Do you take time off for "just a cold".

[ImFree2doasiwant]

Sore scratchy swollen throat, pressure in my nose, sore eyes, cough, sneezing, streaming nose. Been awake over an hour. DC1 also has it and feeling very sorry for himself, started school last week and is just so tired. Dc2 has been coughing in the night.

We could all do with a day or 2 off but its "just a cold". I can WFH but pretty sure work won't be happy (recently upped our days back in the office)

If it was just me I'd just 'soldier on'. But poor dc1 is suffering. It seems all his class are too.

[Katela18]

It makes me sad that people (by people I do mean me, too!) feel guilty for taking time off work to look after our health!

You need to let your body recover, take the time off :)

[Notdoingthis]

I go in. Dh would stay home. Depends on your job and your ability to get on with it I guess.

[ablutiions]

@ImFree2doasiwant I hate to throw this on but saw the venerable Dr John talking recently saying that sneezing has been noted as a bee regular symptom on the Delta variant.

Of course other normal colds are doing the rounds but a covid test is a good precaution.

Get well soon

[ImFree2doasiwant]

Thanks all. I'm more than happy to wfh (and have made that decision, we are all at home, just back from covid tests). It's work being difficult about it. Despite having worked from home fir 7 months solid last year.

It seems most of dc1 class at school have a "bad cold". I went in yesterday with watery eyes and sniffles. Definitely progressed from that.

I think work think I'm overreacting with getting tested, no one else at work has had as many tests as we have, but sure its best to rule it out.

I agree also that its antisocial. Yesterday was a few nose blows. Today I'm full on sneezing sniffing and making noises I don't want to in public.

[thecatsthecats]

Umm, not exactly, but I should have on a couple of occasions. I lived literally a 200 yard walk from work, so dragged myself over and stayed there snivelling.

On other occasions I wfh when I lost my voice, as I found it very isolating being unable to speak but was OK to carry on.

I hope to god wfh with a cold is normalised.

(and to anyone who says the flu is worse etc - fuck you and the horse you rode in on - they can affect people differently!)

[10ColaBottles]

All colds are not equal!!!

You can have sore throat, sneezes, runny nose and continue

Or the way OP describes it. I've had this recently (whilst in annual leave though unfortunately) I couldn't keep my eyes open for the symptoms.

No one would have wanted me near them in the office had I have been going !

It WASNT covid!!

[InnPain]

It’s not just a cold if it’s stopping you doing daily tasks, so yeah I’d not hesitate to take time off. You need to recover and that won’t happen if you’re running yourself into the ground.

[GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER]

It’d depend on the cold. I very rarely have one that actually makes me feel seriously rough, but with that sort of cold IMO it’s unfair to go and pass it on. I know not everybody can take time off, though.

I did have one of those really bad ones recently - did a COVID test (negative). How dh escaped catching it I really don’t know.

[lljkk]

If most kids can go to class with it & engage in learning then it's not what I think of as 'bad cold'.

[feesh]

I have the same horrible cold and I’m 3,500 miles away from the U.K. - it’s amazing how quickly these things circulate! I’ve not been this ill for ages, it’s horrible.

[ImFree2doasiwant]

I think the problem us, the kids should have been off school but weren't. Dc1 is feeling a lot better for having had a day off. I still feel dreadful. I did think yesterday, it would be easier (for me!) to send them to school and go into work, even feeling as I do.

Test results not back yet.

[ImFree2doasiwant]

Negative tests, thankfully!!