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Mono a Mono: How the Kissing Disease Knocked Me Off My Feet and Taught Me Personal Health 

This is an article written by Lecia Bushak. It was published on a website called Medical Daily in May of 2014. Lecia writes about the truths of mononucleosis and how the disease affected her physically and emotionally. Lecia was diagnosed with mononucleosis when she was twenty three. At the time she was an avid exerciser and hard worker. She biked, swam, and ran all before she would go to her full time job. Her first week with mononucleosis she felt extreme fatigue after doing all of her daily activities which was unusual for her. She also became depressed and was feeling feverish. She went to the doctor where she received blood tests and was diagnosed with mononucleosis. She was told she needed to drink plenty of fluids and get rest to flush the virus out. As the infection progressed, Lecia was barely eating, could barely do daily activities due to extreme fatigue, and had severe abdominal pain because of her enlarged spleen. She began feeling more depressed because Lecia couldn't live her active lifestyle. Her symptoms began to decrease as the infection was being flushed out but she still suffered from fatigue for around three months. Although during her infection she felt feelings of unproductiveness and depression, Lecia learned a lot through this experience. She learned how to relax and manage her stress and health. When she was diagnosed with mononucleosis Lecia was stressed at work and was running her body into the ground due to lack of rest. Mononucleosis helped her slow down and learn to take care of herself.

After reading this article, I found it to be an extremely helpful article to those infected and suffering from mononucleosis. Not only did this article provide scientific facts about mononucleosis but it also provided a personal experience that people could relate to. By sharing her story, Lecia provided people with truthful knowledge about what they might go through when diagnosed with mononucleosis. Lecia also provided insightful knowledge about how to cope with not being able to be as active as one might have been before being infected. Although multiple websites provide the symptoms of mononucleosis, it is hard to imagine how that affects your body. Lecia successfully portrayed the effects mononucleosis had on her and made it easier to imagine going through that experience.