1st Trimester
Missing work due to sickness/ Anyone else??
Ok, call me weak. I feel terrible but I am so nausaes (sp?) and tired I have been missing work days. I just can't make it to the shower or the car to get to work. Please tell me I am not the only one. I feel so guilty!!
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Re: Missing work due to sickness/ Anyone else??
I took yesterday off because of some intense morning vomiting. I understand how you feel, though. I'm so nauseated and exhausted that it's hard for me to do anything. I really don't want to use too many sick days now. Today, I'm armed with crackers and Sprite. I'm a counselor, so I'm planning on eating crackers every minute I don't have clients. Having something in my belly all the time seems to help.
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I am missing work this morning due to not being able to get up out of bed.
I am lucky as I was just able to reschedule my clients to later times in the week but I still feel guilty about doing it!
Had to do that last pregnancy. Sucks when you haven't told people yet.
Better than throwing up on your desk.
I honestly want to give you ALL some much needed credit. I'm a housewife and pretty much relax all day when feeling sick. You ladies are amazing for working your jobs AND dealing with all these symptoms.
Good job guys!
Just to add to what a PP said about Diclectin (sp?) - that drug is only available in Canada, but it is a combo of Vitamin B6 and the same active ingredient found in regular Unisom tabs (the OTC sleep aid). After reading up on it (and realizing it was OK'd on the medicine list my OB gave me, although it was categorized under "sleep aids"), I started taking half a Unisom and 25 mg of B6 every night. I don't know if it's the drug or just time, but I went from unable to function to pretty good most of the time.
Of course, if you really are too sick to go to work, Phenergan and Zofran can be prescribed. I still haven't been in for an OB appointment this time around, but the doctor's secretary said to call if I thought I needed a prescription for something. You might try doing that.
This.
I am not a housewife but am temporarily under-employed (Cape Cod off season) and have stayed home almost every day for the past 7 weeks. I don't know how you guys manage. Kudos!
On the upside, I wonder if having work means more distraction and less time to sit and fret and feel like a bum, as I've found myself doing whilst resting.
I have yet to miss work - but BOY am I tempted! I want to (like other ppl) save days off for Dr. appointments and what not. I also have 2 other pre-schoolers that I have to stay home with if they're sick! I need to save my days!
I think whether you're at home, OR work, feeling sick is terrible - just keep your eye on the prize!
I spend a lot of my shifts keeled over my med cart. I can't really call in without having my boss threaten my hours, so I just have to deal with it.
I'm on dicletin and it just decreases the amount of times I throw up. It's vitamin b6 with an antihistamine and isn't a sedative after the first handful of days (your body adapts). It's onset for action is actually 4-5 hours, not 30 minutes. You have to take it regularly if you are prescribed it (i.e. take it at the same time to keep the level in your blood built up to a therapeutic range).
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Um, I showed up at work at 3pm today. Spent all morning vomiting after two pretty good days with just nausea (after throwing up in the middle of Walgreens on Saturday, and at the grocery store parking lot on Friday). Every time I tried to get into the shower I got sick again. I literally sat on the bathroom floor with my blackberry for 5 hours.
I'm fortunate that I'm in sales so if I'm not always in the office it doesn't raise many eyebrows, as long as I'm responding to emails and voice mails. My two best friends are both 8 months pregnant and told me they didn't get sick ONCE during the last 8 months. Ugh.
Feel better. I missed two full days with the "flu" at the very beginning. I've been starting my days a little later as of late due to really bad mornings, but usually just make up a little time at the end of the day.