C. diff. Phobia

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<FONT COLOR="0000ff">Allison wrote this today, and I found it hilarious and oh, so true. Thanks, Allison.</FONT> <BR> <BR>By Allison (64.12.112.151 - 64.12.112.151) on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 11:23 am: <BR> <BR>I was 42 when diagnosed with cdiff. Now I'm 45 with no cdiff but a new diagnosis of extreme paranoia of antibiotics - it's called cepholosporinphobia, which is generally believed to be a precursor to the more general "fear of infection" phobia. (Forget the name) <BR> <BR>This particular phobia manifests itself in several ways. Symptoms include: <BR> <BR>* Excessive handwashing; not just of one's own hands, but of every single hand seen on a daily basis. <BR>* Carrying dozens of pens in your purse to make sure you're never without one and thus might be forced to use a store or bank pen for signing receipts, etc. <BR>* Refusing to pick up and/or read magazines in the doctors office. <BR>* Excessive coupon collecting for household disinfectants. <BR>* Immediately ordering out of your home any and all sniffling children - including your own. <BR>* Sudden ability to hear a barely perceptible cough or sneeze when in a large crowd of people. <BR>* Bouts of nausea and facial tics when looking at prescription bottles (empty or full) of any drug ending in the suffix's "cin, ex, or in". <BR>* Carrying a collapsible soapbox at all times to help spread the word about antibiotics. <BR>* Visiting the cdiff support sight on a daily/weekly basis. (Hey, not ALL symptoms are bad!) <BR> <BR>I'm not yet at the stage where I'm wearing gloves and a mask in public, but I've been tempted.

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Bobbie, <BR>I think I have many of these too. If someone is coughing I head the other direction!

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Allison, thanks so much for this hysterical posting!

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Here is another cutie....I was out at Target with my little grandson (age 4) and he had to go to the potty. Instantly I whipped out my purell handwipes to wipe off the toilet as that was all that I had available. He asked me "Grana what are you doing" and I explained to him that I was wiping off germs from the toilet seat. He then asked me what is germs and I told him it was bugs that can make people sick.....WELL- he refused to go to potty and went out and told his mother that there was bugs on Targets potty and he needed to go home FAST! We all had a good laugh while we were hurrying home! Finally we explained it to him the best way a 4 year old can understand and he now wants to know if he can have some of my wipes for when he needs to go!.....Training them young gals! Ha!