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Hi Robn3,
I'm sorry that you are so alone and your kids aren't helping you with your surgery coming up too. Plus the stress of a divorce and insomnia. That's very sad.
I know about being alone since my husband died a year ago last July. He had lung cancer. Plus my son hasn't contacted me in 30 years. I follow him on X but I don't communicate with him. I know he wouldn't answer anyway. But at least I know if he's still alive. It's very hard to cope with loneliness. I have a few friends but they are all busy with their lives so they don't have much time. I spend much of my time cleaning my house and going to the grocery store and the bank. I also pray a lot and it helps. God answers my prayers.

I'd love to communicate with you! I may not be too interesting but at least you won't feel so alone; and neither will I.

What kind of surgeries did you have? That must have been very hard on your body. Even one surgery is hard on someone's body. I'm lucky in that all I have wrong with me at age 79 is incontinence which is problematic in itself but nothing really life threatening.

I will say a prayer for you that things get better for you and your kids start to realize that they have a Mom who loves them.
I wish you the best.
PML

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Dear PML,
Thank you for your response. I have been divorced for a very long time. I am so sorry for the loss of your husband! My son just moved in April across the country. My kids were there for me for the last 2 surgeries. I miss my son so much. I miss my girls but they have very busy lives and one has 3 children and she has been the only soul supporter of her family of 5.
The surgery I'm waiting for will be my 3rd on my spine. I had a total right hip replacement, lots of female surgeries major organs removed, etc...
But I'm ok. When I recover I'll fly out to California to spend about 3 weeks with them. I'm 63 yrs old.
It sounds like loneliness gets to you too! I think there's a lot more of us out there that are lonely than we realize. Any time you want to chat, I'm here!! I pray a lot too! The Holy Trinity is my greatest peace! May God bless and comfort you always 🙏