I work with kids so I can't let it bother me! It's inevitable.

I just have a low tolerance when people whine endlessly about their cold. I just think to myself how they get to feel better in a few days...I deal with this all the time.

I understand! I have noticed that I have started to become really anxiety ridden about getting sick within the last few years. I drive myself nuts sometimes! I just try to tell myself that I've been through worse, and getting sick is a part of life. I also work as a CNA, so I walk into a germ pool everyday lol!
You are not the only one! :)

I get wigged out by mental illness and the fact that we have not yet come up with a plan for how our contry is going to help the portions of the US population that have learning disoders.

As for germs, wash your hands and washt them often.

I work in a hospital, and honestly I get super neurotic about germs. I am not afraid of a cold (although, people not using proper coughing/ sneezing techniques, and handing washing drives me a little nutty) and really, it isn't my patients that freak me out (unless they have some sort of stomach bug). I know most them have something and even if they don't yet, being in the hospital, if they stay long enough they probably will catch something at some point. So proper hand hygiene is key!

I'm personally afraid of my co-workers, and severely paranoid about catching a stomach bug (especially noro virus ,btw, hand sanitizer doesn't kill it). Today one of my co-workers was telling me how sick to her stomach she is and she has some GI thing going on. *sigh* My endo causes horrible GI issues for me on any given day...Could you just imagine if I caught a stomach bug on top of that?!?!?! I say, F that!

Ugh. Norovirus is awful. I hear the word and I want to run away as fast as I can lol. It seems that no matter how you try to protect yourself you're screwed. I get a lot of anxiey this time of year working because it always makes an appearance at the nursing home; we always get a nasty round of it this time of year. Ick ick ick.

I hate when people are like OMG IM SO SICK. I DEAL with being "sick" everyday, I don't have tolerance for that.

I have such bad luck when it comes to my immune system. If there is a cold or a flu going around I get it. Anytime I'm in a very crowded place I always catch something. Black Friday shopping I got sick, I was in and out of the airport and I got sick, and I went grocery shopping and came back with another flu. I just came back from VA and not only did I get a cold, but I also got my period insanely early at the airport on a flight that was delayed for 6 hours in Baltimore.

If there's a recall too I'm usually hit as well. I got salmonella from that peanut butter incident and listeria from the apple slices at McDonalds (I eat fast food like once a year so that was really random bad luck!). I've also had food poisoning from several restaurants.

Sick people don't really bother me since I'm usually one of the them lol If I hear there's a recall out on the news or a restaurant being investigated that's when I get twitchy. Salmonella while on my period was pretty damn ugly.

haha I got into bad food Monday night. I was puking like the exorcist and now cant stop going to the bathroom. Talk about fun. My poor boyfriend came in and he was like oh dear god what happened now? haha at least we can laugh about it I guess. It certainly was an epic puke!

@alana3 yeah, at least we can find the funny side of it lol Sorry you got food poisoning! Last time I had food poisoning I did the exorcist thing but in the bathroom doorway. I hit everything except the toilet or garbage can lol My boyfriend definitely remembers that cleanup job!

haha I told him I had an organized puke! I got the toilet seat up and managed to get it all in the toilet. That really is a first OMG it was terrible! haha it didn't stop either and my throat hurt like hell after haha

Megan,
It is crazy how noro virus spreads like wild fire. Where I work we use signs on the door to indicate what type of contact precaution they have. C.diff and noro virus is a red "contact plus sign". Of course I had 3 patients with those signs last night... UGH!

Apple,
I have had food poisoning SO MANY TIMES. Now I will almost never eat a salad from a restaurant, and will not touch salad bars (which is sad, bc I love salads. But with my GI issues I can almost never eat salads now anyways.). I hate eating out, and when we do I want my food super hot (bc in my mind I am less likely to get sick from it lol) and I try to stick to places I trust.

I hate GI bugs!!!

Poisoned-Oh my goodness. I can't believe you've been through all that! What rotten luck!

Vally-We have those signs too! My whole shift I think to myself 'don't put your light on, don't put your light on lol.

@Vally I'm the same way with salad bars. Now I also always take a peek inside the kitchen before I eat somewhere. My sister hates when I do that, but yah know some of the kitchens I've seen have been pretty dirty. If it looks too scuzzy or I see something unsanitary I hightail it out of there. I saw one place storing lettuce in a huge bag right on the floor! Yuck!

One of my goals for 2014 is to not get food poisoning. So far so good :)

That's a good idea. I never thought to look into the kitchen. I personally am pretty crazy about foodborne illnesses. I haven't touched cantaloupe since the Listeria outbreak in 2011. My fiance thinks I'm a nut bag...which may or may not have something to do with me not allowing him to make salads bc I am convinced that he doesn't wash the veggies well enough. But, hey, when your Gi is messed up in a daily bases it doesn't hurt to be neurotic about what goes in it...