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[crazybeautiful]

I've been doing okay lately, but as of about a week ago, not so much.


At work there have been many people sick and it's very frustrating because they come into work when they are sick, or call in and are made to come in because were short staffed. Due to this I had a minor panick attack at work friday night. (My first in a VERY long time). I had to leave, telling my boss I wasn't feeling 100%.


Today I come into work and one of the girls (Who I work closely with) says she was sick last night! THROWING UP. And she STILL came into work. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she got food poisoning from stirfry, but her boyfriend didn't get it and he ate it as well. So now of course I'm worried that it wasn't food poisoning, but the stomac flu.


I can't stop worrying about it...and I was exposed and with her all morning, I have so much stuff to do all week...I work 5 days straight, am getting a manicure and going to a concert, then having people over. Too much stuff that I cannot get ill for.


I don't know what to do. I'm freaking out.

[canucchink]

I'm sure you'll be fine...[img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]


Lots of hand sanitizer and don't go near stuff of hers lol. Your chances of catching anything from her are low.

[japa]

I hesitate to post this because I feel that mine isa minority opinion around here.


Oh well, here goes.


I think that stomach viruses are much more difficult to catch than we make them out to be. If it were so easy, then we would all have them a lot more often than we do. For example, even if your coworker had a stomach virus, I think you could go ahead and stand next to her and work with her like you did, and you'll be just fine. I have done that countless times at the various places I have worked.


At any rate, if she had a stomach virus or food poisoning, I'd imagine that she would have thrown up multiple times, not just once. It sounds like the stir fry just didn't agree with her, but whatever. Even if she had a full blown stomach virus, again I don't think you would catch it from being at work with her like that.

[trixie]

Hi I.m new here and from my past experiences with people who have been sick the night before i'd say its nothing catching! I mean if you feel that bad and you have been sick or feel sick, would you go to work? I have become realistic with my Emet/OCD and i realise that many of the situations i find myself in are just plain situations. I try not to worry, although its not always easy, but i do tend to 'talk' to myself and if i were in your position i'd say 'why come to work..?' AND believe it or not, some people (i have met) actually get off on telling people they have been sick, when in fact they haven't.

[shiva]

Japa,


Never ever hesitate to post here. You might feel that your opinion is a minority around here, but I almost always agree with you and I feel that sometimes without your logic people around here might literally go nuts!


Anyway.. I have my moments where I freak out over things like this as well. I even have the tendancy to be one of those who freak if I walk by a stain on a carpet in a store, thinking I am going to catch a virus from it. However.. Logically, we know that bacteria and viruses are CONSTANTLY around us. On everything we touch. In the air we breath. It's impossible to stay away from it EVEN IF we lock ourselves in our homes and never leave. It's important for us all to understand our immune systems. We are probably constantly in contact with things that could cause vomiting, but it's our body's job to protect us from such things. It's really cool when you think about it. Like I said.. I am one of us who has the tendancy to constantly want to freak out and be afraid of being around people, etc. But, when I am feeling scared, this is some of the logical thinking that I try to incorporate into my thoughts in order to keep me from losing it.

[japa]

Thank you, shiva. I appreciate that. And you're such a sweet person. It comes through in all of your posts.

Japa,


Never ever hesitate to post here. You might feel that your opinion is a minority around here, but I almost always agree with you and I feel that sometimes without your logic people around here might literally go nuts!