Part of me just wants to call in sick tomorrow and stay home because I'm tired and still not feeling well and my period started so I keep crying but I just can't. There's too much to do at work and everyone is short handed it's not fair to the people who have to play back up.

Honey, you're sick. You have intravenous IV antibiotics. That's sick. Just because you can go to work doesn't mean that you should. I know that you feel guilty because everyone's busy, but you have to take care of you right now.

{{{Askye}}} You are genuinely sick, and a day home drinking lots of fluids and resting on the couch would probably go a long way toward getting better quicker. Therefore, bringing you back to full capacity at work sooner.

I baked the brownies, picked up a small gift card for coffee, and wrote a nice thank you note, but the neighbor is not home. I wonder what would be considered too late to try again?

askye, a lot of people have to be hospitalized for IV antibiotics, even if they aren't "sick" (showing lots of symptoms, etc). Your office is lucky that you aren't hospitalized and missing a LOT of days -- I think that 1 day off, even if you don't think you're "sick," will do you a world of good.

askye- I have to second what everyone else says. Take a sick day. You are sick, as evidenced by the IV antibiotics. Perhaps three days off in a row will help you get well. Also, perhaps you are not thinking clearly because you are sick.

askye, what everyone else said. You're sick, you can take a sick day.

Do I need to call someone? You know I will.

Poking my head out of my safe lurkey-hidey-hole to weigh in with a marginally medical opinion (I'm not a "real nurse" yet but I know stuff, really!).

Stay home, askye! You are sick, even if you feel that you don't look it. Fighting off an infection like yours takes an immense amount of energy and intensive antibiotic therapy is exhausting. You are absolutely justified in staying home.

Signed, Not a Doctor, but you can pretend I am if it helps!

Dude, if anyone doubts why you stayed at home, you can say, "The lurkers support me!"

Adding my voice to the chorus: stay home, askye. You *are* sick.

not a doctor here, but have spent my fair share on the recieving end of the medical world. Askye, not to gang up on you, but, if ya got a bag hanging off your arm, you shouldn't go to work. If you are fighting off infection, your body needs to relax and do it's thing. {{{ Askye }}}}