OFF: Question for a doctor or nurse about Bronchitis.

Guys, after a week of being sick I've been diagnosed with an acute bronchitis. My doctor gave me antibiotics and said it would be good to stay home for a couple of days. But my mom said I should tough it out and go to work, being that I was just hired. I really don't feel well at all, I cough and can't even talk, and I want to ask my boss for a day or two off. Not in a demanding manner, I'll just ask him if there's any way. Do you think I should?

 

I would definitely try to get the time off and take some time to let yourself get better....it's something that can easily turn into pneumonia....which obviously isn't good...

 

take time off...bronchitis can turn ugly. I used to get it all the time when I was younger (I'm asthmatic).
Better to rest a few days than to make it worse!
Hope you get to feeling better soon!

 

Ask your boss if you can stay home. If you're contagious (bronchitis can be viral) you shouldn't pass it around. Plus you need the time to get well. If you go to work, you may wear yourself down even more, not get much done, and end up needing even more time off. So in the long run, it's best for you to take care of yourself and others by taking the time off and getting well so you can come back and be productive. That's from a manager's perspective. Hope you feel better soon!

 

Yeah that's true, on those days when I was working and sick, I hardly got anything done.

Thanks guys.

 

MOSKVICHKA, TAKE COUPLE DAYS OFFF!!!!! and drink warm tea with raspberry jam hehe...with honey and lemon...rest is a must!...Company will understand ...!!!...Im the same way like u lol...whenever i get sick i always try to get tough and go to work , but nothg gets done the way it should be ...HOPE U GET BETTER!!!! *hugs*

 

Mosk... I am just recovering from Bronchitis now... you better don't go to work... it you don't want it to become a bronchopneumonia. Stay home and drink a lot... if your boss is an intelligent person, he/she will understand. As an asthmatic, I think that nobody understand ppl who have respiration problems, and so bronchitis seems an idiot thing... untill you have it. I had it for the first time last friday and it's not nice. The chest hurts and stuff. My boss told me to go back home. Stay home and relax. From friday, I still don't feel good and I have to use the vaporizer twice a day, so it might take you a while and you don't want to make it worse. Hope you feel better soon.

 

I'd just get a doctor's note.

Get better soon though.