Sigmoid Colectomy recovery

Hi everyone. Just joined Mayo Clinic Connect. I was hoping to find experiences of others who have had a sigmoidectomy.

I had mine on April 1. I had chronic diverticulitis that was refractory to treatment so I opted for surgery. I was told 6-8 weeks recovery. From other people I heard I should be feel great after 4 or so weeks.

Unfortunately that hasn´t happened. I´m almost at 9 weeks, and struggle with constipation. left side discomfort. Ridiculous gas and am not able to tolerate a whole big variety of foods. The worst is dairy...I used to drink milk all the time but now I can´t.

Anyhow, I almost feel as bad as I did when I had diverticulitis. I´ve had multiple CT scans, a recent flexoscopy, and everything keeps turning out ´normal´ on them, as well as my labs. I´m seeing a Gi specialist soon, but am very discouraged. Maybe I´m expecting too much and it is just going to take longer?

Would love to hear from others.

Thanks!!!