Diverticulitis surgery

Yes, someone has had it

I did. Not fun. Had complications with the ostomy. Fine now

doctor saying if this round of antibiotics dont work then surgery is the next step. Initial CT scan showed diverticulitis but last 2 did not. Still have pain and doctor believes its smoldering diverticulitis

Well I had a hole in my colon that turned into infection leaking into my abdomen I. E came septic with almost no PB had to drain it out and then colonoscopy. Showed hole with multiple polyups.

Thanks DTP that’s what I am hoping for best case scenario

I had it in 2010 when I was 60,removed a foot of my colon.I had an epidural first 4 days so no pain to speak of,only when getting up from bed to walk.
My bowel,function was slow to return so I had NG tube in for 6 days,ice chips only.

My appetite was really screwed up for a couple of weeks,all I wanted to eat was potato soup,mashed potato’s and English peas.The smell of meat nauseated me,

After.a,couple of weeks I was able to get back on regular food,

No heavy lifting for six weeks.

Interesting thing is I had irritable bowel most of my adult life,alternating diarrhea and constipation and lots of gas.After I recovered I had no more of that.Can’t believe I had diverticulum’s for 40 years.

After all that I only lost 8 lbs,was hoping to lose at least 20.

Hey man, have the docs talked to you at all about diet? I was told I had diverticulitis, put on antibiotics, CTs, hospital stays, all of it. Turns out I had become lactose intolerant later in life and had a few other food sensitivities. My gut was so inflamed because of it all they just called it diverticulitis. I eventually figured it out with some advice from friends but the GI docs never once asked me about diet. Cut out dairy and some other foods and fixed 5 years of problems in 3 weeks. Consider looking into it if you haven’t before you get cut on.

Mine was a tiny fissure they had to go in and repair it so the time frame was about 6 weeks no heavy lifting. I was in and out the same day.