Hi all. Sorry in advance for the bad typing. Today I was out shopping and I picked up a glass bottle of face cleanser. I didn't realize that it was broken on the bottom, and I cut my finger. I FREAKED out. The lady behind the counter just handed me a paper towel. No offer of soap or water or first aid cream. Which realy is a moot point since I probably wouldn't have used them anyway. But I had to wait for about an hour before I could get home to wash the cut out. So of course now I am thinking that I will be dying or loosing the finger soon due to flesh eating bacteria. Now, why do I allways think the worst? A headace is a blood clot (ok, that one is explainable since my dh just died from that ) a leg ache is deep vein thrombosis, a cold is malaria etc. etc. My imagination is runnig away with me. So now due to the cut my whole day is ruined. I have been having a hard time as I am doing new things, going shopping and all. But I wanted to have fun today for a change and now all I can do is wait to see if I have some kind of rare bacterial infection. And like someone else pointed out, the internet is not any help. Now I know the symptoms to look out for and I will end up being hyper-vigilant. Fever is a big fear of mine anyway, so now it is worse. A little coping trick I use is to wait for an hour after I eat something or somehow have anyting enter my body, thinking that if I was ok after an hour I was ok in general. But according to the online symptoms chart, it would be at least a day before I would see any symptoms. ACK!!!! I hate feeling this way. Any suggestons for overcoming this? Anyone else think the worst in all health issues?
God bless you and yours
Debbie
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