headache

[deird_lj]

You know what? In some ways, I am a very sensible person.

One of those ways is that, when my body starts showing signs of maybe being about to get sick, I don't push through the pain and keep on plugging away until I'm actually collapsing on the floor and coughing up blood.
Instead, I go "Huh. About to be sick. I'll take a sick day, and hopefully lots of rest and relaxation will prevent any sickness."

It's a good strategy. Instead of having a week away from work and feeling dreadful the entire time, I have a day off, feel mildly unwell, and then am back to work feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed the next morning.


Unfortunately, my work has two different categories of sick leave available.
We get:
- a small quantity (approx 6 days) of "sick leave - no doctor's certificate"
- a large quantity (approx 40 days) of "sick leave - with certificate"

And my "taking a day off" plan means I end up using the non-certificate leave, because I'm not sick enough (yet) for a doctor to agree that I desperately need to stay home.


So, today, I am feeling dreadful. And I know perfectly well that, if I took a day of sick leave tomorrow, I'd be fine by Wednesday.

But I've used up my 6 days already. And I'm not sick enough to use up the 35 doctor-approved days I've got left.

I'm basically going to spend the next few days getting slowly sicker, until, finally, I get to the point where I can get the certificate.

*whimpers*

Comments

[taiba.livejournal.com]

You get FORTY DAYS of certificate leave???? I get FIFTEEN in TOTAL. That includes my non-certificate leave, of which I only get 5.

And this year, because it's my first, is the one where I get the least (haven't had time for it to accumulate). Utterly stupid, as this is the year when I'm at my sickest.

Sweetie, if you're coming down with something the doc can feel your glands and go "Yep, that's virus-y". Just go.

And you're lucky - I tried the "take a day to rest" thing. It didn't help. I'm sick anyway.

[deird1]

Actually, I'm not sure if that's 40 days a year, or if that's just carried over because I don't tend to use that leave much...

Should look into that...

[taiba.livejournal.com]

Far more likely that it's carried over.

[danielrh.livejournal.com]

Go to the doctor and tell them that you were too sick to go to work last Wednesday and that you now need a medical certificate.
Seriously - doctors know that it's better to do it your way, so they give you the cert.

[nquisitor.livejournal.com]

I recently read that pharmacists can provide medical certificates. I'd check that out - it should be less painful... If it's true. :)

[next_to_normal]

That's dumb. (The company policy, that is.) IIRC, my last job didn't require anything from the doctor for sick days, but we got way less than 40. (In my current job, my boss basically lets me do whatever I want and doesn't keep track. We just don't tell the NY office.)

Of course, I'll go to work no matter how crappy I feel (I've yet to cough up blood, though), so I end up using my sick days mostly for funerals, dentist appointments, and vet appointments. :-P

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[rowanda380.livejournal.com]

That sucks, the system is wrong! I hope that you feel better instead of getting worse.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh - should I hope that you are feeling better, or hope that you are feeling worse....?

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Awww, that sucks! Hope it all works out in the end, with less sickiness and more happy times.