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Need a hand hold - husband sick in a foreign country

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Surf2Live · 01/06/2025 18:06

Firstly, I'm getting through this, but I'm all alone and I don't want to burden him with my fears and there's no one I can speak to right now to support me.

We are digital nomads. When everything is working well, it's a fantastic sense of freedom and I love my life. But when things go wrong, it's enormous pressure.

Last night I drove him to the hospital, after a few days of being unwell, the pain was getting worse. When I suggested it, he said okay, then I knew it was definitely time to go. We got back to our accomodation at 4am.

We just arrived in a new country 2 days ago. Neither of us speak the language. It's not close to either English or Spanish, the two languages we do speak.

I'm navigating a foreign country, new city, no language skills, scared for my husband who is sleeping a lot and quite unwell, all while still having to run my online business.

Tomorrow I have to drive us to our next city where thankfully we have a 2 month say organised. It's a 3 hour drive. I can do this. I have to unload the car in the centre of the new city into a new apartment, with a sick husband. I can do this, I know I can, but it's still a lot.

The business relies upon me mostly. I'm the primary content creator. I trained two other employees but neither of them can yet do my job. So I have about 2 hours work to do tomorrow before we can leave, or after we arrive. Luckily my business can be flexible.

I guess, all I want here please is some hand holding because I'm so alone right now. I have so much on my shoulders, which normally is fine when I have my husband by my side to support me, but when he's sick I'm so alone.

OP posts:
OliveWah · 14/07/2025 01:32

I'm so sorry for your loss, it's clear from your posts how deeply you loved one another.

I know exactly what you mean about having a traumatic event replying in your head; "mental Tourette's" is a great analogy @Surf2Live. When I was suffering from this, I had a fantastic therapist who did a session called a "Trauma Rewind", which helps you to package up the recurring images and file them further back in your brain, so that they don't keep repeating, unbidden in the forefront of your mind constantly. I don't imagine you'll be ready to think about this immediately, but when you are, this may really help.

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