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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/CrunchM on 2025-06-19 15:18:23+00:00.

I recently had an emergency appendectomy. I was loopy on morphine when the surgical intern came in to talk with me about the surgical plan. This is how that conversation went.

Me: How long is the recovery? When should I expect to get back to work?

Him: What do you do?

Me: I work from home.

Him: Then you don’t have to pick up anything heavy? You can start again tomorrow.

I thought he was completely serious, so when the nurse asked how much time I needed for my doctor’s note, saying it could be up to 4 weeks, I said 1 week.

Luckily, they have extended my note by quite a bit now. I’m also lucky that I have sick time to cover all this and more.

My daughter also thinks that intern was completely serious about working the next day. Let me tell you, that was a ridiculous thing to say.

Take the time you need to heal, don’t let anyone make you feel like you should go back early.