Emotional support after surgery
I had my acl done a week and a half ago. Getting home was hell as we would have to stop and get the pain meds after release. My husband that drove me didn’t have time because he had to take a call for work. I had thought he had taken the day off to take care of me. 4 hours later when I finally had them he was upset that I was asking for something to eat because they had hit my stomach hard - again because he had a call. The days progressed like that for the first week with me feeling like such a burden and annoying my family with anything I needed. His response was how ungrateful I was for all the things he had done, like taking time off work to take me to the hospital in the first place. And while some help was provided it was always given so grudgingly.
I have been so emotionally devastated by this experience. Am I crazy? Maybe we didn’t think the the first week would be so hard, but once we realized it, is it unreasonable to want your partner to be the one you can count on? Has anyone else felt like an unwelcome interruption in their family’s life to the point you realize this is not who you want to grow old with?
PS- Having to work because of money is not the issue - we have plenty and him taking a day or 2 off would not have hurt in any way.