Say I have a headache. It isn’t just because I’m tired and stressed. I have a brain tumor.
And if my throat hurts? No, I don’t have a virus. I have cancer.
I’m not making light of these very serious conditions, I promise. I’m just trying to tell you how my mind operates.
This morning when I was getting Bryce dressed I noticed two little welts on his legs. They looked like some kind of bug bites. When we left for school I noticed another one. So now I’m sick with worry that he is going to end up with some deadly mosquito-borne illness such as Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
I’m a mess, I know. I just don’t know how to turn this off. Nothing awful has ever happened to me or anyone in my family, so I don’t even know why I’m like this. It sucks. Thank goodness I have a rational husband to talk me down! He said that we probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than Bryce getting EEE, and he is probably right.
It’s OK, you can laugh at me. I’m kind of laughing at myself right now. Do any of you do this? Or am I alone with my nutty thoughts here?
9 comments:
Oh I totally do this! Every headache is a brain tumor, every rib pain is a pulmonary embolism, any upset stomach.. must be colon cancer, etc. My husband laughs at me and thinks I'm nuts. I'm the biggest hypochondriac ever
Yep, you're a nutter.
No, just kidding, I've had thoughts like those too... except not about Eastern Equine Encephalitis because I've never even heard of that.
I think everyone worries about an illness being worse than it is because, unfortunately, it does happen. But most likely you're just overreacting, Bryce just has plain old mosquito bites!
You are not alone and I'm not gonna laugh at you. My son awhile back had this virus that gave him red spots all over his body from head to toe. I was completely freaking out. Took him to the pediatrician, he calmly said 'eh he has a virus, I'll write you a prescription for some antibiotics". He was not concerned in the least.
I do have to say though for someone who studies up on vaccinations because I selectively vaccinate...because of all the vaccinations of these deadly diseases in the U.S. the likely hood you'd get one is quite nil. Polio hasn't been seen in the US since 1970 due to vaccinating for it. Its one of those catch 22's for me. I strongly believe that vaccinations have saved people's lives, but until there is more research with autism and vaccinations done, I'm only vaccinating for the diseases that if my son caught would cause him to die. Get my drift? Sorry I went off on a tangent. But I think if you look at it scientifically, does EEE, only a few cases are reported every year...so I think its ok. Good thing you have your husband to help you get thru your doubts. :)
Heather from Mommy Only Has Two Hands!
Oh you're not alone at all!! Except I'm a slightly different. With me or my husband, it's nothing. "Oh, just toughen up it's just a headache" "I don't need to go to the doctor. I'll just figut it out" Now with Babygirl... it's the absolute worst thing ever. I don't run to the doc about every thing either, but my mind def gets the best of me. Hope everything is fine. I'm sure Brian is right. It's mosquito season here in TX, so I'm sure they love FL too.
I'm the same way! Hubs is always talking me down off the ledge. I think it's human nature, to jump to conclusions and think worst case scenario and the fact that we have web md and google at our disposal doesn't help. Sometimes I think maybe I need hypnosis or something so that I'll stop coming up with illnesses that no one has!
Ok I'm laughing at the comment Brian made!
I hope the welts are all gone when you pick him up today!
OMG Sean would totally say what Brian did. Ugh men! They just don't understand.
It is so funny as we were just talking about this. I think you and my hubby must share a brain...he would be saying the same thing..LOL! I am sure they are just regular, good, 'ol bug bites :)
Not laughing at you because I'm the same way!! I always jump to conclusions and make things seem way worse than they really are. And GOOGLE is BAD, very BAD!!
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