Hi

Sorry in advance for the long post!!

I had a bad bout of gastro on monday - I was fine up until 15:15 when I got a hot flush, light headedness and nausea. I palmed it off as being hot as I work in day procedure and have to wear plastic gowns. Come 15:45, I had to sit down as I felt worse. My bods ended up sending me home which was a good thing cause I vomited and all my lunch came up! Up until then i didnt think i had gastro. Then i had to pull over half way home to vomit again. For the next 7 hours i was vomiting and had water like diarrhea and i couldnt keep anything down so ended up going to the emergency department for IV fluids. Then on tues I had ehole body muscle aches and pains and 8/10 headache. It literally took the whole day, 5hrs worth of nanna naps, panadol, water, cold showers and lemonade iceblocks to feel somewhat normal. I was relatively normal yestersay but my stimach was very crampy from my bowels being completely emptied out on friday to trying to process the couple of pieces of toast and baked beans that I had managed to eat and keep down. I called in sick for work today last night as well. My anxiety up until then was completely fine but it wasnt until i woke up this morning that my anxiety reared its ugly head and making me feel guilty for not going into work today and that I shouldnt have called in sick and all the other horrid things my andiety tells me. I feel guilty that I am more than capable of working but its more to do with not passing the illness onto other staff and the patients.

I just want to know if anyone has had a similar thing happen to them and how they dealt with their anxiety and mental health?? I will be going back to work tomorrow I just needed one more day off to recover.