Should I room alone in college next year (see details)?

Right now I’m leaning towards rooming alone in college next year. I will be undergoing surgery 2 months prior to starting college, and I will still be dealing with some after-effects of the surgery when college starts. I may not have my full energy levels, and will probably have to use the bathroom multiple times a day, and probably at least once during the night. I don’t want to disturb a roommate with whatever my needs are, and I’d like to have privacy available to me if I need it.

I already have a group of friends at college, but I very much want to make more friends. My friend group will graduate a year before me, so I would like to have friends in my year so that I’m not all alone for my senior year. Will being in a single room necessarily make it much harder to make friends? Will I be denying myself an important college experience if I room alone?