Thank you Penny for your feedback. Like you I have had to eliminate some food, strawberries, cherries, and some other things from my diet. I took the advice wheelchair and started eating a bowl of oatmeal in the mornings. I have noticed some improvement, although today is pretty bad.
Right now I'm auditing a class at my alma mater and I brought this up to my instructor the other night. Strangely enough, there is a G.I. Dr. in the class and he said that my doctor was not correct about the diverticulitis causing my problems. Next week I am going to try to find out what he thinks is causing the problem. Take care, Quadius On 1/15/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have had diverticulitis for sometime (10 yrs or so) My doctor at the > time was medicating me for ulcerative colitis*, *and IBS... After more > testing they also found the diverticula sacs that were inflamed. I was put > on pain meds for a while and given a long list of "not to eat " foods, > however I have found that it varies from person to person. Things I try and > avoid are bagels with the seeds, peas, corn, pop corn, different jams that > contain seeds. I have also been told that the ulcerative colitis and IBS go > hand in hand with diverticular disease. I was also on Zelnorm for quite > sometime, and it did seem to help. Now days, I take bulk fiber when needed, > watch the things I eat. On occasion when I have a flare up I take aloe > juice, and activated charcoal tablets. I have been told that stress and > antibiotics > sometimes are found to be the cause. I do know that in my own experience > stress plays a major factor. > > > > Penny > > > > ------------------------------ > Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in > shape<http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489>in > the new year. >
