Posts by Kenneth Vaughn2

Maria Fisher46 said:Hi there,

if you're dealing with a sore throat, a fever, and just feeling totally wiped out for more than a week—and in your case, it sounds like way longer than that—you really ought to consider if it might be mono.

To get a definitive answer, you’d need to run some serology tests, basically checking for various antibodies that show up when you've been hit by whatever causes mononucleosis. Usually, it's the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), though it could be cytomegalovirus (CMV) or something else entirely.

I'm not sure if you've had a CBC, LDH, or CRP checked yet?

Anyway, I'll just type out today's lab results right here:

CRP 2.1 L 7.4 (seg 25 ly 61 mo 10 eo 4 ba 3)% e 5,12 Hb 146 Hct 0.43
MCV 85 Trc 223 AST 27 ALT 32 GGT 30 AP 87.

Microscopic CBC - (seg 26 ly 47 ly areakt 13 mo 14)%
serology EBV;CMV

Yeah, everything is exactly like that on the paperwork I just picked up.🤷

vividsailor7 said:Is it really that much work to just scroll up and read the original post?

My bad, honestly. I was over at the Mayo Clinic getting checked out, and after they did a quick blood smear under the microscope, it looks like I’ve got mononucleosis—though for me, it seems to be one of those milder versions. They also drew some blood for more extensive testing, but apparently, I have to wait like ten or fourteen days for the results to come back. So, I was just wondering, what kind of tests are they actually running? Is it to pin down the specific virus or something else entirely?

So, I just went in for some blood work, and here’s what came back:

Lymphocytes - 61.1% (Ref range: 19-52)
GGT - 30 U/L (Ref range: 10-27)

Everything else seems to be totally fine, but I had a nasty case of strep throat about ten days ago, and even after finishing a seven-day round of antibiotics, my right tonsil still feels... off, at least according to how it feels on my end. Aside from sounding a bit nasal when I talk, I don't really have any other symptoms 🙂.
Do you guys think this could be mono? 🤷