Lovely to hear, fiesty76! I've had pretty much the same experience, with a nasty first-time attack of diverticulitis three years ago, with hospitalization and - equally nasty - antibiotics. Changing diet really helped, and I also make bone broth and consume it regularly. Apparently the collagen helps to soothe the intestines. Never had another attack, fingers crossed for all sufferers!

I had my first attack in Sept. of 2019. It was bad. I was doing too much caffeine and alcohol, overweight, not walking, too much red meat, etc..poster child for a "attack"! Since then I have dropped 35 pounds, workout for 45 minutes each day, Mediterranean diet, stopped alcohol and caffeine, feeling much better. Now the bad news....so a few days ago (3/20/23) in the middle of the night, out of the blue, I get another attack. Not as bad as the first one....but absolutely an attack. I have never read that stress is a factor but that's all I could think of that would cause it. I am doing the "Diver" diet right now of clear fluids for 3 days, then the "white" foods with no fiber....thought I had it in the rear-view mirror. I am 70 and have "dense" diver, so that's all a factor I would assume. I guess just aging is probably a "cause" in itself?