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Well folks i suppose it's hard to avoid illness at my age and it appears I haven't.
I managed to escape having a colostomy last year in Australia simply because I ran out of time but this year I had no excuse so finally had the procedure done on the advice of my GP from over a year ago. To cut a long story short I have been experiencing stomach aches and intermittent bouts of the "runs" for a while now and although they usually resolved over a few days but often left me feeling a bit washed out.
i couldn't pin it down to any specific cause or food it just came and went. I did have other tests over a year back which seemed to rule out anything serious like cancer or infections, or worms or parasites and my liver function tests were all okay so I wasn't too concerned. I had already given up drinking and smoking some years before so i just got on with life and when we returned to Australia earlier this year got the necessary referral.
The findings were Diverticular Disease with complications and fairly advanced. I should make it clear I havent seen my GP about the results yet but it's pretty depressing stuff that I read online.
There is a distinction between having diverticulosis and diverticulitis.
Diverticulosis just means you have little pockets that can become inflamed which is just painful or infected and then it's called diverticulitis.
It cannot be reversed or cured, high fibre diets are advised (I already have that but could probably increase my intake), it always gets worse, infection can be treated with antibiotics, sometimes hospitalisation may be required or in the worst case scenario, surgical resection of the effected area of the bowel to prevent/treat sepsis and obviously death.
I find it hard today to be optimistic about this but I need to speak to my GP to get more details.
So if any other members are sufferers I'd love to hear how you're doing and how things were for you.
I managed to escape having a colostomy last year in Australia simply because I ran out of time but this year I had no excuse so finally had the procedure done on the advice of my GP from over a year ago. To cut a long story short I have been experiencing stomach aches and intermittent bouts of the "runs" for a while now and although they usually resolved over a few days but often left me feeling a bit washed out.
i couldn't pin it down to any specific cause or food it just came and went. I did have other tests over a year back which seemed to rule out anything serious like cancer or infections, or worms or parasites and my liver function tests were all okay so I wasn't too concerned. I had already given up drinking and smoking some years before so i just got on with life and when we returned to Australia earlier this year got the necessary referral.
The findings were Diverticular Disease with complications and fairly advanced. I should make it clear I havent seen my GP about the results yet but it's pretty depressing stuff that I read online.
There is a distinction between having diverticulosis and diverticulitis.
Diverticulosis just means you have little pockets that can become inflamed which is just painful or infected and then it's called diverticulitis.
It cannot be reversed or cured, high fibre diets are advised (I already have that but could probably increase my intake), it always gets worse, infection can be treated with antibiotics, sometimes hospitalisation may be required or in the worst case scenario, surgical resection of the effected area of the bowel to prevent/treat sepsis and obviously death.
I find it hard today to be optimistic about this but I need to speak to my GP to get more details.
So if any other members are sufferers I'd love to hear how you're doing and how things were for you.