My Mono...

I want to go full humor right now, but I am aware that there is an underlying serious issue at hand and that some people are nervous about how contagious I am... me and my mono.

First off, my daughter had mono last month. I must have gotten it from her. I've never had it before so immunity to it was down. Mono stems from the Epstein-Barr Virus and people who have had mono, have an insignificant level of the EBV living in their bloodstream, like a vaccine.  

My doctor told me that about 80 to 85% of people get mono before the age of 30 - although not everyone gets it (like chicken pox). I am in that 15% who never did.  

Mono is transferred through saliva... kissing, sharing drinks and if you blast out a giant wet sneeze on someone, perhaps then too. Before finding out my 'feeling pretty crappy' was in fact mono, I had kissed my wife. She has had mono... she's doing pretty well right now.

I have been in contact (on phone) with the NBC Universal Medical Director as well as others in her department about the mono... they are fine with my doctor's advice. Go about your life, take it as slow as you can, don't make out with people, share drinks, or sneeze like a hephalump on folks. I can follow that.

The hardest part for me is my radio producer's last day is tomorrow. TV sweeps begins today. I'm needed, especially on radio where the show bears my name.  

One final amazing thing is this began with a Tweet. Hello new world.

For more information on mono, see www.mayoclinic.com/