Is it possible that you need a different job? If you’re getting sick and you’re not with your family, maybe you should look at what you really want out of life, and how to have better work/life balance.

I think it’s a mistake to give our all to our jobs and to pay for them with our families and physical or mental health. If you’re so exhausted you can’t even eat properly, you will not be able to physically even do your job, much less do it well. I don’t know what kind of job it is or what the stakes are, but it seems important to me that you invest in some self-care. And if holding out for another week is going to be painful and make you sick, then by all means arrange to leave early. Say you’re sick or there’s a family emergency. Most likely, you will be OK whatever happens, even if you lose this job because of it. If the job is making you sick, then maybe that’s for the best.

It does sound like you might want to assess whether the job parameters can be changed so that you can experience less stress and more closeness with the people you love.