Sure if people like you you can get away with even a month of being 'sick' but its really depends on the person. At a company i worked there was a guy who did

Sure if people like you you can get away with even a month of being 'sick' but its really depends on the person. At a company i worked there was a guy who did that. He got away with it but he was a very senior programmer. If i tried this i would have to worry about them using it as grounds for a firing.