I am sorry about your health issue. I broke my foot 3 months ago and it was a nightmare to take care of all the things on own! Yes, I live far far away from home. I can understand your feelings completely.
My suggestion is to fix the health issues asap.

Getting abroad experience during ph.d period is an advantage.
Are you doing literature review? It is a new field for you. It is better to read as many articles and identify which research group is pioneer in your field of research. This will help a lot in later stages of your ph.d.

For conducting literature review, Google these keywords, "keshav how to read a paper acm ccr 2007" and you may also find some video clips in youtube about doing literature review. I also recommend you to use the Mendeley or Endnote for keeping track of all of your references.

If you find the place is boring, it is good in certain sense. You can focus on your activities very well (such as reading or writing). Do you like some activities such as cycling? Try to involve yourself in something which suits for you. So you will not feel bored and also this would be like your stress buster.

I wish you all the best.

Thank you very much for the responses.
First of all, I am a guy! I chose this username in order to be discreet in this forum.

@Incognito, I used to teach at an engineering college, before starting my ph.d. I guess I could go back and start teaching. The problem is doing research there. Research is not carried out there like in western countries, unless it is a top ranking university.

@Ian, I am working at a research center and ph.d advisor is at university. Post docs at research center manipulated too much. I tried to do my best. But due to the complications, my immediate adviser at university and post docs at research center had misunderstandings. I started to follow the guidance of my adviser at university and this made the post docs go mad at me also!
I do not think that I will be given a post doc at university after finishing ph.d. The chances are very slim.
I started to apply few months early, because I can not stay long in Europe after my final defense. I do not have much money to stay!
I have contacted more than 10 groups in UK alone. Three professors already said they do not have any opening in their groups.
I am a type of guy, who works hard and an organized way.
I am also thinking of contacting other research groups that are little bit out of my research area.
I always think, what is wrong with me? why it is so difficult!

revise and submit is a positive response than rejected. Good luck with revising and resubmitting the article.

Greetings everyone,
I have been lurking around this forum for awhile. I have created an account few hours ago.
Here is my story, I am in the final stages of ph.d (half through my thesis). I will graduate in few months. I am from Asia. I am pursuing ph.d in an European country. My ph.d is in the field of engineering.
Regarding publication, I have only 2 journal articles (co authored) so far. They are my work, but somehow I was hindered to write those articles. Besides them, one more article (as first author) is under review after major revision. There are five more conference articles. I am very well aware that my publication output is not enough! I hope that I would be able to write one more article after submitting my thesis.
I have been contacting other research groups for the post doc fellowship. I have sent 45 emails so far. But no positive reply yet.
My research field is growing and gained a lot attention recently. But still I did not get any positive reply.
If I do not get any post doc positions/jobs in western countries, I am thinking of going back home and start academic teaching there. The only drawback with this decision is, I can not enter into the top ranking institutions in my home country, since my publication output is low!
I was hoping that if I get a post doc position, I could publish more!
I am frustrated. I am already 34 years old. Sometimes I think why did I choose this path?
suggestions are welcome.
Thank you very much in advance.

Do you like music? For me, good quality earphones (office)/headphone(home) keep me in the desk. I listen mostly instrumental music, so I do not get away with music. Try to keep a strict rules such as, no fb at office and fb once a day at home.
Try to listen concentration music (google for Kelly Howell High focus, you can find a clip in youtube also). I am not sure, if I am allowed to post a weblink here
Keeping consistency in work is very hard. But if you are not working on a daily basis, there would not be a progress.
How do you plan your daily activities? Try to schedule daily or weekly tasks. Appreciate yourself with small gifts, if you accomplish them within time limit.
Think about outcome of the focused work, in terms of journal article and at the end graduating ph.d.