Diverticulitis and colectomy

@kathymurphy55 That does sound serious. If you are comfortable sharing more: How long were you hospitalized for the hemorrhaging? Was it due to a perforated bowel? Do you have medication on hand that you take when the symptoms start?

I appreciate your sharing your experience. At Connect, we all learn from each other.

Teresa

Thank you for sharing. I really appreciate it.

No surgery but when I have an attack and take medication I think maybe having a colostomy may be ok. My first ended me up in the emergency room and hospitalized from hemorging

Thank you for sharing @gailfaith

@gailfaith I am so glad to hear that! Teresa

Thanks for your comment Teresa. . No, thankfully no more kidney stones. Seems the big one got rid of all the excess Ca from past years. My blood Ca levels are SLIGHTLY elevated, but just a hair. Since I had very high levels for years with no kidney stones, hopefully this level not will not cause any either. .@gailfaith

I have that as well as IBS.  Sometimes it is difficult to tell which one is bothering me.  I have medication for one but not the other.  A diet free from grains has been helping me for quite some time now.  It is hard to give up grains, but I have gut pain and muscle spasms when I regularly include them in my diet.  I wondered if anyone else has experienced this?  I have a high tolerance for pain, as well.  Hope you continue healing and are able to return to your regular activities.

@gailfaith Thanks for sharing that experience. It is all too common to relate one familiar pain to a certain diagnosis and be incorrect. I take it that the stone was removed and you haven't had any others?

Teresa

It has been many years since I have had a diverticulitis attack. But when I did have them, At the very first sign of one, I went to a clear liquid died such as apple juice, It would pass in a couple of days until the next attack. Never did figure out what caused them or better yet, why they stopped. Two years ago one day I had slight pain in the lower left quadrant of my abdomen and I figured it was just another diverticulitis attack. I went about my normal days and If I remember correctly, this time I didn't even change my diet. After a week with no changes, I decided to go to the ER to ascertain what was going on. They took X-rays and told me it was not diverticulitis but I was passing 14 mm kidney stone. I apparently have a high tolerance for pain as the stone was huge. I should have been in agony, It was almost at the bladder by then, but they removed it under anesthesia. Moral of story, if you have ever had a diverticulitis attack, and get a additional ones, don't think automatically it is diverticulitis.

Hi @monicajones,

I'm tagging a few fellow Connect members – @suez @retrebotic @akogut @allegro @bakb @lshell @gailfaith @dbwhitted @ann64 @tallygirl – who may also have more insights from their experiences of coping with diverticulitis.