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[miraje]

The doctor told my sister today that she has mono. That's right, the only sister I have and the one that is currently living with me has infectious mononucleosis. The incubation period of the virus before symptoms appear is 4-6 weeks, so she didn't get it in Iowa. Methinks I will wash her dishes twice from now on...and I might also be more lax about her running the AC all the time. I sure as hell don't want it, and I kiss too often to keep it to myself if I get it. The problem is that it takes a month or more for symptoms to appear. I could have it now and not even know it until July. I could be contagious and not even know it until July. WebMD says that pretty close contact is required to contract it, though, and I haven't exactly kissed her recently. We don't drink out of the same cups either, so I think I'm safe. I sure hope she's washing her own dishes very well.

Oh, and my mother wants to take me garage sale-ing at 8am tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is Saturday to those of you not keeping track. It's also widely known in my universe as one of two days off I have every week. Being the terrible morning person that I am, I have a strong feeling that Mom is going to have a grumpy Heather on her hands. I should go to bed now to get 9 hours of sleep, but there's no way in hell I could get to sleep this early. Blah.

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[glowkitty]

i got it my freshman year of college from my neighbor in the dorm. i think she either sneezed on me or coughed on me or something. i suppose i secretly wanted it, though, because i was not doing so hot during my second semester and was hoping i'd be able to take medical withdrawal or something stupid like that. well, i did end up having the option, but didn't take it, and got a 2.3 for the semester and blew my full ride all to bits. also, i spent two weeks before finals at home, and three days out of that in the hospital. no fun.

on the other hand, charles has never had mono, but he has been around three people who have: his sister, his ex-girlfriend (the neighbor that i caught it from, coincidentally), and me. we were just starting to go out when i got really sick, and he had me over at his dorm room every night so i could lay with my back to his ice-cold concrete wall. and he's never been sick with mono in his life. so who knows, you may be immune.

[miraje.livejournal.com]

She hasn't really been sneezing or coughing at all yet, so I think I'm even safe from that.

This might be the motivation I need to get some cleaning done around here.

[glowkitty]

i remember Amanda went through the wing of the dorm and sprayed Lysol on every imaginable surface. i think she even did this before she got the mono. if i hadn't been trying to get it, i don't think i would have gotten it. (and Charles thinks this is kind of funny, because Amanda is a lesbian, and he unofficially accused her of trying to convert me and then giving me mono to spite my dating Charles)

anyway, keep things clean, especially your dishes. that's gotta be one of the quickest ways to get it.