when you're sick...

good, when am sick my mom take care of me, when she is sick nobody take care of her and i take her to doctor and i help her very little and am happy bcos i help my mom bcos am not a kid and every mom is same like this, am not maried so i dont know what will happen next in future

As a mom with three kids, which includes my husband and 3 dogs. There is no such thing as me getting sick. It's a differently story when they get sick though, the world stops. When I am sick, I like to be left alone. It would be nice to have my mom take care of me, but she lives to far away. If I have to take any meds, I have to wait to take them before going to bed. Most meds knocks me out, even if it says non drowsy on the box. Honestly, I can't afford for me to get sick, even as a stay at home mom. The household comes to a complete stand still when I do.

if i'm just sick at home i take care of myself. my sons have been good when it has been something serious & i have been in the hospital.

hi nhey16...usually if i am sick, i am so sick that no one should be around me. my sister would check on me. we text so she doesn't have to come near me cause it's usually the flu when i'm that sick. i'm okay alone cause i'm vomiting or trying to sleep and sure can't eat anything. the only other time i'd be seriously down is when i hurt my back and couldn't do anything. my sister offered to do my laundry but i hate others to do my laundry. it was very nice of her but i waited till i could shuffle and do it myself. it was painful and probably didn't help my recovery but i strongly didn't want her to have to do it. i truly appreciated her offer tho.

I hear ya 'doctor mom' when my little ones are sick, dad normally stands back and i tend to them, when dad is sick, well hell, i think its worse then having both kids sick at the same time ;) When i am sick, well, everyman for himself! My children are young, 8 and 6, however, i must say, my daughter, the 8 year old, really does try to help (at times) when i am feeling under the weather. I remember i had the stomach flu one time, lasted for almost 8 days, my daughter would come and sit with me in my bed and colour in her book, or read a story to me. She would get me water and juice and try to make me soup (she never could get the can open) :) my nannie was the one to tend to me when i was ill, she instilled some great characteristics in me and morals and i think, thanks to her..i am able to put up with the lack of 'support' when it comes to being ill

Can you give me your husband's office number or his mobile so I can knock off some senses to him? I don't want to sadness to your aloneness but I can't help asking why your husband won't take time to make sure you are taken care of while he's working. He doesn't have to stay home but he can always cater to your needs before and after work. Let me tell you though that you are not alone. I fairly know lots of my fellow men who don't know how to take care of their wives. Many times, it's not that they don't care. It's just that they don't want to be bothered by this trivialities of life or just like in you husband's case, maybe they know nothing about medicines and sicknesses. And they will not do anything about caring for someone being afraid that they will be adding more harm than good. I hope your husband will learn how to take care of you more as soon as possible so you will always be healthy for your family.

Just like you, I personally take care of my family members when they are sick. But this rarely happens. When hubby is sick, I take care of him too. When I am sick, hubby takes care of me. I hate getting sick because I have to stay in bed and I know my family needs me. I do my best to get well soon so I can get back to my daily routine. But hubby scolds me whenever I attempt to get back on my feet even when I am not well enough.

Hello Nhey16, Now I know how my mother felt when she was taking care of me. As a mother myself, I am always worried when my son gets sick. I am the one who take care of him. When my husband is sick, I take care of him too. I found a right discussion though... Since Saturday, my husband was having high fever. He just lied down and couldn't do anything except sleeping. I took care of him. Afraid that something serious, I brought him twice to clinic and did a blood test too. I massaged him at night and make sure he took his medicine on time. I didn't sleep before he's sleeping. And in between, I have to take care of my two years old son and go to work as usual. I realized it is not an easy task - to be a mother and a wife. But, I love my family and I don't mind doing it. But like you said, when we are sick, we will be left alone. My husband still ask me whether I feel better or not and sometimes reminds me to eat my medicine. My son is just to small to understand but whenever he opens his mouth to ask me, "Mommy, are you sick?' and kisses my cheeks, I feel just fine!

Hi there Nhey16 I too am on my own when I am ill. I have no husband to help me and even when I did he was never any help and very unsypathetic. I pride myself on the fact that I am rarly ill, thank goodness I am not! I am sure my eldest would help me and his brothers if I had to take to my bed due to illness and he would be great but again, thankfully, things have never come to that!!

Aww well my mom always takes care of me when I'm sick even though I'm all grown up now, she still comes and makes me chicken soup and hot chocolate, and so when my mom sick I try to do the same for her and help her feel better in any way I can and I think family should always remember to take care of each other. Well I hope you feel better soon.

Being away from home for work, I tend to take care of myself when I'm sick. I'd usually take a Sick Leave then stay at home and take the medications that my sister/brother/mother/cousin would prescribe me - their professions are all related to medicine (med tech/nurse/mom :D/doctor) and I usually get well in a day but total recovery wouldn't come until a few days after. Thanks for the response on my discussion!

When I am sick my mother thinks she has to treat me like I am still a little kid, with the whole lay in bed, no getting out of it, chicken soup is served routine. It can be annoying, but I understand she just cares about me. When a family member is sick, we, everyone in the family just pitch in where we can, to help with that other person's duties. From everything to chores, to even calling the boss telling them about being sick, to just doing whatever they were supposed to do. My Great Aunt was sick last week and we all went up to where she lives, which is like a two hour drive, and we just camped there so to speak until she got better.

you are right!!!my husband doesnt care me or our kid when we get into sick. He used to sit and surf the net all the time.He wont even try to spend time even in normal days. Now our kids are too small to care us.if we care them now,surely they going to care us when we become old.but we shouldnt expect much from them too.Let us beleive on our hands than on others!!!

it's just me and my husband at home so he takes care of me when i am sick. but i seldom get sick, most of the time it's my husband who catches cold. so i always take care of him.

my hubby is very good when it comes to anyone else being sick in the house. he takes good care of my two daughters and myself when he is home if we are sick.

I take care of me. That is until my hubby gets home. Then he really does do anything he can to make me comfortable. But there are times I miss my mom. Some of those extra "you are sick" touches went a long way.

It is almost always like you said, I am not a mom but I know the situation in my home when my mom is sick ... she always cares about all of us home but when she's sick well, she have to care(most of the time)self about her self. It is TERRIBLE ! I don't know how can this happens but it does. I try to make some warm thee or bring her some medicens, my sister do it less often, my father try also to help but all this doesn't happen every time. You know MOM is a MOM, she can't be sick or something :) WE ALL NEED HER :) hehe and very often even if she sick she DOES help us .. and still cares about us. I don't know .. the real mothers have so much power nobody can imagine. Greetings !!

Hi Nhey! Its just me and my Husband at home and we are currently living in a foreign country. My Husband do take care of me when I'm sick and that when he is at home. He goes to work everyday(except on the weekend), but he constantly call me and check if I'm ok. But most of the time I have to take care of my own and do the things that I need.

When i sick then my mom take care me still now. we live in joint family. so we take care properly when any one get sick in my family. So many people apply to protection from sick. I think protection is ok but u cant stop sick from it. u need make good community. The best community is joint family. I know this discussion not on that topic. But we need or fill our family when we got problem. Nhey you r a mom. you think your kids. when your kids grow up then he/she forgot you. its so ................. I hope your kids grow up healthy and your kids always think, take care when you older. Not a old women, as a mom.

when sick generally everybody feels lonely. because sick person is the only person feeling pain and uneasiness. If a family member is taking care of a sick person most thefeeling loneliness will be become less. when person is sick other family member must take careof him . It speed up the recovery of sick person.