Day 13. Stool softeners appear to be working. Maybe the Movicol also helping though I struggled to get it down as it was pretty unpleasant. Just had 4/5ths of a dose.
One BM at usual time in morning (usually 8am-9am). Again, a perfect BM around 5 on the Bristol scale. Some stinging afterwards. I attribute that to the aftermath of the previous 2/3 days.
Went on a huge walk and was in a fair bit of discomfort but mentally in a much better place. Also eating normally rather than trying to cram as much fibre as possible in to everything I put in my mouth.