is achieved. Probably the biggest culprit in all of this has been an agressive exercise progarm I began in December this year when I arrived and settled into Florida..I enjoyed walking the beaches and I enjoyed watching weight loss happen and cholesterol and blood pressure levels drop...I knew I was doing my motor good like in that song "Maybaline", an so I probably ethusiastically abused myself somewhat wanting to be as healthy as I could and that landed me here, but however I am here, I have enjoyed getting here and am now totally enjoying sick bay here for the next two weeks.
So here I ly and as these days go by sure a story or two will be generated so check out the corn and bean man, aka MONO MAN, as there will be activity here I think....
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