sinus joys

[rivendellrose]

God damn it. That sinus thing that's been haunting me for the last few weeks has finally settled in to roost. This is likely to mean at least a week of me stumbling around zombified and decidedly... hmm. Sinusy.

And so, a question: If, when one was hired, one was told that the company policy was "If you're sick, we'd rather have you stay at home because many of us have small children," does one take that to heart, or assume that sore throat and sinus headache do not apply? At my old job I always assumed that if I could drag myself to class, I could drag myself the rest of the way to work, because if I didn't they would be short-handed for the stuff that needed to get done. And if I did and they didn't need me, they would send me home. I'm not sure how that logic applies to this job. :/

Update: I'm in the office, drinking tea, and hoping that I can convince people to let me go a little early today... maybe a half-day or something like that. Sinus things always hang onto me forever if I don't make a concerted effort to lose them early.

Comments

[zhapper.livejournal.com]

Tylenol PM has the same stuff as Unisom and oddly enough, Benadryl. Diphenhydramine is an anti-histamine that can cause hallucinations and other strangeness. A lot of people don't handle it very well, myself included. A regular dose makes me a zombie for the next 30-40 hours. Sure, it makes you sleep, but I always feel really crummy the next day when I take that stuff. I don't really think I sleep as much as just pass out and become semi-conscious again the next day.

[oszras.livejournal.com]

Exactly, I feel like I'm walking around in a haze the next day and my brain feels mushy too. It hits me so hard I have to take and the immediately go straight to bed. I don't take it often because I fear that there would be a fire during the night and I would be unconsious and die.