Sick DH

Chocoholic21

At the risk of sounding like a horribly mean person, does anybody else out there get annoyed when their husbands are sick? DH has had a stomach bug and a cold this holiday season and, though a teeny tiny bit of me feels bad, I mainly just feel all gross and germy and irritated with the whining.

chrisnjay05212010

My DH is very whining and acts like hes dying when he is sick so i understand your frustrations!!

TattieSoup

Yes, yes, yes!!! I feel guilty because I am not good at being ill myself and he is always excellent and patient when looking after me, but at least I suffer in silence and keep my diseases to myself.

My husband has a cold and has been sleeping in the spare bedroom because I hate being exposed to his germs. He drools on the pillows, leaves snotty tissues everywhere and keeps touching his nose with his hands. I want to follow him round the house with disinfectant wipes.

Last night he came back to bed and we are having a duvet day today, and he will not shut up! Literally every 2 minutes he reminds me that he is sick and sad, and in between he lets out these theatrical groans. I've actually asked him to please just put a sock in it because I haven't forgotten he is ill since the last time he reminded me. It hasn't had any effect so far! What sympathy I have is being almost totally eroded by the continuous low-level background noise.

Wow, this thread hit a sore spot. Thanks for the opportunity to share. I might actually get through the day without homicide now.

SmrBrd2012

Whenever my H is sick he usually acts like he is on his death bed, even if it's a head cold. He makes sure everybody knows he's sick and makes sure to remind us on a daily basis. You're not alone :P. His germs don't bother me too much. I figure it's pretty much to avoid getting sick since we live together in a small apartment. Usually I'm spared though. However, this week we've both been sick and he's been quite a champ with helping out so it's not always bad I guess!

Chocoholic21

HE IS SICK AGAIN! A day of progress and we are back to square one. Blech.

Tattie Soup, I have also been in the spare bedroom, and will be there yet again. I can't handle the germ and the snotty sounds and, did I mention the stupid germs? I have locked him our room with crackers, medicine, ginger ale, and water. I am to the point where I will just slide things under the door like he is on house arrest.

AND he takes such good care of me when I am sick, something he has been quick to inform me of these last four days. I just don't have the gene that he has. He emerged once wearing boxers and blowing his nose. It is just not the same strong and handsome man I am used to seeing.

I guess in sickness and in health, but PLEASE HEALTH return soon!!

Thank you all for making me feel normal.

nicolen08

Sorry but no. That's mean. I am sad when my dh is ill and I do everything I can to help him feel better. If you're annoyed, imagine how he feels...he is the one who is actually ill.

Sillygirl45

Chocoholic21 said:

HE IS SICK AGAIN! A day of progress and we are back to square one. Blech.

Tattie Soup, I have also been in the spare bedroom, and will be there yet again. I can't handle the germ and the snotty sounds and, did I mention the stupid germs? I have locked him our room with crackers, medicine, ginger ale, and water. I am to the point where I will just slide things under the door like he is on house arrest.

AND he takes such good care of me when I am sick, something he has been quick to inform me of these last four days. I just don't have the gene that he has. He emerged once wearing boxers and blowing his nose. It is just not the same strong and handsome man I am used to seeing.

I guess in sickness and in health, but PLEASE HEALTH return soon!!

Thank you all for making me feel normal.

How long has he been sick for? At this point I would be worried. People are getting a really nasty flu (respiratory), and ending up in the hospital. My cousin developed pneumonia with it, ended up septic, and is in the hospital. He's only 27.

As far as feeling bad for him, maybe you have a great immune system and haven't been really sick in awhile? I think the more recently you've been sick, the more empathy you have (at least that's how I am). 

I feel terrible when anyone in my family is sick. At work on the other hand, I have to eye roll at the people who perpetually have something wrong with them or are genuinely sick and refuse to take medicine or stay home. Don't show up hacking all over me...I don't need your illness. There's medicine for that. 

R.Wilsonny

Men are the biggest babies when they are sick....I think it's something in their DNA lol

deannagirly

My DH doesn't even show he is sick until he is REALLY sick. He'll be like no I'm fine, it's just a sore throat, until I beg him to go to the doctors, and he has strep. Or he'll be like I'm ok, it just hurts to swallow and he'll go and once he had ulcers all over his mouth. Poor guy, I made him stay home because he wasn't going to take any of it. And when I'm sick he is so caring. He will go to my favorite Chinese restaurant and get me egg flower soup because that is like my most favorite thing ever.

lifeonthehill

H is a wicked baby. We got sick with the same things once and while he took bed rest for three days and skipped work I continued my 10+ hour days. When he got better in 3 days and got annoyed with me when I was still feeling awful 5 days latter I mentioned how my body didn't have a chance and thank go it was the weekend so I could finally really rest.

However last spring I thought he was being really dramatic and when I woke up to him shaking he had a 103.4 degree temp. He didn't want to go to the hospital so we wrapped him in sleeping bags and blankets for an hour and his fever finally broke. I was going to call an ambulance if it didn't stop soon. I was all in a tizzy. 

Chocoholic21

Sorry for the disappearance. DH is fine. He just had a stomach bug, then cold, then the mucous made him sick to his stomach round 2. 

He is back to normal. And having him not normal made me so appreciative of that fact, as we all seem to understand.  

Again, thank you all for understanding and listening to my meanness. 

Also, I got a lecture after he was sick the first day and made up for it the second round. It was like a Tosh.O web redemption and I nailed it.