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Re: Being sick = going home?
By: Dazi Date: December 26, 2018, 8:23 pm
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[quote author=pierrotlunaire0 link=topic=894.msg22328#msg22328
date=1545876785]
It's the equivalent of me sneezing violently for less than 5
minutes. No, I do not have a cold and am not contagious. The
dust and dryness here is making me sneeze. I am trying to not be
disgusting (copious tissues to mask any grossness), but if you
let me sneeze for a few minutes, then it will stop, and I will
be fine.
It's nice that supervisors were concerned, but some conditions
are resolved with a few minutes of your body expelling whatever
was irritating it, and then it's onward and upward.
[/quote]
Ah yes, the sneezing and/or coughing. March/April and
October/November in Florida like clockwork for me. No, I'm not
sick. Yes, I know I sound like I'm dying. It's called POLLEN and
I have allergies and asthma. Yes, I take medication...it can
only do so much when everything is covered in tree pollen.
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Re: Being sick = going home?
By: shadowfox79 Date: December 27, 2018, 1:31 am
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[quote author=pierrotlunaire0 link=topic=894.msg22328#msg22328
date=1545876785]
It's the equivalent of me sneezing violently for less than 5
minutes. No, I do not have a cold and am not contagious. The
dust and dryness here is making me sneeze. I am trying to not be
disgusting (copious tissues to mask any grossness), but if you
let me sneeze for a few minutes, then it will stop, and I will
be fine.
It's nice that supervisors were concerned, but some conditions
are resolved with a few minutes of your body expelling whatever
was irritating it, and then it's onward and upward.
[/quote]
I also have bad sinuses, so am always blowing my nose or
sneezing despite not having a cold. Fortunately nobody at my
workplace expects you to call in sick with a cold so it's not
generally an issue.
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Re: Being sick = going home?
By: STiG Date: December 27, 2018, 11:12 am
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If you are not contagious and it is a one time thing for the
day, I think you are fine to stay at work. Pregnancy would be
the exception to the one time thing, though I think if I was
sick multiple times in a day, I wouldn't want to stay at work!
If you are contagious, home you go and stay there until you
haven't been sick for at least 24 hours and preferably 48 hours.
#Post#: 22442--------------------------------------------------
Re: Being sick = going home?
By: shadowfox79 Date: December 28, 2018, 1:39 am
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[quote author=STiG link=topic=894.msg22371#msg22371
date=1545930765]
If you are not contagious and it is a one time thing for the
day, I think you are fine to stay at work. Pregnancy would be
the exception to the one time thing, though I think if I was
sick multiple times in a day, I wouldn't want to stay at work!
If you are contagious, home you go and stay there until you
haven't been sick for at least 24 hours and preferably 48 hours.
[/quote]
I'll be honest, I'm sick that often that if I was contagious I
probably wouldn't know about it until someone else got it.
Case in point - a couple of months ago I started throwing up on
a Sunday morning. It felt different from my usual weird stomach
so I assumed (having made a new chicken dish the night before)
that I had poisoned myself, especially since I had diarrhoea
too, so I resigned myself to feeling ill for a few days. I did
not call in sick since I only sit a few feet from the bathroom -
I just loaded up on Imodium and my anti-sickness meds.
A week later DH got it. So apparently it was a bug, not food
poisoning. Unfortunately, as he's a postman and is frequently
out delivering for hours at a time, he did have to call in sick.
Fortunately nobody at work came down with it.
#Post#: 22456--------------------------------------------------
Re: Being sick = going home?
By: Dazi Date: December 28, 2018, 8:57 am
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Just a FYI regarding immodium. Most doctors advise these days
that you shouldn't take it when you have food poisoning or a
viral stomach bug. It slows down the rate at which it leaves
your system, making you ill much longer than if you had just let
it run it course to begin with.
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Re: Being sick = going home?
By: iolaus Date: December 28, 2018, 5:03 pm
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[quote author=shadowfox79 link=topic=894.msg22442#msg22442
date=1545982782]
especially since I had diarrhoea too, so I resigned myself to
feeling ill for a few days. I did not call in sick since I only
sit a few feet from the bathroom
[/quote]
Both ends? You need to be off
Our policy states 48 hours off after last episode - just
vomiting would be considered ok
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Re: Being sick = going home?
By: shadowfox79 Date: December 29, 2018, 5:01 am
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[quote author=Dazi link=topic=894.msg22456#msg22456
date=1546009024]
Just a FYI regarding immodium. Most doctors advise these days
that you shouldn't take it when you have food poisoning or a
viral stomach bug. It slows down the rate at which it leaves
your system, making you ill much longer than if you had just let
it run it course to begin with.
[/quote]
I thought that myself initially, until I went to the doctor with
an infection that was giving me diarrhoea and his response was
"Why not just use Imodium?" as though I was a complete idiot.
#Post#: 22548--------------------------------------------------
Re: Being sick = going home?
By: shadowfox79 Date: December 29, 2018, 5:02 am
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[quote author=iolaus link=topic=894.msg22496#msg22496
date=1546038182]
[quote author=shadowfox79 link=topic=894.msg22442#msg22442
date=1545982782]
especially since I had diarrhoea too, so I resigned myself to
feeling ill for a few days. I did not call in sick since I only
sit a few feet from the bathroom
[/quote]
Both ends? You need to be off
Our policy states 48 hours off after last episode - just
vomiting would be considered ok
[/quote]
Our office policy essentially states "Call in sick and we'll
kill you." I prefer not to call in sick unless it's physically
impossible for me to get to work.
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Re: Being sick = going home?
By: LeslieF Date: January 2, 2019, 6:10 pm
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[quote author=shadowfox79 link=topic=894.msg22442#msg22442
date=1545982782]
[quote author=STiG link=topic=894.msg22371#msg22371
date=1545930765]
If you are not contagious and it is a one time thing for the
day, I think you are fine to stay at work. Pregnancy would be
the exception to the one time thing, though I think if I was
sick multiple times in a day, I wouldn't want to stay at work!
If you are contagious, home you go and stay there until you
haven't been sick for at least 24 hours and preferably 48 hours.
[/quote]
I'll be honest, I'm sick that often that if I was contagious I
probably wouldn't know about it until someone else got it.
Case in point - a couple of months ago I started throwing up on
a Sunday morning. It felt different from my usual weird stomach
so I assumed (having made a new chicken dish the night before)
that I had poisoned myself, especially since I had diarrhoea
too, so I resigned myself to feeling ill for a few days. I did
not call in sick since I only sit a few feet from the bathroom -
I just loaded up on Imodium and my anti-sickness meds.
A week later DH got it. So apparently it was a bug, not food
poisoning. Unfortunately, as he's a postman and is frequently
out delivering for hours at a time, he did have to call in sick.
Fortunately nobody at work came down with it.
[/quote]
Being in a communal bathroom while someone is going at it from
either is awful. If I had that I would not want to subject
coworkers to the audio and olfactory outputs I was making. Also
can you be sure that the area is even remotely sanitary after a
bout of that? I've heard that a toilet can "spray" up anywhere
from 2 to 20 feet when flushed.
#Post#: 23148--------------------------------------------------
Re: Being sick = going home?
By: Twik Date: January 3, 2019, 1:33 pm
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[quote author=shadowfox79 link=topic=894.msg22548#msg22548
date=1546081361]
[quote author=iolaus link=topic=894.msg22496#msg22496
date=1546038182]
[quote author=shadowfox79 link=topic=894.msg22442#msg22442
date=1545982782]
especially since I had diarrhoea too, so I resigned myself to
feeling ill for a few days. I did not call in sick since I only
sit a few feet from the bathroom
[/quote]
Both ends? You need to be off
Our policy states 48 hours off after last episode - just
vomiting would be considered ok
[/quote]
Our office policy essentially states "Call in sick and we'll
kill you." I prefer not to call in sick unless it's physically
impossible for me to get to work.
[/quote]
Bet they have quite a lot of office-transmitted illnesses.
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