God I'm so scared!

[FlounceyFlossam]

Am really working myself into a larther about getting into work in the morning. I know lots of us are going to have to do it. I really don't want to go, and yet of course I have to. Can't even tell DP about it cause he will think I'm being stupid. I want to stay home with my beautiful baby. And I don't have any life insurance if anything did happen. God what am I like? They have never yet struck in the same place twice.

I know how you feel. When the IRA fired a missile at Downing Street (and I heard the bang from my workplace) I was due to go to a meeting in Whitehall with several other people. We were all pretty nervous about it (including the men) but none of us could back out and leave the others. However the police eventually said we couldn't get access for security reasons

However after a terroist attack the safest place to be can be the scene of the attack - because the emergency services are there in force and anything unusual gets a lot of scrutiny. And although it takes time to see it like this you're no more at risk than you were last week as the attack could have happened then. In fact you are less at risk because everyone is more observant.

I probably couldn't see it like this if I hadn't been through it once but believe me you will feel better once the initial shock wears off.

Flouncey....dont go. I'm not and the police have advised to just stay at home.....

My worry is that thats what the terrorists are banking on us thinking and I will feel much better when the group come forward.

Sax, thanks for your lovely post. I am home safe and sound, and apart from my IBS causing a bit of havoc I am fine. The unit on the whole was quite quiet. Patients from yesterday pretty horrible and very young.

Only just seen this Flossam. Am full of admiration for the job that you do .

Flossam, be kind to yourself - you need to be well and strong to do your job as well as you do.

Glad that today was OK - must have been distressing to see the people from yesterday

Flossam I have the utmost respect for you - not only for the job you do but for getting there and doing it today. As I said to you yesterday - i dont think theres any way i could have done it. You are a star x

thing is, if someone wants to bomb anywhere in London there's not much any security can do about it. esp if attacks were suicide bombers. we just have to try to carry on, I suppose and pray no further attacks will happen.

Floss, please share any experierence you need and I mean that - you know people undersatnd if you do want to go in that - to and talk to us whenever - hard hard to be around = makes me feel very useless and humble!!!!

SF I have done no more than thousand of other nurses across London today, and other health professionals. And an awful lot less than those who were on duty yesterday. Today was very sedate and calm.

Sax, I was looking after a 'usual' patient and had no hand in the care of yesterdays patients. The only sad thing is hearing their stories and injuries, and knowing that the whole thing happened. Have to admit I changed carraiges to get away from a shifty looking individual on the tube this morning though.

totally floss and i dont know how any of them do it- but knowing just how nervous you were of getting up and going this morning, you did it, and thats more than i ever could have done!

What you did do was overcome your fear and it is real fear (believe me, I'm right there with you) and you went to work as usual. I'm braver than I thought, we all are for carrying on undefeated, if a little shaken.

I'm nowhere near London and yet today I have felt nervous every time I have heard a siren! Yesterday afternoon had to go into Manchester on the tram and nearly didn't go. So I really feel for all you mumsnetters in London.