I'm unwell at the moment and all I keep hearing from everyone is I need bed rest and to stay there for a week to get better. I live alone. And by alone I mean alone. Every person who "offered" to help when asked decided not to. I live somewhere very small so cannot store much food. I've been ill like this for over a month now (tonsillitis which isn't getting better).
So without going off the deep end and shrieking like a crazy woman at people about how alone means alone and I've no fucking choice but to go out and be ill how do I get people to understand I cannot just stay in bed? It's not like I can sleep anyway as my throat is closing up -combination of tonsils and Ehlers Danlos. So I'm reading or watching DVDs and getting the odd hour or two of sleep during the day and night.
People includes GPs, pharmacists and nurses as well as others I've seen when out getting food/meds.
The only family I have is abusive and people are now suggesting I go back to them "just until I get better", they weren't prosecuted so apparently it couldn't have been that bad. If I go back I won't get away again.
I can't be the only person in this position, so how do others manage?