..."to spot or not to spot, that is the question!"

Dear sisters,
As of tomorrow, I am 4 wks post TLH. I am 53 & having a pretty easy recovery. I hate being sedentary, & sometimes I get very impatient!
My question is...I have had spotting ever since surgery. It was light colored pink, then I passed a large clot week 2 & bled a brighter red. (Now I know I have no ovaries, so I take it that its from the internal vaginal stitches.) The spot on my pad was the size of a quarter. Panicked a little, but rested, & it subsided. Called dr., told i could come in if I wanted to. Didn't go since there was no more deep red bleeding. Keep in mind that there has never been a soaked pad during any of this. Never went back to light pink, though. Still a washed out brighter red...
Went for my 4 wk. check up this week, & dr. noted that I had called. She decided to check on my vaginal stitches since the brighter red discharge was still continuing. She saw that stitches were still in place & then spotted an area of "granulation" where tissue from the other side was peeking through (my layman's attempt at an explanation!) So she cauterized the area with a little silver nitrate, & voila!
No real redish discharge at all, just faint pink for about 4 days now.
Tonight, the deeper reddish discharge showed up again. No soaked pad, no huge amount, just a spot the size of a penny. Anytime I have tried to do too much, this usually happens. No, I am not lifting, pushing, pulling, but I am doing light house keeping, laundry & meal prep help (family does most of it- they are great!) Once I recline & take it easy, the brighter reddish discharge stops.
Has anyone else had this "yoyo" thing happen where its light pink for a few days, to almost invisible to a somewhat brighter red discharge??? I am going crazy wondering if this is normal or not??? Should I just read the writing on the wall and assume I am trying to do too much & my body is saying, "whoa girl!!"????
Tired of being a yoyo, girls! Any advice or like stories?
Sorry for the long ramble, but tired of the "wondering" all the time...

Here's what my doc said about it. He said if it was bright red I was doing too much, and if it didn't go away with rest I needed to come back in. If the discharge was any other color (and I had most colors) it was normal. All my spotting stopped by 6 weeks. Hope that helps!

I have had spotting since a week after my surgery, nothing at first post surgery, and then a week after - non stop spotting, Im now 7 weeks post op, don't see my surgeon til next week, it varies between bright red and pink. Ive asked the ward, my gp , and asked whilst in A&E for a dvt, and all say, its just normal. but surely I should be almost healed by now. There is no way I can be classed as overdoing it, other than the regular hospital visits regarding the clot in my leg, Ive not done much at all.