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  1. Fed up of IBS but now a Diverticulitis sufferer!

    When I think back I suppose I've always had problems with my bowel. I remember, as a child, mum giving me sugar water to help me with my constipation. (not that ....

  2. Can you help?

    Hi, I am studying for my Master's degree at Worcester university and am in my final year. As part of my dissertation I have to conduct a study and have chosen to ....

  3. My perforated bowel - a result of undiagnosed Diverticulitis

    On the morning of 17th July 2007 I was particularly happy. Summer Term had just ended so I had 6 weeks of holiday from my Teaching Assistant job ahead, my husband ....

  4. Help

    I have never had any problems with my bowel etc until about a year ago i have emphysema and took a job which was far too physically demanding even for a fit person ....

  5. diverticular disease

    I have suffered with this condition for a few years.

    The pain is getting worse, every day i am getting pain. i take colofac mr and laxatives.

    There must be ....

  6. gastroparesis and diverticulosis

    hi, i am waiting to go into hospital to have part of the deseased sigmoid section removed. going for pre-op tests friday. last night went to hospital to have gastroscopy, ....

  7. can someone help.......

    I was diagnosed with Diverticular Disease about 6 months ago and at 22 years old it was a bit of a shock not only to myself but to my doctor as-well but after ct ....

  8. Pain following colonoscopy

    Hi

    I wonder if anyone has had pain following colonoscopy. I found the whole procedure at time excruitiating despite midazolam and pethadine and was already very ....

  9. servere multiple diverticular disease

    hi everyone , i have suffered from this for some seven years noe, hospitalised withe drips tube down my nose and oxygeon mask for 7 days. had many attacks of this ....

  10. Could it be ??

    I Have had food intolerances for 3 years now .I sometimes get bouts of '' bad '' tum that have no rhyme or reason .Ten days ago i started feeling nauseous , with ....

  11. diverticulitis

    ive been diagnosed by gp as having diverticulitis 3 weeks ago and given antibiotics, now 3 weeks later have another bout and ended up again in a and e only this ....

  12. Post Cholecystectomy

    It's been close to 13 weeks since I had my gall bladder removed, and I must admit that the pain I was having at my upper back area has gone, but the issue I also ....

  13. Diverticulitis not getting better on Oral ABX

    Hi

    New here and hoping someone may help.

    I am having my second bout of Diverticulitis in two months. I am on Metronidazole and Cephalexin and the pain went for ....

  14. Diverticulitis and Diarrhea

    Please can anyone give me some advice for my 85 year old mother. She has just been diagnosed with Diverticulitis. She has had this since January 2012. Her doctor ....

  15. putting on weight with DD

    I read somewhere on anothervforum can't remember where as i had looked at so much that some put on weight with this disease, is this true of anyone here as i have ....

  16. newly diagnosed diverticular desease

    Hi, last week i had a colonoscopy and have been diagnosed with diverticular disease they also found polyps and an ulcer which they have taken biopsies of. Biopsies ....

  17. Sigmoid Colon Removed for Diverticulitis

    I had elective surgery in March 2011 to remove my sigmoid colon which contained a mass of problematic diverticulae. I was told by medical staff that at the age of ....

  18. Diverticulitis, Constipation, Diarrhoea & Bleeding

    Hi!

    My husband was diagnosed with Diverticular Disease 3 years ago. His specialist told him he would eventualy need an operation, to remove the infected part ....

  19. New to this disease and this forum

    I was diagnosed with DD about 6 months ago after having a ct scan! I think I have had it for several years without knowing but sure know about it now! Have searched ....

  20. I might have more than just Diverticular Disease and I'm very sad.

    I've got DD and might have Coeliac disease as well and probably a lactose intolerance. What am I supposed to eat? I'm always crying, am literally fading away and ....

  21. Diverticulitis

    Hi all

    I was admitted to hospital 6 weeks ago after being woken up at 1.30 am with severe abdominal pain followed by diarrhea and bleeding from the rectum. I ....

  22. Diverticular Disease

    I have DD for some months now (19/05/2011). The onset developed just prior to a hernia operation and it was difficult to ascertain where the discomfort/pain came ....

  23. diverticular diesese

    Hi,I am due to see the specialist with a view to have a colonic resection,as I am getting regular bouts of diverticulitis.Has anybody had this done, M

  24. Diverticular

    I have been recently been diagnose with diverticulosis. What really bother me most is not the lower abdominal pain instead it's the on off fever that I get every ....

  25. Diverticular disease

    Had a bad episode of diviticular disease about 2 year ago (aged 30). It took many months for doctors to take me seriously. I felt so ill I was convinced I had bowel ....

  26. diverticulitis

    now that we are over the horrible chistmas from hell, i still have not been refered to a consultant or a bowel specialist, this problem of mine is supposed to ....

  27. diverticulitus - bucking the trend!!!!

    [b:b045e86f3c][size=18:b045e86f3c][/size:b045e86f3c][color=green:b045e86f3c][/color:b045e86f3c]have recently been diagnosed with diverticular disease. but i don't ....

  28. coud it be diverticular disease??

    I am writing not for myself but for my husband, for the last 2 years he has had sporadic episodes of rectal bleeding lasting a couple of days. just after it all ....

  29. diiverticulitis

    have had the worse day of my problem diverticulitis or i.b.s. i dont know the difference so do need to talk to someone who is suffering with this horrible spasms ....

  30. just need advice is it diverticulitis

    at this time resting after another bad day,2yrs next mnth went to hospital suffering very bad pains vomiting saw a locum gp witch sent me to local hospital thinking ....

  31. Diverticulosis - What next?

    Hi - I recently had a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with diverticulosis, I have never had pain from it, but ti was clear to see on the monitor, my report sheet from ....

  32. dont ignore pain

    i have been treated for the past 5years for diverticular i had a 10 day stay in hospital feb 07 no doctors came and checked me and i had to be sent home due to sickness ....

  33. Trigger foods - Oranges

    I find that oranges and highly concentrated fruit juices are trigger foods for me. Has anyone else ever experienced this? We are told to eat plenty of fruit but ....

  34. An alarming lack of care

    Hi,

    I am 56, male and started to suffer with diverticular disease in 2006 when I felt bloated and passed blood.

    I was diagnosed with severe diverticular disease ....

  35. 27 yrs old with diverticular disease

    Hi Everyone

    I can sypaphise with everybody on here about 4 yrs ago i had a huge bleed from the rectum accompanied by absolute agony couldnt even see or talk as ....

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