When to go back to work?

[cjsmith]

If you have a cold and you feel not-100%-rotten but not-100%-healthy, when do you decide it's time to go back to work?

I'd been thinking that as soon as I don't have a fever any more, it's reasonable to go back. 99.6 this morning, so by that standard I'm still home.

Rob saw his doctor this morning & randomly asked about "the cold with a lot of coughing" that's going around. The doctor said "Yeah, I've had that for two months."

Comments

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

You should go back when you feel well enough to get actual work done for long stretches of time, but when you still have enough symptoms that you get loads of sympathy and your boss knows you weren't faking it. ;)

I send my kids back to school when the fever goes down, except Chris, who stays home until his blood sugar goes down (illnesses make his blood sugar go all wonky).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was thinking the fever, and then I got too impatient and I went back in with a face mask on. Everyone laughs when they see me, but then they also know not to get too close! :-)