Does anyone else have diverticulitis?

[holski]

does anyone else have diverticulitis?

If so, how often does it occure for you? What did they put you on? How long does it last?
I had the worse pain and when i went to the doc., thats what they said I had. He put me on Flagl, Cipro, Prednisone, and T3. So far 2 days later the pain has not gotten any better

 

[Jennifer]

My grandma was told she has it and they just told her to change her diet and gave her steroids and a pill for diarrhea. The condition says its mainly caused by low fiber diets so doctors recommend adding more fiber. But it also says that no one knows why the pouches form in the first place so there really isn't enough research done on this particular condition unfortunately. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001303/

Prednisone may take 3 days or more to start working so give it a little more time. What dose did they give you?

 

[bethyd78]

diverticulosis Itis

The colon can form pouches that are called diverticulum these pouches can get infected. You need to get intouch with GI doc and they called me in antibiotics and pain med. It hurt me in my belly I had to watch diet and take meds bc it can rupture and can cause stool to leek in belly
bethyd78

 

[kporte]

I have Diverticulitis and may now find I also have Crohns. Been hospitalised with the Diverticulitis twice in the last 6 months. The oral antibiotics had no effect and I had to be put on IV Antibiotics. Second time around I got Candida and contracted Clostridium Difficile because of the antibiotics. Thrice daily doses of Kefir yogurt dispatched those and I heartily recommend it.

Just waiting for an endoscopy and colonoscopy at the end of the month which will hopefully help diagnose what is up but the Doctor confirmed today that 2 patients with my exact symptoms have been diagnosed with Crohns.

I will try to avoid the antibiotics if I can next time. Keep a food diary to log intake and see if you have any trigger foods. As I said, I found Kefir really good as a probiotic. It cleared up the Cdiff which is supposed to be often very hard to shift

 

[Kev]

My very first brush with this disease was originally pegged as diverticulitis (doctor didn't know it was initial stage of Crohns). Treatment? I was given steroidal enemas to take. Given was wrong term... they cost $15 a bottle (pre-packaged) and I had to take them for 45 days. Everyone knows how an enema is taken, right? Well, every night, just before bed time, I'd go into the W/C, do the deed... then STRUGGLE to keep the contents inside for 30 minutes. Whether it was from the inflammation, infection, or the steroids, the pain was INCREDIBLE. Drained (literally AND figuratively) I'd crawl into my bed, curl up in the fetal position, and try to steel myself to do it all again the next nite.
That was in the early 90's. I'd never been sick like that before; I'd just gone through the disolution of my marriage AND the closure/move to Korea the company that I had worked for for nearly 10 years. Stress leading to Crohns? No, that never happens. Fast forward 15 years... sick again... Crohns... and nothing is working. I begged, PLEADED, to go back on the enemas. The verdict? Disease is too widespread to do any good.

Funny how perspective changes...