Hello.  I will be 5 weeks post op tomorrow. Let me tell you, this has been the absolute worst pain I've ever experienced. It is a different kind of pain too-like one that never really goes completely away!  I am praying every morning I wake up to a new feeling of painless ness. I DONT!  I just want tO go back to somewhat of a normal life. I am extremely tired, all the time. BM are unbelievably painful. I break out in sweats and feel like I'm going to pass out. The ONLY relief is sitz baths or regular baths, but only with extremely hot water. As soon as the water isn't hot, it does me no good.   

I have tried to return to work for 4 hrs a day. Not even close to possible. I have a sit down job with little to no physical labor, but me going in and sitting has been absolute hell. I am so disappointed when I read on line that this is a 7-10 recovery. Who is putting this c**p out there?  At 7-10 days I didn't even have my first BM. Oh, and don't get me started on the amount of pain that first BM is. I was laying on my bathroom floor barely escaping pass out status. I cried and screamed that entire day.    

Around week 4, I was feeling a little better.  I still have horrible pain during BM or being up on my feet for long periods of time. I am still not sure if this surgery was worth it or not. I'll keep you posted .