Though retired at this time, I managed a store for the Pa. Liquor Control Board. I was lucky to have only minor sniffles but major sinus headaches, but I worked through it, the employees under me and the customers took my mind off myself. The only time lost was for two surgureys. Only in retirement did all that catch up with me.

Hello jbrenner,
You know about cherries right? I used to have some pains in my big toes occasionally. I introduced more cherries and other berries into my diet while watching the amount of food high in purines, like asparagus and I am doing much better. Apparently foods high in purines are tied to high uric acid levels. Worked for me.
Regards,
O.A.

I need the money!

Oh the Moochengrabbers Looterisms are our patients. Medicaid was expanded by 70K this year, and some who didn't want it were forced to either take it or pay a really high premium for a private insurer. Everyday I have to bill Medicaid for the 'free glasses and eye exam'. At least I finally got the rest of the staff to understand that they are paying for it. 1 staff and 1 doc are both bleeding heart lib/progressives. After 1 meeting one of the other staff members asked me if my head had exploded yet because what the 1 doc was saying about how the grubment needs all our information to decided how to spend the money. The doc that owns the practice was trying to decide if he should pass out the popcorn or not.

Hopefully... what the member brought in was something less dangerous, such as Hemorrhagic Fever or Bubonic Influenza... than the highly contagious (and likely to take out the whole organization) disease of Moochengrabbers Looterism (otherwise known as Kroney's Disease...)

I have gout (kidney stones outside the kidney) more often than not. You learn how to deal with it.

You're more than welcome. I love my job!

This comes under the category of: Think globally.
If you have a co-worker who is going through chemotherapy and you have a contagious condition, please stay home until you are no longer contagious.
Otherwise, cover your mouth and wash your hands frequently and you can be at work IF you can function normally.

Yeah, I work from home and only have annual leave, not 'sick leave'.

this is not a good comparison. why you think it to be is troubling

Good you could can them.

Our whole staff has the same thing, brought in by a member of the staff. This morning the office manager sent an all hands text to see who was going to make it in.

Ditto.

Not sick very often but I do go in and wear a mask if needed. As a pediatrician, the schedule is not easy to adjust or for rounds newborns do not exactly schedule themselves...Luckily rarely if ever sick probably from overexposure to viruses

If I can function (mentally and/or physically), and if I won't risk getting others sick, I'll go in. On the other hand, if I would get others sick (thereby putting the whole office down) then no, I'll sacrifice my time so the mission keeps getting accomplished. Personally - I get so bored doing nothing I can't wait to get back when I am off. I HAVE been so sick my boss has sent me home - but usually it's after a long argument why I shouldn't be off, that work has to be done...

Yet, there are many where I work of the following camp (some I have had the honor of being able to terminate...):

"Being a good civil servant, and as one who unashamedly takes their unearned graft from what the government loots from the people and wheedles through government subsidies and contracts, I take off as much paid time, sick or not, as I can. It's because I deserve to get every unearned dime from the suckers who employ me, if I could sue them to get even more money for doing even less, I would. Because you owe me, and I got my eyes on the prize."

Yes, I work when sick.
My job has little interaction with other people, so me being sick is not risking the health of anyone else.

When I was the sole proprietor of a struggling business, there was no question that unless I was on the verge of total immobility, I'd go into work. In my entire working career that only happened once, for one day with a case of spewing flu.It took me a while to get used to retirement. I finally came to the conclusion that it was my brain, not my rickety body that was making me miserable. Pain I could deal with, but boredom, never. So, I got my brain in gear and piled on as many activities for it as possible, one of which is "gulching."

I have worked 54 years in a small family business and except for 6 (yes six ) hip surgeries and a kidney removal I have not missed any work. I love what I do and have no plans to retire. I am 69 and I have the false idea that my business will not run without me.

Hope the safety is on when you wave your bang-bang machine around.
I suddenly recall a NRA qualified security guard who got canned for being caught twirling a loaded revolver to impress little kids.
I read the following somewhere a long time ago.
There was a dude who annually received an award for his perfect attendance in an office setting fulla cubes for work stations.
A coworker pointed out that whatever contagious ailment Mr. Perfect came in with, others would catch it and call in sick as a result.
Heck of a way to handle the attendance competition, eh?

I do what you do except on pets. I too have exactly the same concerns you do. I blew out a lumbar disc one evening in my back, thought I was going to die, and still went to work in the morning. In my field we are exposed to every pathogen known to man so I rarely if ever get a contagious disease. Besides, I enjoy what I do - every case is different and I get to treat a wide range of species - from a Jamaican fruit bat to polar bears and most everything in between.

When I'm sick, I'm not productive, so, no, I stay home.

you need to figure out how to rest. it is important for your sanity and health, lovely sarah.

If it's not debilitating, then I go it. If it is, I can work remotely. My customers count on us. They never knew that I was in a hospital a few years ago for a week in a cardiac care room.

thanks for all your efforts on this site, alex