Sad no one really seems to care to visit me or reach out to me after major surgery. How do I deal with this? :c (F/26)

Last Friday I had major surgery, an open myomectomy procedure. I had to have it after two trips to the ER from uterine bleeding. I was kept in the hospital through Sunday morning and sent home that afternoon.

I still need help doing basic tasks and i'm in alot of pain. I need a cane to get up out of bed and the incision sight frequently burns. My best friend said that he would visit me to check on me after the surgery only for him to say he had to do house-repairs instead. I asked what about next week and he seemed to imply that's not going to happen either. It really hurts my feelings.

I live with my mom and she has taken off of work for a few days because I have no one else to ask for help, but she's really been the only person seeming to take much interest in my surgery. She wasn't allowed to visit for long in the hospital because of covid-19 restrictions, so I was alone for most of my hospital stay. My one Aunt texted my mom to ask how i've been doing and when she said "Not very good". she simply said "Sorry to hear." and didn't say anything else.

No one has directly contacted me to check up on me and I feel really alone and hurt by all of this. One of my two very beloved parrots passed away a few weeks before all of this so other than my remaining bird, I don't really have any companionship and its making me very sad. I miss my other bird very much still as well which makes things offer. I would very much like to have a hug, to have a visit or even a phone call but I don't have any of that.

Is this normal for most people going through such things? I've never had surgery before and this is a procedure that will take 6 weeks to recover from so I really thought people would care more and its upsetting.

TL;DR: I had major surgery and my best friend who said he would visit me after, didn't visit and family isn't really making any attempt to reach out to me. How do I cope with this? No one's really talking to me online or via text either.

Submitted September 01, 2020 at 06:13PM by shadoweon https://ift.tt/3lK2stM