17 Days post op HALO procedure. Is this normal? Should I be worried?

Hi all! I had a HALO procedure just 17 Days ago and so far it's been a rough ride. I was given 5 days of AB's, Morphine as my pain killer and Ibuprofen and Paracetamol as a long term pain relief method.

I saw a few old posts on here and I decided that I wanted to create an account just to get some information and perspective on my recovery.

For the first 3 days after surgery I was not able to pass a BM and was worried about being constipated and that in turn causing more issues further down the line, I spoke to the nurses from the ward and they said that I should increase my Movicol intake to 3 packets a day, this helped get things moving and by the 7th or 8th day after surgery I was feeling great again, no pain everything was okay and best of all, my itching that was caused from the hems were gone.

However I took a bad turn on the 11th day, I had a BM with a lot of blood in it which made me panic a little but ultimately I felt fine so I pressed on with my normal activities. As the week progressed, the pain that I had experienced after surgery reoccurred and I was once again constipated this carried on to the 14th day.

On the 14th Day I visited my GP asking for a prescription of Movicol as I had unfortunately ran out at this point I also brought up the bleeding issue on the 11th Day but they were not worried and they had suspected that it was caused by a fissure. When I got back I had a BM and with no surprise, a lot of blood as well. Enough to make me feel uneasy about what was happening, I was a little shocked at this point and around 2 or 3 hours later that night I had 2 more consecutive BM's with nothing but blood. I panicked here. I went to A&E where bloods were taken and I was seen to by a surgical team, they examined me and were happy that nothing malicious was at work, they said it can be expected and my bloods came back fine, no sign of bleeding or anything else. They were happy to let me leave and go home and was told if I start to feel faint or dizzy come back.

I arrived home and for the next 2 hours I experienced hell, I think I had about 10 BM's all accompanied with large amounts of blood and apart from the sheer amount of stress and anxiety that this had induced I felt fine, no light headiness or dizziness so I did not return to hospital.

and then between then and now I've had a few small BM's with a bit of mucus and small amounts of blood, but the pain has increased a lot since then, in fact I would say the pain is worse now than when it was after surgery, I had a BM today with a fair bit of blood but nothing compared to the 14th day, pain is better during the day but at night it's awful.

I was just curious if anyone can relate or provide some insight on my experience here?, I feel that if I wasn't better for those few days I would feel that what is happening now is normal but I'm worried that I've messed up somehow and caused more issues for myself. I kinda of feel like I'm never going to get better at this point and am just constantly stuck in a loop of anxiety and stress over the blood loss

I will phone my doctor who carried out the surgery tomorrow since they're not in office today, just to ask a few questions and to see if it's normal.

Thanks all!

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