Last year I got the flu right after Christmas. After a week I realized it was more than a bad cold and went to the doctor, who diagnosed it as H1N1, AKA Swine Flu.
Man, I was sick for two and a half weeks. If I had fluid in my lungs, I would have been hospitalized.
It sucks being that sick and it also sucks that our time off at work is all "PTO".
I usually do not get sick, so getting the flu cost me a week's vacation as far as I was concerned!
I also do not consider being bedridden and contagious "personal time off". If I could have made it to work, I was contagious for over a week.
I could have wiped out the call center!
Does anyone else get the flu shot? I got the shot yesterday and no side effects.