As you may know i am sick at the moment, and i was thinking do you milk the most out of it and get people to do stuff for you while you are sick or do you just sweat it out and bare it and continue doing your daily chores and go to work.

I asked my wife to make some self saucing chocolate puddings tonight but that was only because she bought some custard and i had nothing to have it with so i cant really count that as milking it, but in general i usually just plod along and continue with life unless of course i am completely bed ridden but usually i am not. While i was sick i went and built a fence today which i probably shouldn't have it took what was left of my energy out. Being a man i usually don't like to ask people to do stuff for me while i am sick but it is different now with a wife and three children.
I used to go to work whether i was sick or not but now with kids i find it is better to stay home and get over it as quick as possible instead of torturing myself at work so now i just stay home and very rarely ask my wife to do stuff for me.