Something small I wanted to share

[cycle]

Soooo my roomie went home for Easter and came back sunday night. Monday morning, I got up for work and did my usual morning routines and realized she was awake, which is definitely abnormal bc she's a late sleeper and it was fairly early in the morning. I thought nothing of it, wished her a good day and went to work. When I came back from work she was in class so I fixed some dinner, did my usual evening routine. When she came back from class she said ' I hope I didn't wake you up last night, I think I had food poisoning or something .' Instead of really freaking me out, I actually felt concern for another person about this (emets, you know this is rare! LOL). We talked a bit, she said she threw up once, had horrible stomach pain, and had it coming out the other end all night, and still wasn't feeling awesome. She said her mom suggested it might be norovirus. Without getting all totally flipped out, I said it probably wasn't and maybe It was another bug.
it was about this time that I realized I had gone to the bathroom this morning and brushed my teeth and all that without using the necessary 'stomach bug precautions.' A part of me started having a cow and being like 'OMFGWUTIFFFFF' but most of me was like 'welp...I'm already exposed, not much to do now!' And I wasn't worried, hardly at all! I went thru the next few days without really thinking about it ( except to be like, wow look how good I'm doing!) I didn't go nutso on the hand washing because as I said earlier, I was already exposed. If this were a year ago, I would have absolutely broken down. Anyway, it's been 48 hrs now, she's fine, I'm fine...and I know it's not the BIGGEST triumph...but I thought I'd share anyway

[JadeNight]

Cycle, this is fantastic! You were able to go back and reflect on what you would of done a year ago, and didn't feel overly compelled to react that way again. It sounds like what your room mate had was short lived (so probably something she ate!) and it sounds like you'll be fine too.

[chris_alice]

Something small???? Are you kidding me? This is a HUUUUGE accomplishment, a HUGE step forward! You should be screaming from the rooftops how well you handled it, how rationally you were able to think, you were there for your friend instead of thinking only of yourself and your fear, etc. Good job! You should be VERY proud of yourself because you grabbed emetophobia by the biscuits and showed it who's boss!

[xxrachmarie]

That's amazing! Good for you!!! I would never be able to do something about that. I think you handled it better than most non-emets too. You should be very proud, I'm proud! haha

[jmoore10]

Damn cycle, that is awesome....such an impressive accomplishment. Way to go, you. Sounds as though you may have turned a corner with your emet-YAY! Keep it going, girl!