Diverticulitis Support Group
Diverticulitis is a common disease of the bowel, in particular the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed. Diverticulitis most often affects middle-aged and elderly persons, though it can strike younger patients as...
Can anyone tell me what a spastic colon feels like? I suffer occasionally with diverticulitis and now I am having what feels like sometimes a strong spasm on my left side of my abdomen. I am feeling fine but it feels like a big bubble going through the colon, however there is no gas. It only lasts a second and then goes away. But that second is kind of shocking.
I'm still learning the differences between divertic, IBS and spastic colon but so far all I can say with absolute certainty that they're crappy.
I was diagnosed with divertic after 3 long months of teeth-gnashing pain over the Christmas holiday season. The pain in my lower left side belly felt like the devil itself was pinching and twisting my insides to knots. I don't know about the bubble sensation, though, but we're all different with this disease.
Since being in this group I've picked up a lot of tips about watching what I eat. To begin with, I cut out all foods that have pips, seeds, whole grains, bran, husks, and touch skins etc and started a soft diet that didn't have any hard insoluable fibres, husks, seeds or pips. But this doesn't mean that you have to compromise your dietary fibre, just stick to the soluable fibre foods, at least until your divertic is under control. Boy, what a difference! But let me sneak a little cherry tomato from the lunch salad and I know all about it by evening. Gtrrrrr, that mean little devil comes out to play and then it's back to pain killers.
I don't know if any of this shines a glimmer of light on your colon problems but I hope you find the answers you're looking for pretty soon. Divertic is real mean and nasty! Go well and take care.