BIG mistake!!

Well, after a nerve block in my armpit and surgery to the little finger of my left hand - not to mention sleeping with my back against a hard bed and then later, a few days in the rocking chair -plus- tons of stress and anxiety, I ended up with a stiff neck on the side where they worked on my arm and it eventually went away but I was left with some residual stiffness.

Then today, I Googled for "stiff neck allergies" and the first thing that pops up is "menengitus" and suddenly I'm remembering that rabies can cause menengitis and I started really freaking out. I won't go over the whole story over and over again but for those of you who don't already know my story, a month and 8 days ago, I was taking an evening walk and a bat flew about 20-25 feet over my head, caught an insect in midair (at least that's what it looked like) and then flew off into the field. Well, I chaulked this up to "exposure" and my anxiety kicked in and has lasted all this time. I even went to the ER, started looking up symptoms, asking a lot of questions, etc. My hands were in my pockets the whole time and rabid bats usually can't fly, they come out during the day (rather than at night), they can't swallow so they cant hunt/eat, etc but my mind is going "well, what if some dust from it's fur got on me?" or "what if I breathed in as it flew overhead?"...on and on it goes. I must have an entire video archive of the whole event stored in my mind as I've replayed the "scene" over and over again to the point of madness.

Anyway, just thought I'd share.

GG, I'm not a doctor, but I think you can chalk up the stiffness to the surgery/awkward sleep habits lately. 25' above your head is a long way away. Any bat dandruff that fell off probably never made it near you.

Do we have to take away your Google privileges?

Thank's wi_fighter:-). Just curious - even after you've convinced yourself that there is no way possable that you could have some horrible disease, why do the symptoms (real or imagined) still persist?. Are these just residual "anxiety chemicals" left over from the "big scare" and if so, how long do they stay in your system?.

Yes, please delete Google from the face of the earth...Ahhhh!!

((((((((((((((((GG))))))))))))))))))

Anxiety hangs on for as long as we let it. As long as it has the power I guess. In my case I feel like it has the power all the time. .

the symptoms hang on because: 1. they are caused by something real and 2. you're hanging on to them.....it's probably the way you slept.

GG my hubby is OCD also, *we* got to get you a new hobby, NO MORE Google
Angie