I am 3 months out from robotic surgery for the same reason as what you are experiencing. My surgeon was also concerned that it might perforate which would require emergency surgery by whatever surgeon was on duty at the ER and wouldn’t be done robotically. So I opted to have it done right away after the holidays. Unfortunately I had one more episode at Christmas while visiting family in another state so I was miserable the entire time from both the diverticulitis and the strong antibiotic. Had it not been December I would have had it right away.
I am a widow so I had to line up family members and a close friend to help me after the surgery with meals, walking with me, and just to be there for me. They were a tremendous help.
I was in the hospital for 3 days. They get you up and walking pretty much right away. I didn’t take the strong pain meds for that long after I got home. And yes, there is blood when you go try to have BM the first few time and it is scary. But I was assured it was all normal. That stopped before I left the hospital.
I was on a low fiber diet for several weeks and am just now adding more and more things to my diet. After living in great fear of just about all food it is scary to add things to your diet. That is one of the things that is so helpful about being in this group. Knowing other people’s experiences and what worked or didn’t work for them is getting me through.
I feel better now, but still have occasional pain on my left side neat my incision. It comes and goes. My BM’s aren’t quite back to normal but it’s getting better.
I lost quite a bit of weight and because my appetite isn’t what it used to be and because I get full fast, I haven’t gained it back. But I haven’t lost more either. Part of the weight loss was because of the frequent episodes of diverticulitis so I went into surgery weighing much less than normal.
I am very glad that I had it done. Those constant visits to the ER and the strong antibiotics were making me miserable. I also had almost constant pain in my left side. I had an episode the last two trips I took so I think my quality of life should only get better after the last year I experienced.
Good luck to you.