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328799 tn?1276565732

SCARED TO DEATH

okay so on monday morning around 3am, i got sick and threw up.
i threw up about six times and its stopped at about 11am the same morning.
my number one fear is like is throwing up so that was the SCARIEST thing ever.
im still getting on track, ive been in my room quarentining myself since then.
washing my hands constantly, not touching certain things, spraying Lysol.
before i got sick, my sister was sick too. and then i got it. then a day later my dad got it.
but not my mom or other sister.
it was the stomach bug right? and i dont have a intestinal disease or anything?
i hope.
well, i havent been eating well, cuz my anxiety has be SKYROCKETING since i got sick and i have no appatite due to that. so ive really only been eating toast and crackers, and when i do get hungry im afraid to eat anything big in fear of getting sick again. i cant get sick again. its the worst.
last time i got sick with a stomach bug was over 6 years ago. why did i get it this time? and not the other times when a family member had it?
and now today im scared that the infection is still in me and im gunna get either Congestive Myocarditis or Fulminant Myocarditis !
MY HEART. i dont want heart failure or sudden death !
what are the chances of that happening?
i have a weak immune system too !
and my anxiety is bad.
someone lighten me please this is becoming a CONSTANT worry.
thank you
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There are hundreds of flu and cold bugs out there. Every time you recover from a bug, you develop immunity to it, so only a different bug can infect you next time. Spraying Lysol in your room is unnecessary, because no matter how many germs are in your room, you can't catch the same bug twice. Everyone gets bugs, (my doc says 3 a year) so don't worry about it, it is unavoidable, so it will happen again.
Washing your hands before eating is a good habit that helps avoid germ intake, but cancel that Lysol program. That is overboard for your room but not a solution, because there are too many things you need to touch in this world that you can't be Lysoling, like the money someone gives you at the bank.
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672514 tn?1265655141
Let it go, I go sick 2 weks ago and felt the same way, then I was on my facebook and found all my friends from around the states where also sick with the same symptoms, I FELT RELIEF, not that they are sick, but that something is going around, YOU WILL BE OK, JUST REST AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR SELF, I PROMISE IT WILL PASS. really nasty bug going around.
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328799 tn?1276565732
oh and the day after i threw up for 8 hours,
i had like pains in my chest, like muscle pains and muscle pains in my stomach.
this cant be my heart !!
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