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mummymaz

Hey guys,

Most of you know i am off with this pigging swine flu thing, i'm starting to feel a little bit better but obviously i have to stay off as i am in 'quarantine' - by that scale i'll be due to head back to work on Thursday

Now i've called my Doctors as i have a letter from the tamiflu centre for my GP and i need a sick note. The receptionist said that no-one's asked for a sick note before with tamiflu and i should post it in and 'see what happens' regarding the sick note ...er.... WTF??!

My boss (who is a cynical tit) doesnt believe that i am off for a good enough reason and is insisting that i call in every morning (before 7.30) until i can provide him with a valid sick note to PROVE that i am ill..

So here i am in my sick bed stressing myself out about how to get a sick note, if i'll get paid (where do i stand on this?! i can't ask the boss cos he's a dick and lies) and if i'll be well enough to go back to work on Thursday. If i do post it it'll take a day or so to get there, then god knows how long to get the note, then i can't pick it up cos i am not allowed out (my OH doesnt get here till after 5) and i am moving out of the house and area on Sunday!

Sorry for the rant but i am so worriedm i can't NOT get paid. Its only 3 days but its essential to me

Please give me some advice!

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CroctacusMember

Phone the doctor back and tell them work is insisting on a sick note...they should provide one but you may have to pay for it though if its under the time that you legally need a certificate.

If you have been off under 7 days then you self certificate normally. I don't think the boss can insist on a cert for a period less than this but I'm not 100% on that.

9/7/092:21 AM

CroctacusMember

Info here

9/7/092:24 AM

mummymazMember

well i went home from work ill on Friday and started the tamiflu on Saturday so this is the first day I've officially 'phoned in sick'

9/7/092:24 AM

CroctacusMember

If you check the link above it tells you what you are entitled to...

9/7/092:25 AM

sinkthepinkMember

Its just a cold

9/7/092:36 AM

mummymazMember

quote:
Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
Its just a cold

thats exactly what i said to everyone that was off with it! If it were just a cold, i'd be in work - believe me, you don't know how much i detest loosing money for no good reason

9/7/092:44 AM

sinkthepinkMember

quote:
Originally posted by Mummy Maz:
quote:
Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
Its just a cold

thats exactly what i said to everyone that was off with it! If it were just a cold, i'd be in work - believe me, you don't know how much i detest loosing money for no good reason

Did you just sneeze at the computer screen then

9/7/092:49 AM

mummymazMember

quote:
Did you just sneeze at the computer screen then Mad

yes...now you have it! Enjoy

9/7/092:55 AM

sinkthepinkMember

quote:
Originally posted by Mummy Maz:
quote:
Did you just sneeze at the computer screen then Mad

yes...now you have it! Enjoy

I cant afford to have anytime off work either with my job, so i'll put your residue in a tissue and dispose of it in the correct manner

9/7/092:57 AM

portoMember

quote:
Originally posted by Mummy Maz:
Hey guys,

Most of you know i am off with this pigging swine flu thing, i'm starting to feel a little bit better but obviously i have to stay off as i am in 'quarantine' - by that scale i'll be due to head back to work on Thursday

Now i've called my Doctors as i have a letter from the tamiflu centre for my GP and i need a sick note. The receptionist said that no-one's asked for a sick note before with tamiflu and i should post it in and 'see what happens' regarding the sick note ...er.... WTF??!

My boss (who is a cynical tit) doesnt believe that i am off for a good enough reason and is insisting that i call in every morning (before 7.30) until i can provide him with a valid sick note to PROVE that i am ill..

So here i am in my sick bed stressing myself out about how to get a sick note, if i'll get paid (where do i stand on this?! i can't ask the boss cos he's a dick and lies) and if i'll be well enough to go back to work on Thursday. If i do post it it'll take a day or so to get there, then god knows how long to get the note, then i can't pick it up cos i am not allowed out (my OH doesnt get here till after 5) and i am moving out of the house and area on Sunday!

Sorry for the rant but i am so worriedm i can't NOT get paid. Its only 3 days but its essential to me

Please give me some advice!

Maz - if he doesnt believe you - ask him to visit you, see what his response is then ??

9/7/094:51 AM

fookatMember

i did wonder how you get a sick note if you cant see your doc. And Im on probation where I work so dont get paid if i am sick either so hope I dont bloody get it!

9/7/094:51 AM

Bolton FanMember

If its swine flu you've got then it doesn't seem too bad if you feel better in just a couple of days. I had flu a few years ago and was in bed, unable to do anything apart from go to the loo, for eight days and it was ten days before I felt well enough to venture outside

9/7/095:47 AM

BlackpudlianMember

MM, keep the box your Tamiflu comes in as it will have the date you were prescribed it.

I'm hating bloody TalkTalk the more I hear about it!!!!

(haven't had a phone call from them yet today, BTW!!!)

9/7/097:04 AM

BlackpudlianMember

quote:
If its swine flu you've got then it doesn't seem too bad if you feel better in just a couple of days. I had flu a few years ago and was in bed, unable to do anything apart from go to the loo, for eight days and it was ten days before I felt well enough to venture outside

Shame they didn't prescribe you Tamiflu, eh?

9/7/097:05 AM

mummymazMember

Well i've been rough since Thursday night, i have to get better for next monday (holidays) but right now i am feeling bloody awful again.. just randomly throwing up foam and phlem.. i dont care if its swine flu or regular flu just get me better -NOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!

9/7/097:16 AM

~Lee~Member

A Self cert should cover you....Be careful as well that the doc decides you're not fit to travel....Years ago I was going on hol's and my doc insisted I couldn't go because of a chest infection....I felt well enough after I'd finished the anti-biotic's but he insisted no

9/7/097:21 AM

mummymazMember

they can beggar off Lee!! 9 months of scrimping and saving for a Dr to say no??! NO CHANCE! Anyways the Doc's have told me twice now that they do not want to see me. so they won't, my boss will have to do with the self cert - i'll take the tamiflu box and details etc so he can see ..

9/7/097:30 AM

sinkthepinkMember

quote:
just randomly throwing up foam and phlem

never been in vom state with flu

Do you fall asleep in a radox bath on Friday

9/7/097:35 AM

mummymazMember

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Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
quote:
just randomly throwing up foam and phlem

never been in vom state with flu

Do you fall asleep in a radox bath on Friday

I dont think its a bad tummy tbh, it could be a reaction to tamiflu, the fact that I've not eaten or that when i cough the phelm makes me baulk...

9/7/097:39 AM

portoMember

quote:
Originally posted by Mummy Maz:
Well i've been rough since Thursday night, i have to get better for next monday (holidays) but right now i am feeling bloody awful again.. just randomly throwing up foam and phlem.. i dont care if its swine flu or regular flu just get me better -NOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!

Maz,by the sounds of it - just randomly throwing up foam and phlem - I would either get a GP called out ASAP or 999 because I dont think you are going on hols for a while babe.

a doc will tell you what to do .

9/7/099:21 AM

FrannieMember

I think the throwing up is probably down to the Tamiflu. I know people that have had that reaction to it. Hope you feel better soon. x

9/7/099:28 AM

MrsHMember

Maz

they wont have you go to them but if you are no better by at least the morning book a home call out to you by the duty doctor at your surgery - they will have more time as well and you can discuss the coming holiday and see what they say

try and get toast or plain biscuits down before your pills as meds on an empty stomach could be causing the sickness

hope you soon feel better

9/7/099:55 AM

♥PinkBabe1966♥The Angel under the tree!Member

Maz I know it's hard to eat the way you are feeling, but you need to eat when you are taking the Tamiflu, if not solid food, they you need to try a little bit of soup

9/7/0910:04 AM

cologne 1Member Memoriam

quote:
Originally posted by PinkBabe1966:
Maz I know it's hard to eat the way you are feeling, but you need to eat when you are taking the Tamiflu, if not solid food, they you need to try a little bit of soup

I agree. Tamiflu makes you sick as it is, but eating just even a cracker before taking it, will make you feel better.

9/7/0910:19 AM

scatterbyMember 10 years

My friend had it a couple of weeks ago - she felt really rough and then she got somebody to get her the Tamiflu and that made her instantly start vomiting, she carried on with it though (and carried on being sick), so it seems to affect some people like that. Hope you feel better soon.

9/7/0910:23 AM

spongebob squarepantsMember

sounds to me like your boss is harrassing you...demanding you phone in everyday at 7:30.we were told that a manager is not allowed to constantly call you whilst you're off sick(and that's what he is doing..except turning it to make you call him).is there a h.r dept at your work?...someone higher than him?...i'd report the fecker for harrassing you...

9/7/0910:34 AM

spongebob squarepantsMember

oh and if there isn't a h.r dept or someone higher than him.call the c.a.b and ask their advice....i'm sure he's not allowed to make these demands.

9/7/0910:36 AM

Former Member

Just a word of warning about HR departments ... they're not personnel departments. That is, they operate on behalf of the company managing the company's human resources.

9/7/0910:41 AM

*BB*Member

quote:
Originally posted by spongebob squarepants:
sounds to me like your boss is harrassing you...demanding you phone in everyday at 7:30.we were told that a manager is not allowed to constantly call you whilst you're off sick(and that's what he is doing..except turning it to make you call him).is there a h.r dept at your work?...someone higher than him?...i'd report the fecker for harrassing you...

Some years ago something similar happened to me. My nursing officer kept phoning me every few days demanding to know when I was going back on duty while I was signed on the sick with pneumonia by my GP. I told my GP and he reported her for harrassment. The telephone calls stopped!

9/7/0911:24 AM

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