Not sure if this was to me or not, but I'm supposed stay away from leafy greens since I have diverticulosis, it does help: eating greens of any kind feels like I've swallowed a bunch of splintery wood chips. I do eat root vegetables, though. And I do eat very little processed foods or meat.

The kiwis are also a problem since I can't even go near any food with any amount of acid in it.

I believe that stress can make things worse but I really think there is something else to this problem: I can be happily doing my most favorite thing (reading), in a neutral mood, not stressed at all, not thinking about my body at all, and then I smell the sh*t odor and then quickly feel the gas pains. So there is more to it than anxiety.

When I had my first colonoscopy, the gastroenterologist told me that my intestinal tract is 2 feet longer than normal ("You've got 2 extra feet of intestine stuffed up inside you.") which I guess is called "Long Colon" or "Redundant Colon"? I've also been told by a doctor that I get dehydrated faster than normal and might have the condition where no matter how much water you drink, your body doesn't process it correctly and dumps too much of it into your bladder and not enough into the intestinal tract (or anywhere else it should be going). I've found that chugging (drinking as fast as possible) the water helps a little tiny bit, gets a little bit more into my digestive tract.

It's kind of depressing, getting issued this terrible a body from day one.