I am 7 weeks post op for elective diverticular surgery. I had a very similar experience to you regarding the exhaustion after using the bathroom. It lasted about 4 weeks. I am 67. I was very tired, and could only manage to get up for the bathroom or to the kitchen to make some soup or a frozen dinne...

MissMolly. Thank you so much for all your advice. I will do the exercises and gentle stretching. It all makes perfect sense. I had one of those surgical abdomen binders delivered to my house today from my local pharmacy downtown. It seems to help, and when I wear it, I can bend over slightly without...

Hi. Did your pain ever go away??? I am 3 weeks post op with the same surgery, I was in the hospital 2 nights also. I went home and it felt fine for about two days, then I got this deep pain under the wound where they took the colon out which is only two and half inches long. I am eating normal food,...