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emetophobes, it's that time of year :(

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devilinside · 07/10/2013 09:31

First bucket sighting at school this morning. My sister had norovirus last week after attending a party where some selfish buggers thought it was acceptable to bring along a vomiting toddler. Most of the other guests got the bug including an elderly man. Feel free to add your rants and worries here.

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pinkkoala · 24/11/2013 14:24

Hope you get the job marne, i am a care assistant working with elderly frail residents some with dementia, some are there for respite some of them it is palliative, but i enjoy my job and get quite attached to the residents. I deal with the otheq end alot of the time. I have just had a phone call asking me to do a night shift tonight to cover someone ringing in sick. i said no, i am on an early shift on tuesday 8 til 2, i have a childminder to take dd to school when i am on an early.
my dd has had another episode of the squits just now, i can cope with that end beta.

Twighlightsparkle · 24/11/2013 16:18

Hi everyone, I haven't been on here for a while, hope everyone is ok, pink hope you escaped.

I'm in full stress mode, my daughter is going into hospital tomorrow for 5 days she has a rare form of chrones which affects her oesophagitis.

It's a general children's ward, so there will be vomiting bug kids, there always are!

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

monikar · 24/11/2013 16:47

Twighlight hope everything goes well for your DD tomorrow and for you.

Marne · 24/11/2013 17:26

Good luck for your dd Twighlight, I hate going anywhere near hospitals at this time of the year but any appointments the dd's have seem to land in November and December, we have a appointment on Tuesday for orthotics for dd2 and I am awaiting a appointment to have some teeth out in hospital (am dreading it), hope you and your dd manage to stay bug free.

autumnsmum · 25/11/2013 08:43

Hi so glad to have found this thread I always thought it as only me .now it is winter I am terrified the children will vomit .the fear started with me three years ago when. Moro went through the family twice .last winter dd2 who was three had five bouts of vomiting so I'm so scared for this year . Dd2 has autism and is now at a special school so hopefully she will catch fewer bugs .marne I recognize you from sn board

Marne · 25/11/2013 11:43

< waves to autum > I always hope because dd2 is not very sociable and has built up quite a good immune system from shoving everything in her mouth that she will be less likely to get bugs, she used to get sick quite a lot ( at nursery and first 2 years of school) ,we had a bad year where she was sick with scarlet fever ,chicken pox and then noro ( as soon as she had a high temp she would be sick ) but since then she has been sick less times than her sister, I feel that we have been too lucky and this year it will get us Sad.

Dd1 was moaning again last night about feeling ill and she looked pale, I was brave and sat with her and eventually she went to sleep, she seems fine this morning and I feel ill ( due to the anxiety of dd1 feeling poorly), dd1 seems to be doing this most nights at the moment, not quite sure what's wrong with her or if she's just playing up but it's making me extra anxious.

autumnsmum · 25/11/2013 11:56

Marne my dd2 is sick whenever she gets a temperature it happened with flu and tonsillitis as well as a stomach bug lady winter

pinkkoala · 25/11/2013 17:29

My dd is much beta today but school dont want her back til weds due to 48hr rule. She is eating and playing almost normal now
do any of you know what the incubation period is, i am still anxious.
hope everyone is ok and bug free at the mo.

autumnsmum · 26/11/2013 14:09

Does anyone else have any weird rituals around their phobia dd2 had an awful stomach bug last winter and I haven't worn the dress I was wearing that day since .is ridiculous but I feel I'm tempting fate if I wear it

Marne · 26/11/2013 15:42

I am the same Autum, also when I was a child and was sick after eating a certain food I could never touch that food again.

Pink, glad your dd is feeling better, incubation period is anything from 12-48 hours (depending on the bug), I would have thought if you were going to get it you would have by now.

BabyHaribo · 26/11/2013 17:49

Yes I do Autumn.

Do you also feel that however sympathetic your oh is they can never truly understand Hmm. DH is sympathetic to a point but I think he feels at the end of the day how can vomit be that bad!

autumnsmum · 26/11/2013 18:21

Thankfully oh has agoraphobia and depression indeed we are a good pair so he understands fear and panic .mil less sympathetic she's always telling me things are in the air and can be caught anywhere which is not how to cheer me up

BeckyBendyLegs · 27/11/2013 09:11

Worst nightmare is here. Sickness bug sweeping through the school and I thought we were going to get away with it but 2am last night DS2 copiously sick, but only twice :(

DH in London today so I am coping on my own. I seem to go into hyper cheerful mode in these situations even when inside I am panicking. I guess that is good because then he doesn't pick up on how I really feel. I can cope with him being sick, I was able to be good mum last night, sitting with him, rubbing his back etc but inside I am panicking about me getting it.

I feel very tired today :(

autumnsmum · 27/11/2013 13:32

Bendy legs that sounds dreadful well done

BeckyBendyLegs · 27/11/2013 14:55

DH has just texted from London to say he feels sick and is going to come home when he feels better. I'm really starting to panic now. What if he can't get home? What if I come down with it while he's ill? I just won't be able to cope I know I won't. Or if one of the other DSs get it at the same time. It is just my worst nightmare coming true.

I hate sickness bugs so much they are evil.

BeckyBendyLegs · 27/11/2013 15:19

I don't understand why DH feels ill less than 12 hours after DS2 was sick. Surely it can't be that quick??? I thought symptoms came out 24-48 hours after infection.

He's informed me that he's braving the tube. So worried about him. We live 3 hours by train from London.

alexle · 27/11/2013 16:32

Hi Becky
I'm really sorry to hear this. It sounds like you managed brilliantly last night with your Ds and all day on your own too. Hang in there. Your husband may not get ill. Perhaps he ate something that disagreed with him and it will pass? If your Ds hasn't been ill again hopefully that's it and I 'm sure you have cleaned everything and have washed hands lots etc. and that will help to stop you and your other dcs getting it. You are doing great. I will keep checking in this evening and will be thinking of you. Xx

BeckyBendyLegs · 27/11/2013 16:50

Oh Alexle thank you so much you are so thoughtful. DH is now on the train, he survived the tube. I haven't heard anything for an hour or so (he says he's sat in a seat near the toilet just in case) so I take that as good news, perhaps he is having a snooze, or very bad news (too ill to text me). I have calmed down a bit since he first texted me. I was shaking and really panicky. I have been cleaning and my hands are completely dry and smell of that alcohol hand stuff. I'm just so glad that touch wood I feel fine at the moment. I'm sick of this time of year though. I'm sick of facebook and seeing all the news about this bug from local friends. There was one last year at about the same time and we escaped that one. I had assumed the same would happen again. It's just so tiring going through this every year, isn't it? It is reassuring to know I'm not the only one. I am petrified of being sick, so so scared. Oh well. Keep Battling On.

alexle · 27/11/2013 17:04

That's good news Becky. Hopefully it's a good sign if your dh hasn't been sick yet. Your Ds might not have had a bug if he was only sick twice and is alright now. It could be one of those random kid things that throw us into a total panic.
I know exactly what you mean about Facebook and so on. It makes me so anxious but I can't stop myself from looking. I have also done that on the health board here. It's like I'm torturing myself! I totally understand about the anxious 'what if' thoughts spiralling. I know it's really hard, (if not impossible at times), but try to keep busy. Is there a friend you could chat to on the phone? Your husband will be home soon. When I was having a nightmare last week I was really anxious about my husband getting sick and what I would do. He said that even if he was he could still look after our Ds as he doesn't feel the same way as I do about sick. This really helped me as I forget that not everyone sees sickness as a catastrophic event! Sending you positive thoughts. This will be over soon Xx

BeckyBendyLegs · 27/11/2013 18:07

DH is nearly home, less than an hour away and he says he feels just about ok. So he hasn't been sick on the train. I have been keeping busy (busy printing photographs for college project). DS3 is keeping me entertained with his cute banter at the moment too.

My worst nightmare is that DH and I sick at the same time and can't look after the children. My DH copes with sick far better than me but he still takes to his bed! It has happened once since we had children and luckily we were both ill at night time (I wasn't actually sick because I'm sure this is quite common amongst people who are phobic I actually find it very hard to be sick as I get into such a panicky state that I think my mind takes over matter - but that feeling of impending doom is so horrid).

pinkkoala · 27/11/2013 18:15

Becky i understand how you feel, having been there with dd on the wkend and still having cramps and quite loose. I am terrified of these bugs, hate this time of year. Dd hate it this time last year as well. I get through loads of domestos and dettol.

BeckyBendyLegs · 27/11/2013 18:29

My boys have their own bathroom and it stinks of domestos. I connect that smell with illness. Yuck. I keep telling myself during these crises: this too will pass. It does pass. I look back and shudder at these times but it does pass. This time next week perhaps it will all be over one way or another. At least it isn't Christmas. Hopefully this means we can have a Christmas without the fear of getting a bug.

pinkkoala · 27/11/2013 19:00

I think exactly the same as you becky, hopefully we will have bug free xmas.

BeckyBendyLegs · 27/11/2013 19:49

DH is back. He's going to bed soon I think. He hasn't been sick so perhaps all he needs is a good night's sleep. DS2 has eaten so he's on the mend. I think I am in for an evening by myself! I should make the most of it really and watch trashy TV. Fingers crossed for a quiet night.

Marne · 27/11/2013 20:48

So sorry to hear this Becky, hope your Dh is ok and you don't get it. I am the same as you if I do get a bug I am hardly sick at all (takes a lot to make me actually sick, sometimes I am sick once or twice but rarely any more than that). I hope you are all better soon, try and think ahead (a few days time and it will all be over, hopefully you wont even get it). Hope you have a quiet night.

I'm on edge all the time waiting for the bug to sprig up at school, a few kids had after half term but the school sent out messages straight away to remind everyone about the 48 hour rule and this seemed to stop it spreading (which is great but probably means it will show its face again before Christmas).