take a week off work

I have severe back pain and have had bronchitis for over a month now. A friend told me the other day that I need to take a total rest, just do nothing, for 7-10 days. I am not totally convinced that that’s going to do the trick, but it does sound nice I must say. Problem is that there’s no-one who can take over my work when I’m off, so I end up doing it myself when I get back…..and the prospect of that is enough to make anyone ill! So I either have to get my boss to figure out a way of someone else taking over for a week….or I can’t do it, and I’ll just soldier on. Any thoughts?

ok so i am a step closer to achieving this goal.. i have grabbed a holiday form from work and am really considering taking a week off.. my boss is a bitch that cant do her job properly so the rest of us have to do it for her