Hello @gayle2022 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm glad that you joined this discussion group on diverticulitis and shared your experience. It sounds as if you were pleased with the results of your surgery since you have only had one bout since 2007.

If you care to share more, how long had you had bouts of diverticulities before you decided on surgery? How long did it take to recover from surgery?

Well, probably 3-4 yrs before surgery. The recovery was stressful. I developed an infection. Called Dr and he told me to come to his office. He discovered the infection and opened the incision (with no numbing medication, quite painful). He said the incision was still numb, surgery the day before) I made it through. NO MORE POPCORN!!