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Hi @happyat76 you may have noticed I moved your post to this existing discussion on diverticulitis so that you can read what others have experienced with diverticulitis and diverticuloses.
That pain sounds absolutely awful and it must be frustrating to be unsure of the cause.
I wanted to introduce you to fellow Connect members @hopeful33250 @suez @retrebotic @akogut @allegro @bakb @lshell @gailfaith @dbwhitted @ann64 and @tallygirl have experience with diverticulitis and may be able to offer support from their experiences.
Back to you @happyat76 How long have you had this pain? Did you do anything different with your diet, besides having nuts, before the pain started?
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hello Ethan,
Thanks for your remarks about my condition. I really don’t feel that Diverticuloses is causing my pain. I appreciate the fact that you may think so. I was told this the last time I had a colonoscopy which was January of 2016. I was told then to always chew nuts very very well. I usually don’t have a problem earting 10 almonds daily. It is just that I have had so many cat scans, endoscopy’s etc. and have been on so many different pain meds. p.p.i’s and nothing, absolutely nothing takes this pain away. I just thought the other day, “I wonder if it could be Diverticuloses that causes this pain”. No one here has said that they get the same pain as I do. My bowels are working fine, no problem with that. This pain goes away for a week or so,then comes back with a vengeance and lasts for 2-3 days and then goes away. It has been going on for a couple of years now. The last cat scan was last year and the Dr. said she saw that my esophagus was a bit red and that I should be on a P.P.I. which I am. I take Lansaprazole? every morning, but I dont believe it is doing anything as I still get the pain.This Dr. was not a G.I. Dr. I am going to see my family Dr in 2 weeks and I am going to insist she send me to a Gastroenterologist this time. It is not my heart as I have been going to a Cardiologist and had a nuclear stress test done and it was ok. My blood pressure is usually around 156/73 and this Dr. is concerned about the fact that it stays high even when I sleep. He is sending me to a sleep specialist for a sleep study as he believes I have sleep apnea. He said that the pain I get is not from my heart. I will be 78 this July and am so fed up with how my life goes the days I have this pain. It is hard for me to breathe. I do have a tumour in the head of my pancreas and have been seen by a cancer Dr. about it. She told me that since it hasn’t changed in 11 years, to not worry about it, but to keep having cat scans yearly to make sure to stays the same. If you or anyone else has any ideas about my pain, please, please let me know. Thanks so much. Oh yes, I had my gall bladder removed years ago and my bile ducts are clear, no stones.