In 2004/05 I got mono. It lasts about a month for most people if they even have symptoms. I was wiped out for an entire year.
That was the year I graduated from grade school. I didn't attend most of my classes all year and somehow still made it through. Looking back, I probably should have been home doing nothing for a couple of months more. But what did I know, I was 14/15 years old back then.
I went through life from that point on with a really weak immune system. I got sick all the time. I was at my worst when I attended business school, after two years, I left just before I fell off the cliff.
Since then, my health has fluctuated. I felt really good for the past six months and then I started deteriorating again. That's how it goes, cycles of feeling better then worse. For a while, I was never well. I was always on the spectrum of being sick, recovering or getting sick.
I'm desperate to feel well again. I want to heal and to have a somewhat normally functioning immune system. So I'm going on a journey.
The first few forays into this new territory have led me to find out that I'm not alone, I'm not crazy. Others feel like this more than a decade after having mono. I've also discovered that the virus, name Epstein Barr, which cause mono has been linked to a good deal of autoimmune diseases, like chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. As of now, I don't have an autoimmune diagnosis, but if things continue as they have, I believe I could end up with one.
I'll be learning more about herbs and natural ways to heal. I've been recommended a cleanse but when is it a good time to do a cleanse? I need to make it a good time - now. I eat fairly well, but I will be looking at adding more of certain things into my diet and avoiding others. My life shifted for the better when I started avoiding lactose. I know how much power there is in the food we eat.
I pray for guidance and a safe path to healing. The Most High can heal anything, I pray that I will be healed and would appreciate you joining me in that prayer, but above all, I pray: Thy will be done.