I broke my ankle, and it looks like I will be very restricted in movements for 6-8 weeks. Wearing a boot but it's still very painful so I can only get around in the house, very slowly, on crutches. I need to take painkillers and get tired easily. Break happened last week.
The issue: I feel like DP is treating me like a broken cog in a machine. I understand he is overwhelmed. FT work plus we have two under four who attend nursery full time. I understand that it is very exhausting and stressful and I've said how I appreciate he is taking on more than usual with DC, meals and cleaning.
The first day of my injury he took DC with him to DMil for six hours so he'd have help, leaving me home alone and struggling. If I ask him for something, which happens rarely (like today I asked for one coffee then later for some painkillers I could not reach) I get a lot of loud sighing. I feel inconvenient and annoying, and any comment about my rehab feels like the way you'd talk about your car getting a repair. I'm not sure if I'm being OTT and over sensitive because the pain is quite bad, or if my idea for how I'd like to be treated (eg being asked if I need anything a couple times a day, or just being offered a hot drink, simply offered a little sympathy) is just unrealistic.