Diverticulitis and colectomy

I mostly walk for exercise. I practiced restorative yoga almost every day which was mostly stretching but tore a hamstring in the fall so I stopped. I am going to start doing that again so we will see how it goes.
I mentioned the pain to my doctor at my 4 week check up and she thinks it’s pain from the stitches or from the incision itself. She said I was probably the thinnest person she’d done the surgery on so I guess that made a difference in sewing me back up. The extra thinness was because of the frequency of my episodes and lack of appetite, not to mention all the liquid dieting. I am not scheduled to see her again until July but will go before then if the pain persists. It is a come and go thing so I’m trying to figure out what might be triggering it.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. It helps.

I hope it goes away.

I did order a posture corrector because I was slouching so much after surgery.
I would wear in the mornings and seemed to help with side and back discomfort.
I still have discomfort on side sometimes but, not pain.

dpaul6576 - how did it go with the butter pecan ice cream?

Has anyone had a sigmoid colectomy and had recurring diverticulitis years later? I recently have had a couple acute episodes and the infection is at the colonic to colonic connection.

Hi, @pdemarce - sorry to hear about your acute episodes of diverticulitis.

I wanted to clarify that you had diverticulitis, then had sigmoid colectomy to treat the diverticulitis, then later had diverticulitis once again? With the diverticulitis and the acute episodes, what symptoms have you experienced?

Hello,
Yes. I have severe diverticulitis years ago mistaking it for kidney stones. The pain was similar. So I just waited for the stone to pass. Obviously that never happened. I had a perforated colon. Surgery then was to remove my sigmoid colon. 7 years ago. I’ve had 3-4 episodes of diverticulitis in the last year and a half. The last being the most severe 4 weeks ago. My symptoms were severe pain in my lower left abdomen, chills, fever and severe body aches. So I went to the ER and they did a CT scan and verified it. Along with a blood test that indicated my white blood cell count was high. The infection and inflammation showed on the CT that it was at the location of my previous surgery. At the connection of where they attached my colon back together. I now have appointments set up in Rochester to see what happens next.

Hi, @pdemarce - I wanted to let you know I moved your post here so that you can chat with other members talking about diverticulitis and colectomy:

- Diverticulitis and colectomy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/diverticulitis-1/

Hoping members such as @isadora2021 @jfperrone @gwenrn74 and others will have some input for you on having surgery to remove your sigmoid colon to help your diverticulitis, and then having diverticulitis episodes years later.

I had repeated bouts of diverticulitis for about 25 years. Scar tissue built up, and I needed a colectomy. They removed about 20 cms of my colon. I have not had any attacks since.

@rtj1023 @mothermary1 @dskor @bbarbiee @maxine50 @vreimchen74 also may have some thoughts for you on having diverticulitis recur years after sigmoid colectomy, @pdemarce.

The thought of Diverticulitis recurring terrifies me! I had two feet of my large intestine removed and still struggle with the aftermath of the surgery.