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So, I didn't sleep well last night because child was up with a fever. Anyway, I have been fighting this bug my kids have for over a week but haven't got it full blow like them, or maybe my symptoms are imagined because I was so scared of getting this 10 day flu ubg. My back has been hurting since Friday and I feel off and on icky, but it comes and goes. I am getting bad anxiety this am because I woke up out of it, dreamlike - Help!
Hi Toots,
I can relate only too well to the task of taking care of sick kids while you, yourself, feel like 5 miles of bad road! Been there, done that and it *****! It's all part of the "mom package." (Kinda like a really lousy door prize!)
So, you're not sleeping well........how can you when you're up half the night with a sick kiddie or two? Another great part of having kids is that you will, over the next few years, be the recipient of every bug, virus, bacterial infection and crud that makes the round of the public school systems. (My favorite was always the "HEAD LICE" notice that you found in the bottom of their lucnh pails!) And, if you're like the rest of us, your kids will be fine after a day or two of rest and some extra cartoon time, while we adults will feel as if we need to be admitted to the nearest hospital!
You say maybe your symptoms are imagined because you are so afraid of getting this bug...........why are you so afraid of getting the flu? Granted, it's very unpleasant, but to fear it to the extent that it's causing you to feel anxious is a bit over the top. Jess, it's just the flu, Hon! And it's not 1918!
I have some pretty fond (?) memories of having to stay home when both my kids and I had the flu.............there's just nothing like trying to lay on the couch with one kid on either side of you and the barf bowl resting on your stomach within easy reach of the next "barfee!"
Flu and aches and pains go hand in hand. Your back hurting is no cause for alarm.....my guess on that is that because of the sick kiddie, you are picking them up a bit more often than normal and your "body mechanics" while doing that are probably as bad as mine were! Besides........"OY, my aching back" is the mother's mantra! I'd suggest you try a heating pad for that back and some pillows strategically placed for support. If the back problems continue or get worse, get to a doc and have it checked out.
You have bad anxiety this morning because you "woke up out of it........dreamlike." Lack of sleep, worry about your kids, a sore back, feeling like **** yourself..........g/f, your anxiety, in my humble opinion, is being exacerbated by everything you are dealing with right now? Is there anyone in your life who can come to your rescue and give you a much needed hand for a day or two? If there is, I would urge you to rach out to them now. There are times in life when we just have to admit to ourselves that we simply just can not do it all. I think this is one of those time for you and there is no shame in it. We are only human. So "reach out and touch someone," but NOT before you've washed your hands thouroughly!
Take care Jess...........you'll get through this, I promise!
Peace
Greenlydia
I can relate only too well to the task of taking care of sick kids while you, yourself, feel like 5 miles of bad road! Been there, done that and it *****! It's all part of the "mom package." (Kinda like a really lousy door prize!)
So, you're not sleeping well........how can you when you're up half the night with a sick kiddie or two? Another great part of having kids is that you will, over the next few years, be the recipient of every bug, virus, bacterial infection and crud that makes the round of the public school systems. (My favorite was always the "HEAD LICE" notice that you found in the bottom of their lucnh pails!) And, if you're like the rest of us, your kids will be fine after a day or two of rest and some extra cartoon time, while we adults will feel as if we need to be admitted to the nearest hospital!
You say maybe your symptoms are imagined because you are so afraid of getting this bug...........why are you so afraid of getting the flu? Granted, it's very unpleasant, but to fear it to the extent that it's causing you to feel anxious is a bit over the top. Jess, it's just the flu, Hon! And it's not 1918!
I have some pretty fond (?) memories of having to stay home when both my kids and I had the flu.............there's just nothing like trying to lay on the couch with one kid on either side of you and the barf bowl resting on your stomach within easy reach of the next "barfee!"
Flu and aches and pains go hand in hand. Your back hurting is no cause for alarm.....my guess on that is that because of the sick kiddie, you are picking them up a bit more often than normal and your "body mechanics" while doing that are probably as bad as mine were! Besides........"OY, my aching back" is the mother's mantra! I'd suggest you try a heating pad for that back and some pillows strategically placed for support. If the back problems continue or get worse, get to a doc and have it checked out.
You have bad anxiety this morning because you "woke up out of it........dreamlike." Lack of sleep, worry about your kids, a sore back, feeling like **** yourself..........g/f, your anxiety, in my humble opinion, is being exacerbated by everything you are dealing with right now? Is there anyone in your life who can come to your rescue and give you a much needed hand for a day or two? If there is, I would urge you to rach out to them now. There are times in life when we just have to admit to ourselves that we simply just can not do it all. I think this is one of those time for you and there is no shame in it. We are only human. So "reach out and touch someone," but NOT before you've washed your hands thouroughly!
Take care Jess...........you'll get through this, I promise!
Peace
Greenlydia
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