AIBU to think DH’s illness is just sun and a hangover?

Tell him to go to A and E and see what happens....he won't.

Are you sure that he had his appendix out and not his gallbladder? His appendix is nowhere near his liver.
His alcohol excess would be the thing if his liver is poorly not his lack of his gallbladder.
It sounds as if he’s having you on .

The refusal to call 111 would send me over the edge tbh! If he's seriously ill, he should get medical assistance, not lie around telling the whole household he's at death's door whole refusing to get help. Honestly 🙄

And yak most like nbu. It is probably hangover and sunburn. Silly fella.

Editing to fix typo!

@Toomuchfuninthesun Hope he has gained a conscience and is now pitching in. I think you need a break this weekend whilst he does most of the parenting.

I also think it’s pretty poor that he’s trying to link it to his previous legitimate health problem. That’s really manipulative.

I’m no doctor but I’d also gauge that his current condition is highly unlikely to be related to having his appendix out last year. Much more likely to be a combination of too much sun & booze. Full heatstroke can be serious, but even a bit too much sun exposure can make someone feel rough, especially combined with a hangover.

Basically, he's had a fantastic time away while you've been left to get on with it and juggle it all - stressful job, children, special needs of children - and he's come back wiped out from his fantastic time and taken the absolute piss while doing it. Too poorly to step up now that h's back but not too unwell to ponder watching the football alone quietly and drink some more. You couldn't fucking make it up ...

pmsl at dressing gown of doom. Haven’t heard that before

he’s hungover and prob a little sunstroke

if that poorly to play /see his kids then he wouldn’t manage tv esp footie

amazing now hair of the dog helps 🙄

Is he wearing the dressing gown of doom?

I’m a direct communicator so I’d say it’s been a tough few days here while you’ve been drinking in the sun, so either you are ill enough to need medical help for your hangover, or I’m going to bed while you take over with the kids. There is no version where I carry on cheerily solo parenting while you have a moan and park yourself in front of the tv.

If he has got a swollen liver for whatever reason. Why is he drinking alcohol?.

Surely not a good thing.

Omg what a man baby. Why are you pandering to this OP!?

does sound exaggerated. I thought I had a 2 day hangover 15yrs ago, and it turned into an appendix rupture, so not always good to just assume it’s a hangover, but I was literally on the floor in agony, and still managed to care for my own kids until the point I drove myself to A&E

Most people are a bit fooked after a weekend away drinking. Can he owe you an extra night off? I assume he isn’t doing it every weekend.

Sounds like a lazy hungover git

No, it doesn't need a new battery. That's not how they work. Drinking alcohol now is not how to rehydrate. 🙄

I'd tell him I'm worried about his liver after such heavy drinking and maybe he should quit drinking alcohol and have liver function tests run.

He sounds like he's got a problem with alcohol.

I drank too much in the sun at an event on Sunday. Still absolutely red and hot and dehydrated today. Men are ridiculous babies. Obviously if you get pissed outside in the heat you’re going to be hot, fevery, possibly itchy and bitten, dehydrated, achy kidneys, headache etc.

If you as an adult choose to do it you need to then have a hydration tablet in water, eat some protein, down water/lucozade/phizz and have some salty crisps. Tell him to stop being a twat, he needs lucozade, dippy eggs, a bottle of green juice and a cold shower.

I've just googled this and there are so many threads about it!

OP, this is known as the Dressing gown of Doom. It's a well known phenomena on here. God forbid he got pissed and forgot his sun cream. It's odd how a long sleep and no childcare or housework cures this sort of problem.

And yet....he is.

he is now collapsed across the couch, telling me he thinks there's something seriously wrong and it could be linked to (minor routine) surgery he had in November

i burst out laughing when I got to that bit. And I say that as someone who’s often unwell myself, with the result that I tend to go into hypochondriac overdrive at the slightest thing.

He might cry wolf once too often.

But I’m glad he’s feeling a little bit better. He might be up to a little snack later on, if you could manage it for him? 🙄

At least it's too hot for the dressing gown of doom 😁

I got too much sun on Friday & felt rotten on Saturday, I can't imagine how crap I'd have been feeling with a hangover added to the mix.

If he’s too poorly to spend time with the DC that he hasn’t seen for days, then he’s too poorly to watch the football and drink Rioja 🙄

along with "when you hear hoof beats, don't think .... Zebras!"