smulawyer
11/10/19 1:26 pm
Walking pneumonia during Rush Week (in January) and the first few weeks of the Spring semester, but I refused to stay home. Later that semester, chicken pox took out half of my freshman English class. I was out for a week.
Then a few years ago I missed work for a month for a double mastectomy. Ended up missing a few more weeks due to complications.
ladyniner81 people suck
11/06/19 6:08 am
When I had bronchitis a couple times and pneumonia. NOT fun. And when I was in school I got my wisdom teeth taken out. I looked like a damned chipmunk and I could barely talk.
cultjam California
11/04/19 11:00 pm
I contracted a staff infection during my first month of high school. It attached itself to my collar bone; I had two surgeries and I was out of school for two months. It wasn’t the best way to kick off my high school career.
eman2056 Everywhere
11/04/19 8:20 pm
I have a loud cough that would linger after I was no longer sick. Before I could handle it as well as I do today, I could get sent home from school every day for at longest two weeks straight.
mrmc2
11/04/19 5:39 pm
Found out I had esophageal cancer in May. Six weeks of chemo and radiation resulted in missing a few days. I had a 13 hour surgical procedure in August followed by an eight day hospital stay. Took a few days off when I got home, had a couple of appointments. In all I missed about three weeks. Not bad considering my diagnosis. My biggest takeaway, robotic surgery is the way to go. I was up and walking less than 8 hours after I woke up.
JulesCo
11/04/19 5:29 pm
I missed 3-4 weeks in elementary school after a surgery to fix vesicoureteral reflux. Come to find out, they can do it robotically now and down time is only a few days 🤷🏼♀️
thebob Medford Oregon
11/04/19 1:13 pm
2+ months recovery from bariactic surgery 18 months ago. And then diagnosed with Parkinson’s and am no longer able to work. Had to take of 2+ weeks for my wife’s brain surgery in Jan for her Parkinson’s.
Zardoz California native
11/03/19 11:41 pm
Elementary schools are virulent, fetid swamps of viruses and bacteria. The first few years of teaching are a process of getting sick developing immunities. All new teachers miss work.
For me it was 2 consecutive weeks each year with the flu. After 4 or 5 years I hardly missed a day until retiring.
4boot LaTrineodeur, MN
11/03/19 10:10 pm
Most was two weeks school missed when I was 17.
Pneumonia, likely because of a compromised immune system from too little rest. Up at 5 AM to deliver newspapers, walk 1.5 miles to school, full school day, after school basketball practice which often lasted until 7 PM, walk 1.5 miles home.
Jedi97 Wisconsin
11/03/19 10:09 pm
In 2009, I was in 2nd grade when I got the Swine Flu and I missed a week of school. I remember getting sick after leaving Blain's Farm & Fleet.
hollywoodshane Nebraska
11/03/19 8:43 pm
High sided a racing bike in 2000 put me out of everything for 6 weeks and took just over 6 months to really get life back on track. Then severe food poisoning in 2015 took me out for a week of work and it’s been screwing with me since.
snagglepuss Story Time
11/03/19 8:28 pm
I had pneumonia and had to go on a medical leave of absence until I was cleared to go back to work.
I tore my rotator cuff and was on strict work restrictions where I couldn’t work for months.
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bnnt Los Angeles
11/03/19 8:15 pm
Had chicken pox age 37 and was in the hospital for 3 days, then in quarantine at home for 2 1/2 weeks with doctor visits every few days.
Took nearly 6 weeks before I was half way normal again.
susanr Colorado
11/03/19 7:12 pm
Does a month count as a substantial amount of time? If so, then yes, at least twice. Once after a surgery and once after an illness.
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