I actually think that unless you're absent for 3 or more days, all you have to do is say "I'm sick." You don't have to say what it is. If they ask, you can be as general as you'd like. Just say, I received an injury yesterday and I need to heal. If it's related to a disability or your MI diagnosis, you absolutely do not have to tell them what it is. Most employers have in their handbooks that if you are absent due to illness for more than 3 days in a row, then you need a doctor's note. The doctor's note does NOT have to specify what the illness was, just that you indeed were advised to stay home from work.

I would check your employee handbook and make them stick to those guidelines. And I would not disclose any illness unless absolutely necessary.

I often would use my "reasonable accommodation" to work from home. And people always asked me if I was feeling better, if I had a cold or the flu, and I just said, no, I didn't have a cold or the flu. And thanks, I do feel better now. But I didn't divulge any info I didn't need to. If HR had a question, I answered it as necessary, but that's all. Co-workers don't have to know what's going on with me. I also considered it an invasion of my privacy.

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