To be concerned DH not going to work/lying

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Got an email from a team member from DH work tonight (who I used to work with, so I am friendly with her) Email said she was wanting to pass on regards to DH as she understood he was off sick & that 'they missed him there' & 'hope he knows his work is valued'
I know nothing about this - don't think he's been off sick (for a day or so) couple of months ago. He goes out to work at 7.30 each morning as far I know & each day we have brief conversations about work.
Now, I am not sure whether to believe it as he has a bit of a history of being misleading/omitting info. I'm not sure whether to go upstairs and ask 'is everything ok at work' and allow a conversation & opportunity to say. An issue with this is that he may then try to Cover tracks if i explain why I'm asking. Or I wonder whether to test it and ring his work tomorrow morning to see if he's there & then if he is then its evidence/more than an email from someone who may have it wrong.
If it is true I am fearful as to the motives not sure if it is related to the fact we have been drifting apart a little & he's a little bit more attached to his phone.
Value your thoughts....

Perhaps they emailed her and not him because if he is off with stress the last thing they want or should do is to bother him. If he's stressed about work any contact at all, even friendly, might make him feel pressured.

Hmm, OTOH that's a huge breach of confidentiality, to tell someone who doesn't know that you're off work with stress!

My dh was struggling with MH issues last year and the first I heard was when a woman rang the house asking to speak to him, and when I asked who was calling said, "I'm X his psychologist" I presume she thought I knew, but I had NO idea. It all came out then. He was in quite a bad way really and was too totally ashamed to admit it to me.

At a previous job I once had a call from someone asking for a colleague who had been of sick for a couple of weeks and the general message was he would be off for a while longer. I explained to the person on the phone that unfortunately they weren't in the office and no we weren't expecting them back for sometime so could anyone else help. Their response: 'what are you talking about? I'm his wife and he left for work this morning!'

I was mortified to say the least. Turned out he had been signed off with stress and depression, was on antidepressants for over a month before that. His wife had no idea, he just left the house every morning as usual.

I was terribly sad really and awful for them both but it really can be hard to admit to people, even those you trust the most, that you are suffering mh issues.