How to deal with a rude college professor?

I'm in the middle of my semester for algebra. A little after two weeks in my husband and I went through a separation. After he got back from serving in Iraq he developed some addictions as a coping mechanism for the PTSD. He refused to admit he had a problem so I had to leave in order to stop acting as an enabler and give him an eye opener that he needed help. It worked and he's in a treatment program and I moved back in. When dealing with the emotions he became suicidal and so I had to make sure he got the help he needed. With all this I missed a couple weeks of class. All of my instructors have been willing to work with me except one, and when I tried talking to him to explain what was going on and ask how I could get caught up he completely dismissed me and then told me my life should not interfere with school work because he didn't let his personal life do it. I explained that I tried not to let it but it was a lot to deal with and sometimes you don't have control over everything. I wasn't asking for him to dismiss the past due work and let me make it up. I was trying to tell him I was going to do the online activities even though they weren't graded to make sure I comprehended the information, but I did want some leniency on the absences. He didn't even let me finish. He was really unprofessional. He told me that I shouldn't be pursuing my education right now, and I explained that I couldn't afford not to. It was too late to withdraw, and then I'd have to pay the student loans back to the school before I could go back. He said it's not his problem. I don't know what my rights are as a student, because it really doesn't cover this in the student handbook. Does anybody have any idea's?