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Mine doesn't get sick very often but when he does, he's worse than a kid. Has to be brought everything to him as if his legs don't work but I just let him go. He's taken care of me when I had major surgery.
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I was lucky. Mine was rarely sick, but when he was, his attitude was "go away and let me die in peace" :D
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Ladies...
I think that most DH...have the rare male gene. Mine doesn't want to see a doctor, but wants me to nurse him and tend to him hand and foot. I'm a rehab nurse...NO WAY.. A few month ago he had a tooth extractions and somehow that gave him the Green Light to play patient.... He wanted something and he would call me and then point to it. Love him to bits ,,,but I'm not his mother. |
Oh, mine is the same. Finally (after two weeks) went to the doctor for a "plugged up" ear. But then didn't want to fill the antibiotic prescription (on a Friday)...said he felt better. So on Sunday he's really moaning and hurting and wanting his RX. Nearest open pharmacy is 30 miles away. Sheesh.
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I make a doctor's appointment for him,and tell him he has to go.Always works for me.
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Originally Posted by Missysgottohelp
Sounds like a normal man to me. I have never figured out why when they are sick we are suppose to wait on them hand and foot plus feel sorry for them but when we are sick it's like yeah so what. We are suppose to keep right on going. When mine gets that way I tell him either go to the doctor or quit your whining I've got things to do. They are such babies. LOL.
I think because this is the way men were raised... Mothers took care of them... took care of daughters, so we grow up doing the same thing. the sons become hubby's and woman for how many years have always waited on a man (most of us) I never thought about it, just did it... Years ago woman didn't work, but many things did not change when woman went to work, it only doubled her work load. :) mI do not speak for ALL men or woman, some tables are reversed :) |
Mine always whines when he is sick. Whenever someone else in the house is sick he is sure he has it and spends some time on the couch. When I would feel bad with female issues he would often claim to have a stomach ache too. I agree with someone else, trade him in for a trained one.
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my 1st husband, had his gall blatter taken out after about 6 trips to the er with pain, he went to the dr. then he wanted me to pick him up! well i just looked at that 230 lbs and shooked my head then turned and walked away. at home i gave him a large tin pan and a lg spoon to beat it with when wanted something and went to my sewing room in the other end of the house. in 10 mins the phone rang. it was his work, he called them, to tell them to call me and tell me to come back to the bedroom! well as i walked down the hall he yelled don't you dare laugh, well needless to say it was several mins before i could enter the room and then not with a stright face.he said he had beat the pan to death. he was mad becouse i made him laugh. i still laugh till i cry trying to tell the story.
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This is typical male behavior. I take very good care of my husband when he is sick and basically spoil him rotten, but I MAKE him a Dr's appt. I tell here is a cry towel to whine into or go to the appt. and do something about it.
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I think it is just a "man thing". All alike!
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Is there an ice floe for him to sit on nearby?
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Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
Trade him in for a trained model!!! (((hee hee)))
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I feel your pain.
Hard-headed can not even begin to describe my DH. He fell from a ladder while installing surround sound in our den with 16ft ceilings, hurting his shoulder in the process. He refused to go to the ER or the doctor the next day. Almost 2 weeks later, when he had to literally use his other hand to LIFT his injured arm, did he decide to go to the doctor. He had broken his arm/shoulder in 6 places. One good thing did come out of this. If he EVER refuses to go to the doctor... I have a great example to draw from if needed. ;) |
You have my sympathy. I understand
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Oh my, you are all cracking me up. My husband has surgery four weeks ago (minor, so we were told), then it agitated another area and he has been "incapacitated" here in the family room where my sewing machine is, 24/7. Your comments lightened my attitude and made me laugh and laugh. Thank you all; I think I can tackle each day better now. I'll just come back and read this over and over.
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My husband calls me nurse Cratchet! I have only a little sympathy when he gets sick. One day...then it's quit complaining and do something about it! Take your pills, go to the Dr. or go back to work!!! I don't want to hear "my head/back/hand/foot, etc. hurts a little". I say..if it doens't hurt a whole lot I don't want to hear it! And if it hurts a whole lot take your darn medicine!!! When I'm sick I get nothing! Not even can I fix you some soup/7-up/anything! Gee that sounds like a nurse cratchet, doesn't it!!! LOL!
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Ok, I have a great idea. Set up a webcam or have someone take a video, tell the story and send it to us. I WOULD LOVE IT!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Phyllis nm
my 1st husband, had his gall blatter taken out after about 6 trips to the er with pain, he went to the dr. then he wanted me to pick him up! well i just looked at that 230 lbs and shooked my head then turned and walked away. at home i gave him a large tin pan and a lg spoon to beat it with when wanted something and went to my sewing room in the other end of the house. in 10 mins the phone rang. it was his work, he called them, to tell them to call me and tell me to come back to the bedroom! well as i walked down the hall he yelled don't you dare laugh, well needless to say it was several mins before i could enter the room and then not with a stright face.he said he had beat the pan to death. he was mad becouse i made him laugh. i still laugh till i cry trying to tell the story.
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Mine refused to go to the doc for so long that he could have easily died of a ruptured appendix. After that, he and all of his friends were MUCH better about going when they needed to!
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My plan would be to smother him with so much attention ,fetch and carry for him be at his beck and call.Then go and buy some more fabric, tell him you had to have more fabric so you can be inside to take care of him but in your spare time you might quilt in the living room just to be with him!!! :lol:
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Originally Posted by Fab-ra-holic
Mine, you would never know he is sick. Heck, he was going to go to work when he thought he hurt his back, I insisted he get it checked out by the doctor and good thing I did. Turned out he had a collapsed lung, had to have surgery and was in the hospital for 2 weeks. Still, when he came home, no complaining.
Most men are Whimps. I made sure that as I raised my 2 boys they would behave in a way that would make me proud...take responsibility, have consideration and not moan and groan. I made them learn to cook, do their laundry and keep things fairly clean.. all the while saying...."If I died tomorrow yuo would still need to eat and have clean clothes to wear...so learn!" They also saw how their father, the Master Moaner and Groner Whimpy, behaved... when he had a cold and learned not to do the same to their wives. So now...the boys are fine and I tell their father that if he's that bad, get to the doctor or suffer in silence. (Ah, the doctor, that brings another complaint when he finally wants to get an appointment..."why can't he see me this morning!!!!" Say I = "Because he's not sitting around the office just waiting for YOU to call!" The bad thing about blowing a common cold into a major terminal case is that when the real thing arrives...it's going to be a case of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". I've saved my husband's life 3 times already..... and after having him nearly bleed out in my car when a femoral artery graft failed, I now know a great detailing shop if you need your car cleaned! :thumbup: |
Call a friend, and start talking about girl stuff (the more personal the better) ..... he will run for the bedroom. Works with my husband and my sons.
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sorry, i don't have one any don't know how.
my 1st husband, had his gall blatter taken out after about 6 trips to the er with pain, he went to the dr. then he |
My DH had open heart surgery, pacemaker, bleeding ulcer and fluid in his lung that needed to be drained all in the coarse of six weeks and never opened his mouth to complain once. I would have been shouting from the rooftops if it were me. Gotta love someone who can tolerate that much pain.
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I have a wonderful husband and when he is sick he camps out in the bedroom and doesn't expect to be waited on. They say when a man is sick one fourth of the house falls down ,but when a women gets sick three fourths of haouse falls down. So I asked who is more important? man or women lol Don't wait on him maybe he will get the hint.
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Put your foot down. Either go to the Dr. or get off the couch and go to the bedroom before you infect us all. WOuldn't you love to see men in labor!
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Originally Posted by DebraK
Mine hardly ever gets sick, but whem he does, he hibernates like a good boy.
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If my DH won't go to the Dr. then he gets no sympathy from me. He has learned to suck it up and not make one complaint or I'll leave for a few days to go visit my DD. If he goes to the Dr. and needs TLC then I'm right there giving him soup, meds, and the remote. I had my kids in the Dr. office at the first sign of yucky, for my peace of mind if nothing else.
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they shoot sick horses don't they? lol. i have the same x 5 cause i have 4 boys just like their dad. maybe i should shoot myself???? at least in the foot so I can get a break and go in the hospital...lol....men...cant live with them cant live without them.....lol
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Mine is a very impatient cancer patient. As long as he is alive and breathing comfortably I say let him complain
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
I remember when we first got married and he got sick and refused to go to the doctor. I told him to go lie in the bed and die if he didn't go to the Dr. because I wasn't gonna listen to his whining. He went to the room and came out 10 minutes later wanting to go. Turned out he had pneumonia. I know it sounded mean but it worked and 20 years later he still knows not to whine if he doesn't want to go to the Dr.
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My husband had knee replacement surgery on November 1. He was told that he should be pain free in 6 months. Well, magically on May 1st he said he had is first night pain free and slept well. I wish they had told him 3 months - he would have been pain free on February 1 instead.
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Mine doesn't get sick very often -
Plus he's valuable to me alive - So I try to take care of him when he's sick. |
"What to do with a sick hubby?"
Why - send him home to his mother for the duration, of course! LOL Just kidding...my husband is like a lot of guys. Rarely if ever sick. Me - sick all the time. His famous question: "should I just fix myself something to eat?" What - like I don't want/need food too? lol The best one yet was in January when he was having abdomen muscle pain (his description). Went to the doctor (wow!) and was diagnosed with possible hernia. Referred to see a surgeon a week or so later. About 3 days later I get a phone call from him asking me to stop at the store & get him exlax, prune juice etc. because he had really bad gas. Nothing helped and the next day he went to the doctor (again wow!). Was sent immediately to the hospital for a CT - diagnosis? Burst appendix & emergency surgery. He was in the hospital for 6 days. His version of the story: My wife wouldn't take me to ER the night it got so bad. Translation: I asked my wife - "should I go to ER" Her reply - "it is your call" (because he hates "mothering" as he calls it - I call it being a concerned & caring wife) His decision "I don't want to go sit in ER when all I have is gas" Our mutual agreement as a result of this ordeal: He will now let me determine if he needs to go to emergency. :D |
Call an ambulance and have them take him to the emergency room!
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i personally think that if you hold the pillow over his head long enough... the whining will stop! lol
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Mine loves to go to the doctor...go figure. Granted he has a number of health issues, but recently when he starts to moan and groan about something, I tell him to get ready and we'll go to Urgent Care or Out-Patient's. Usually that shuts him up.
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Originally Posted by countrycottage
How many of you have husbands who love to lie around on the couch whining about how lousy they feel, but absolutely refuse to go to the doctor?
Mine won't consider going to the bedroom; he has to camp out in the living room so everyone in the house can suffer with him! |
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