I just joined this group. I am 56 years old and suffered acute mononucleosis when I was 21 and in college. A perfect storm of stressful events triggered reactivation in 2014. I was diagnosed 3 1/2 years ago with Reactivated EBV. I never thought it would hang on so long. Mine affects muscle and energy recovery time, as well as flu-like symptoms ( body aches and chills, swollen lymph nodes) after periods of stress or overdoing it. Overdoing it could be as simple as attending a birthday party and doing 1 hour of light housework. It's as if my body punishes me by saying "how dare you try to live your life!". I understand that it affects us all a little differently. I was able to get SSDI after 3 years of appeals, which the stress made me even sicker. This is a very misunderstood illness with lots of ramifications. Last night I started crying again from frustration over having another "flul-ike episode. Which have been appearing almost daily while I amin the middle of a divorce and selling the house. I have had to research most of what I know because the medical community isn't well versed in this.

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