Health Scare

[All1Spirit]

I hate my anxiety and now I have a new scare that has me awake all night and totally sick and freaked out and I cant find any health professional that knows.

We have back yard feeders where we feed birds - raccoons - possums and other wild creatures. Yesterday it was almost dark and I was so anxiety sick all day I forgot to put out food so I hurried before dark. I used my bare hands to scrape out the old food and came in the house. The phone rang and I forgot to wash my hands

Then I went in and ate several types of finger foods and not I am scared I am going to get a disease from the wild animals.  I am allergic to almost all antibiotics so if I get sick I am doomed

[All1Spirit]

Thanks Green

I am waiting for a call from the wildlife people. I put gloves in the feed shed this morning - could have saved myself days of increased anxiety if I had done this before

My damn doctor told me it can take 30 days for an infection to show up

[RubyWitch]

Your chances of contracting any sort of disease from cleaning the feeder out with your bare hands is extremely slim to none. I, personally, wouldn't give it another thought.
If you had been bit by one of your critters, naturally that would be a different story, but you weren't. So please let it go.
In future, you may want to keep a box of medical grade gloves handy and wear those during clean up.
If it will help calm you down, call your local Wildlife Agency and discuss your risks with them. I'm sure they will tell you there is nothing to worry about.
Peace
Greenlydia

[remar]

I think you'll be just fine. Many of us that have anxiety go through the same kinds of things.