Struggling mentally post op. Feeling isolated

Tried and meetup groups? These are you can attend (talk and see all participants) who agree to attnd a topic to discuss -- often with some advance info. But people can be in Japan or France or Brazil. I belong to many of them and attend some regularly especially if in-person. And,
cost nothing. check out Meetup.com

There are also sometimes phone-friends for people especially older and alone who want to hear from another human. Some research / googling might help.
Good luck!

So upsetting

This is the crux of these health issues. Your life is compromised and you have to accept that and create something different to meet your needs

Acceptance is hard, but it is essential.

Hi Kandi, I can understand how different life can be and as someone who really enjoyed his Life prior to transplant it was a complete change for me also. I had to retire, and that part was the toughest part. At the age of 58 when it happen, I had figured to work to at least 67-70. But as a communication technician and a lot of time spent on towers and mountain tops having to deal with germs and such meant i could no longer do that kind of work.
So after the year of being kind of the center of attention with the Mayo folks and my family and friends, I went thru a depressed period that as life got normal medically what do i do with myself. Then Covid hit and put us all in lock down which made it even worse. My salvation was the out doors and my Church. I actually have one positive with covid. All of a sudden I was needed to help my church now livestream our services. This was an answer to prayer. Working with my church we set up livestream for those in high risk area's like us and once the church reopened they built me a cubicle to livestream from and even tho there were windows separating me from the others it felt like i had fellowship back again. and the other aspect was I could be much safer outdoors so I would spend time with my kids and grandkids in what became driveway or park visits. All of the scientists were saying social distance and outdoors were the 2 bests options. I love to walk and spend most mornings walking around my town and at least greeting people from a distance, Plus I get some great exercise walking about 4 miles a day. Most of my family and friends will mask up if I ask them but now as Covid has pretty much eliminated itself from where I live, I don't worry about it anymore. I still wear a mask inside public places but I just try to stay my distance from others. Just some ideas that may help. I do hope you can figure out something that works for you. I'm now 5.5 years post Heart transplant and really do enjoy my new life. Volunteering for my church and teaching online. Keeps me busy. I even went back to college online to finish my degree. Something i never seemed to have time for before.