Breathing Under Water

No, I am not really breathing under water, nor am I near any body of water...but this congestion, cold thing I have has me feeling like people are talking to me from under a lake. I have gone through a whole roll of toilet paper (cuz that's how the Bright's roll when we have a cold) and now my nose is super chafed (and you know how much I hate that word, "chafed") sore and impossible to get anything out of. I am miserable, but I am here at work and everyone around me is re-coiling in discomfort everytime I come near them. Talk about feeling like crap! I should stay home but I have been sick so many times this year that I feel like the little hypochondriac that called in sick too many times. Not that I really haven't been sick, but the point is.....do I stay home and have everyone cover my butt yet again? Or do I risk exposure...I chose exposure cuz everyone's going to get it at some time right? I am such a great co-worker.