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talk me down from being furious!

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furiousnana · 25/01/2025 13:31

name changed.. but at this point i don't care if anyone knows who i am, i'm that furious at the moment and need talking down. I suffer with anxiety over germs etc.

have just picked up SS's for a road trip to be informed that one of them is off work at the moment with an infectious blood infection, he's admitted that he's probably caught it by not washing his hands properly however assures me that it can only be passed on by consuming his poo!!

he has known that he has this infection for atleast 4 days, he can't remember the name of whatever it is it's called.

AIBU in a couple of things... 1. he could have told me/us before we picked him up so that I could have done my goggling and perhaps been ok with him being in the car, and 2. we are due to have his child next weekend for a sleep over, of which he's been at home with now all week.

i'm so furious right now and not really thinking straight! I have 2 grown up DD's both with serious heart conditions, and 1 is currently pregnant!

AIBU in cancelling the sleep over plans
YANBU?

OP posts:
NigelHarmansNewWife · 25/01/2025 13:37

Shigella is dysentry. Are you sure he isn't winding you up? Where the hell has he been to catch it?

Piloom · 25/01/2025 13:36

furiousnana · 25/01/2025 13:33

Shigella.... he thinks!

But has he seen a doctor and been diagnosed? I mean, that's essentially dysentery, isn't it?

Vaxtable · 25/01/2025 13:36

Google says it often the cause if dysentery. He would be left at home and yes I would be cancelling the sleep over

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 25/01/2025 13:35

Where on earth in the UK has he contracted Shigella?

Maaate · 25/01/2025 13:35

He has dysentry?

Notgivenuphope · 25/01/2025 13:35

I suffer with anxiety over germs etc.

What treatment are you getting for this? Apart from your obsessive googling of course

PonyPatter44 · 25/01/2025 13:35

Is it Hep B? I'm sure that's the poo-driven on (I need refresher training!). Just use normal good hygiene and you will be fine.

Have you had any therapy for your germ anxiety?

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 25/01/2025 13:34

Shigella is awful, it can cause bloody diarrhoea

furiousnana · 25/01/2025 13:33

Shigella.... he thinks!

OP posts:
Pomsy · 25/01/2025 13:32

I didn’t realise there was such a thing as a contagious blood infection. What is it?

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