Emets rule, ok!?

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Thought it was about time we had somewhere to get us through the season. Hope everyone bug free for the moment! Pull up a chair and have a !

Sadly ds1 had to come home from school at 1.30
The receptionist says the kids are dropping like flies!

What are your son's symptoms Badvoc? Are you feeling okay? My DS is home now and a lot better.

Hi FreeSpirit, that sounds awful, I try to stay away from hospitals as much as possible (including wanting a home birth because I was scared of catching noro in hospital!). I hope your DS recovers quickly; if he's taking antibiotics then it would be worth giving him a probiotic in order to make sure his stomach doesn't get irritated.

Hi freespirit do you mean the phobia started last year? What do you think triggered it?

Hope your ds is ok, you could have just got the runs from anxiety. And I think those cardboard sick bowls are pretty much standard issue in hospitals. It's like 'oh broken leg....have a sick bowl'.

badvoc which part of the country are you in? I'm scared now.

I'm not sure the doctor thing it's a reaction to my grandfathers death, two years prior. I'm not sure. And yes had it since last December (2013)

Hope your Children recovers quickly for you all

Hope everyone's ok.

School hols start here for two weeks. Oct is always bad for gastro bugs ( in my mind!) so glad if we get to Sunday bug free.

Where abouts are you helen? It's not half term here for another two weeks I'm counting.

I hope everyone is okay and that your DC are both fully recovered now Badvoc.

I took DS on a train today which is huge for me as I hate travelling due to the chances of being contaminated. Am trying not to do a 48 countdown. DS asked to go to soft play but luckily he changed his mind

Phil, I'm in Scotland. Think most of Scotland on oct hols now.

My next worry is BIG

My 10 year old is going on holiday with my SIL.

So she's outwith my control,for hand washing, hand gelling, touching things, etc etc. I know it will be good for her but goodness am I worried?

How is everyone doing?

I keep reading posts in MN about sickness bugs and I can't help worrying.

Hi keep seeing posts on fb about vomiting bugs and it's scaring me so much

Well, I have a horrid cold thing but it always makes me strangely happy to have a cold as I know it isn't a D&V thing.

I hate looking at fb statuses this time of year, it seems to be a competition as to whom can vomit the most.

I'm really trying to stop myself checking the HPA website and local hospital ward restrictions to see how much noro is about.

Had to buy some more hand cream as my hands have already started cracking from cleaning too much. Always gets worse this time of year.

We have another week till half term , panicing, as someone mentioned on this thread last year I wish fb had an option to hide posts mentioning bomiting

My hands have started getting inflamed & cracked from hand washing too Philomena. People just roll their eyes & tell me I wash my hands too much

I don't have DC and am in awe of you all for coping so well in bug season.

Hi all! Ds had a party today. A friend Of his was there, white as a sheet but joining in fine with everything. Turns out both his brothers were v'ing all last night. Dos was complaining of tummy ache this evening but he does a lot as he knows it gets him attention... I'm on watch now :(. Thee was a school disco earlier in the week too and dc1 saw someone being sick in the playground about 3 metres away. So far so good on that one but it is clearly doing the rounds at school. I've had 2 other unconnected friends with v'ing kids who are not in the same school as us too - it feels like it is closing in all around.

I'm trying so hard to hold it together but my god is it hard at the moment. One more week till half term. Hugs to everyone - who cares if it's unmumsnetty... We need hugs!

How do you all react to the news of bugs going round? Most non - emet people would just mention it casually that their child was sick. I try and gain some information about when it was, if they're better now etc without it sounding too earnest if that makes sense. Inwardly I'm panicking but I try and sound casual.

Oh god wilderness, I understand the feeling of it closing in on you, it makes me feel claustrophobic and like I want to keep DS off of nursery for the winter. I have everything crossed for you that you're DS is healthy, I think it's great that given how powerful this phobia is, we do our utmost to ensure our DC have fun and normal lives (well, as normal as possible!).

Dancer, I can't help myself when someone mentions their DC has been ill. I have to know when they last vomited/ had diarrhoea etc. I know I come across as weird but I'd rather know so I can take extra precautions. I do try and sound calm and I am sympathetic as having a poorly child is horrible for anyone. I am quite open about the emetophobia now, I tried to hide it for years but now I'll tell anyone. My DS' teacher knows to call his dad or my DM if DS is ever sick at school as I won't be able to collect him

I'm just the same. , I try and find out when the sickness was , my daughter attends special school and a child was sick on her minibus and I panicked , I hate this fear so much , not so scared of being sick myself it's other people vomiting

Oh god I keep seeing messages on here and fb about sickness , it's hideous

I find myself checking out the health pages and new sites almost looking for confirmation of my fears. 2 more days till half term! Roll on Christmas and the countdown to spring!!

News sites**

How is everyone doing now it's half term (in England)? My anxiety levels have dropped today but I know DS could be incubating something so not completely calm.

Hi everyone
Regular emetophobe signing in again. Hope you are all alright.
I'm in a right panic here. Ds has been off his food, tired and a bit irritable for the last couple of days. This evening he was sick a couple of hours after going to bed. My husband cuddled him and sorted him out while I cleaned up the sick in his room, (I am ashamed to say I am better at this part as I'm afraid to comfort my son). Lovely Dh has put Ds in our bed and said he will look after him tonight. I am pacing around downstairs. I can't calm down and go to sleep and I'm listening out for every sound. I just feel like running away. I don't know how I will cope tomorrow.
I am so sick of living like this. It just feels like there is no respite from this constant worry and anxiety. I love my dh and Ds so much and I feel like I am letting them down all the time.
I'm sorry to be so negative but I can't really talk about this to anyone in real life. I have tried so many different therapies but I just seem to get worse which makes me feel even more guilty and inadequate.
Has anyone found anything that has helped? I really feel desperate and would consider anything, even inpatient treatment if I thought it would help me.
Apologies again. I know I must sound very dramatic but I'm sitting here working myself up into a state.

Hi alexle, so sorry you're dealing with this atm. FWIW I don't think you're being dramatic, that is exactly how I feel especially when DS is sick.
I have also had numerous blocks of different therapies and tried different medications but to no avail, sorry
The one thing that I cling onto when I'm feeling like the worst parent ever is that no parent is perfect and everyone has something that they can't deal with be it spiders, blood, maths homework etc. If you think of all the days in the year when your DS isn't sick and what a good parent you are then, then you can put it in some kind of perspective. You clearly love him or you wouldn't worry. You are doing your best in an awful situation. Imagine if your DH had a phobia about blood and your DS cut himself; would you mind being the one to deal with comforting and cleaning him up? That's how your DH probably feels about this.

Hello. Thanks very much for replying so quickly and for being so kind. Ds seems quite perky this morning thankfully although I'm still watching his every move.
I feel a bit better this morning. I find the nights particularly hard when he is ill. The clocks went back and gave me an extra hour of worry too!
I'm sorry that you have to contend with this awful phobia too but I'm grateful for your understanding. I will keep telling myself what you said about phobias and being a good parent and what I would think if it was dh. Thank you.

Posting to follow this thread - oh its so nice to find like minded people! We are 7 days since a bug hit here, and thankfully on half term.now. But we are about to go away for 3 nights to staying somewhere unfamiliar makes the worry so much worse! I worry most that it seems once you get one bug, it's almost like you are left susceptible to more I did try getting some probiotics from Tesco, took one dose, went to take it the next day and realised they were 2 months out of date