I had a total hysterectomy 18 days ago
September 16, I had a total hysterectomy. Everything except one ovary. I had endometriosis in my pelvic area according to my doctor. It was called a frozen pelvis. My left ovary had an endometrioma, the size of an egg, my right ovary was fused to my rectum with endometriosis and my cervix had stage three carcinoma. I know that there was a lot of work done in my pelvic area, but 18 days out from surgery, I’m still having a hard time taking a poop. It hurts so bad I’ve been taking stool softeners. I take Miralax every day. Everything to combat constipation. And it’s not that I’m constipated. It’s more so it just really, really hurts to poop. I brought it up to my doctor at my two week postop appointment and he said it’s normal because my bowels go right over top of my vaginal cuff. He said there’s probably still a lot of swelling in my pelvic area as well. I’m just hoping for insight from someone who’s had something similar and can tell me if this is what they felt and when did it get better and what can I do to make it better?