Diverticulitis Support Group

I think it takes a while for this to get cleared up. I had it several years ago,very painful. It seems like it took about two weeks for it to go away. Remember no strawberries and possibly other fruits,can cause it? I eat lots of bananas and have had no problems,with those. I hope you feel better.
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Tina

I posted a topic on the right foods to eat. you should check it out.
I had the surgery in March and will have the final surgery in Sept. to reconnect me. I'd like to know how long the recovery time is for the next surgery. Is it as long and as bad as the first?

I can totally relate to the fear of eating. I almost developed an ed over obsessing whether to eat or not - is it safe? - will it hurt? how bad? maybe i better not chance it etc. -

I had colon resection 6 weeks ago (just 2 yrs of having Diver) and they took 15" of lower sigmoid out.

I still have pain each day (inner stuff, like someone rammed a brick up my a$$ and it comes and goes) but I have found sticking to a low residual diet helps: Rice, apple sauce, scrambled eggs, well-cooked pain chicken, white bread (no fiber, no wheat, no fat/fried foods/ no raw fruit or veggies - just well cooked carrots, green beans) certainly help the digestion process to avoid pain.

Avoid onions, beans (like baked beans), broccoli, cawliflower, cabbage, and other "gassy' veggies - it will help.

I also stay away from carbonated beverages, cheese, milk, beef and other hard to digest foods.

I'm starting to

Whenever I have bad attacks that require antibiotics, by doc puts me on a clear liquid diet. Absolutely NO foods. Not even V8 juice. The idea is to give your colon rest in order to heal.

I'd have to agree with those that said about two weeks. If I do cheat on my clear liquids diet, more flair ups do occur and I wind up having to take those strong meds a second time. Not fun at all.

Feel better soon.

My first attack was a good week and a half of massive pain, and then I ended up with a wierd complication of abdominal nerves getting entrapped from the swelling, requiring surgery to go in an excise those nerves (I continued to have abdmoninal pain after the infection cleared).

Wow, I could have written this, too. Had my first attack (passing blood) & now I am really frightened about eating, about meds, etc.However, I'm finding that peach yogurt is very soothing as are avocados.