Still NOT totally feeling normal after surgery!

Hi all, its just slightly been over 4 weeks after my surgery and im worried that this is the best im going to feel!!!
I don't have any real pain but still just feeling bloated-full at times or maybe its just takes time to heal from my incision site and newly adapted inside.

Just wondered if others have had feelings like this after surgery and if the fullness feeling disappeared with time ?

The type of surgery i had was ileo cecal resection. Thanks all.

I agree with Nanners - I went back to work 6 weeks after my resection but it probably took me a good 3 months or so to feel I was really back to normal in terms of eating.  I was definitely bloated for a long time, there was loads of trapped air in there from the surgery too!

After my surgery, I was never completely normal. I take Fibercon and Imodium to help control my loose stools that persisted. But those were my symptoms after surgery and I bet everyone is different. I also agree with the others that you really need to give it more time to see how you feel from here on out.

I'm feeling really well after 2 1/2 weeks. A little tender when there's any bumps from riding in the car or jolts to my body. Other than the "D" 3 times in the morning, the rest of the day is okay. Energy is near normal, appetite is there probably from the Prednisone. I'm watching my diet and trying to stay low residue until I see the Surgeon in 2 more weeks. I don't have any bloating , but my belly is like jelly due to the incision area.
I hope to continue to improve, I see my GI tommorrow going to ask when I can start my meds and vitamins again.
Hang in there Spiceman, I wish you the best in your recovery.
Keep us posted as I will do the same.

4 weeks is not a long time at all. It took me that long just to clear the anesthesia out of my head and think straight. I also was weaned off of prednisone during my recovery which prolonged things too. It was months before I felt better and at least a year before I felt "normal", whatever that is anyway. I was only 25 at the time of my surgery and was scared to death to begin with so every little ache and pain set me into a panic. Finally, after 2 months, my aunt took me on a trip to St. Thomas with a bunch of her older friends, like having 6 mothers around taking care of me. I felt wonderful when I returned and I think that was really the beginning of my "healing". I was also planning a wedding for the following year and that helped immensely - just being busy. Eventually, as I resumed my life - work, social, etc. - I was too busy to pay attention to my recovery much and just got on with living again and taking advantage of the fact that for the time being, my disease was in remission. That was a very long time ago and I am still in remission!!

I don't know if you had laposcopic surgery, or trocars, or a regular incision -- but my last surgery, one of the surgeons casually mentioned that even though i could see no stitches on the outside (i had lapro with trocars, so a few 1 inch incisions) that I had literally hundreds of stitches internally!! That was amazing to me!! I didn't even have a resection, just adhesions removed -- so things are complicated and healing in there!! be kind to yourself!
hugs,
-janice