glandular fever - GCSEs!

Jagraf

Hello all. DD is being treated for tonsillitis. Dr said wait a few days as could be glandular fever (ie, see impact of antibiotics etc), so going back next week too.

In the meantime, I'm thinking GCSEs coming up next month. She's already stressing and panicking.

Has anyone experience doing GCSEs with glandular fever, or whether you can resit?

Hoping it is tonsillitis, but I catastrophise

purpleshoes_2

No but my brother had glandular fever when he was 17 and he had to drop out of university for a time and go back, he also had a relapse, just rest and very strong anti biotics, knocked him sideways but only had the one relapse and hes been fine ever since.

All you can do is see what happens when you get the test results, Im sure that she would be able to resit if she was too unwell given the circumstances, my brother certainly had a letter from his GP that went to the university because not surprisingly, his grades dipped a bit when he was recovering.

Jagraf

Thank you. Doesn't help that she's looked up all the symptoms of GF and is panicking about her exams. I've told her her exams don't matter, but she disagrees

Indie_Kid

She can resit.

We had exams for ICT in Janaury in Year 11. I missed them due to having an operation. I'd talked to the head of ICT and explained my situation. (I also had a letter to explain my abscence) I was told I could resit the exam.

I also had to resit Science; but did a different course. (We did Double and the resit was Single)

Pollycat

I think both you and your daughter should stop stressing about something that may not even happen.

Worrying about it being glandular fever won't help matters and won't help your daughter's recovery from what hopefully is just tonsillitis (bad as that can be).

Ziggazee

Over neurotic mum springs to mind. Stop panicking over something which might not happen :-)

Clutterfree

Hi,
I had glandular fever when I sat one of my O Levels.
I literally got out of bed to sit the exam.
I had been signed off school so a copy of my doctors note was submitted with my exam.
I was estimated an A but ended up with a B, no doubt because of my illness.
Luckily it was only one exam it affected.
I figured I might as well try and sit it because if all else failed I'd resit it later.

Commiserations to your daughter. It's an awful thing to have. It took me a good 2 years to be fully recovered, any slight cold would wipe me out again.

Speak to school because I am sure she won't be the first pupil to have it during exam time - it is most prevalent in teenagers after all.

Pollycat

Clutterfree wrote: »

Hi,
I had glandular fever when I sat one of my O Levels.
I literally got out of bed to sit the exam.
I had been signed off school so a copy of my doctors note was submitted with my exam.
I was estimated an A but ended up with a B, no doubt because of my illness.
Luckily it was only one exam it affected.
I figured I might as well try and sit it because if all else failed I'd resit it later.

Commiserations to your daughter. It's an awful thing to have. It took me a good 2 years to be fully recovered, any slight cold would wipe me out again.

Speak to school because I am sure she won't be the first pupil to have it during exam time - it is most prevalent in teenagers after all.

But the OP doesn't even know if her daughter actually does have glandular fever.
She's being treated for tonsillitis, it might be glandular fever (and it might not).
Fingers crossed that it isn't.
I think speaking to the school at this stage is definitely being too alarmist.
Plenty of time to do that if it is diagnosed as glandular fever.

Jagraf wrote: »

Hello all. DD is being treated for tonsillitis. Dr said wait a few days as could be glandular fever (ie, see impact of antibiotics etc), so going back next week too.

In the meantime, I'm thinking GCSEs coming up next month. She's already stressing and panicking.

Has anyone experience doing GCSEs with glandular fever, or whether you can resit?

Hoping it is tonsillitis, but I catastrophise

Clutterfree

Pollycat wrote: »

But the OP doesn't even know if her daughter actually does have glandular fever.
She's being treated for tonsillitis, it might be glandular fever (and it might not).
Fingers crossed that it isn't.
I think speaking to the school at this stage is definitely being too alarmist.
Plenty of time to do that if it is diagnosed as glandular fever.

Apologies, my answer was IF she has glandular fever.
I agree, it is pointless speaking to the school until she knows for sure.

ashtray_heart

I had glandular fever during my GCSEs. This was 12 years ago but I got a Doctor's letter to send to the exam board. I was very tired during my exams but I still came out with predicted grades in all but one exam where I got an A rather than an A*. I'm pretty sure I got allowances made for being ill at the time but the system could easily have changed now.

Jagraf

Thanks all. We will wait and see.