It is very difficult for those who don't have cancer to fully understand what's going on with you. For starters just the hormone management is like a perpetual conflict with your emotions. Its like PMT forever and it gets very hard to live with but we adjust somehow and get on with things.
The second is the limited energy and that walk probably wore you down big time so that when you got back you were exhausted and short in your speech, just wanting the dog to get a drink so you could go and sit or lay down for a few minutes. Other people don't understand this. I know when I walk my dogs, I get home like I have run a marathon or something and I am only recovering from primary breast cancer. Yet still my family expect me to put on dinner quickly when all I want is half an hours rest first. They still haven't figured this out yet..
My husband does most of the washing and housework as I am just too slow and I get dizzy if I try and move quickly and efficiently. We sort of had a role reversal years ago when I renovated houses and he managed the day to day house running so its not a shock to his system to do my work for me.
Bit by bit teach your hubby and daughter to do what you do. Assess how vital it is. Washing floors all the time I have figured in the scale of things not to be all that important so my hubby and kids don't stay up all that will with it either but washing up and doing laundry is a huge help. Praise them every so often and they will love you for it.
Commandeer your own spot in the house, or outside as I like to sit on our veranda at a table with my laptop, fan for hot flushes, and my jigsaw puzzle. My family come to me to talk and visit. I don't meddle with them unless they are asking advice. I am letting my family stand on their own feet without me although I do slip up and meddle sometimes lol.
As for your hubbys comment to hurry up and die already, tell him not to be such a smart arse, he could just as easily die before you so he better cherish the time he has left. I bet he has totally forgotten his comment any way, men are funny beggars and wired much differently to us women. Big hugz from me to you. <3
