While in Pain..Clear Liquids Only.
While on Meds..Soft BLAND Foods..

I would stay away from Anything Hard to Digest for awhile..let ur Bowels Rest..No heavy (red meats)..if ya Like Chicken or Fish I would start with those..NO raw Veggies for a Long Time..

No Spicy or Acidic Foods til ya Know you have Not developed Gastritis due to the Meds..I got that and Thought I was gonna Flippin DIE after eating a taco one night...Good Lord !! I Could eat Nothing but Bland Foods for Several Months...I had a Real Fear of Food after my First Diver T Attack coupled with the gastritis due to the Meds..yupp. got Kinda SKINNY Too..After that I learned.

Read the Posts on the pages here...Lotsa Good info !! Hugs !

Thank you for getting back to me now I have to ask what is Gastritis?

Gastritis is Inflamed Intestines..irritated..Mostly ya won't know ya have it til ya eat something WRONG...then ya pretty much feel as tho ur gonna die..Literally. Your Body will rid itself of EVERYTHING in the Entire digestive Tract from Both Ends at the same time, the Pain is a hot Burning Pain.. and Until ur Emptied Out the Pain will continue..The First round with me took over 5 hours..Left me Incredibly Weak, terrified to ever put one small Morsel of food into me .. yet I was Oddly HUNGRY...Thirsty.

It was brought on by the Medication..I had been on 10 days of Cipro/Flagyl, and 12 days of Augmentin..so yea..my Guts were Fully Pissed off.

As long as I stayed with soft bland foods I was Fine..for me it took damn near 4 months to clear itself..

I Learned after that First round of Medication..
I Started on a Good Quality Probiotic..I Made sure to keep Electrolytes Up..Nutrition Up so my Body could Heal..Stress levels DOWN..Rested as Often as I could...didn't Sleep..just took life Very easy.

Another thing I Learned thru this Process...Anxiety is Actually a Symptom. If you suffer from Unprovoked Anxiety..then eat Lightly..Pissy Guts touch on all the same nerve pathways as an Anxious gut..so if there is Nothing to be Anxious About..start looking at what ur eating..I was Amazed at THAT Revelation..I thought I was Just an Anxious person..Nope...once I got my diet Seriously Cleaned Up..guts Healed Up..those Weird Anxiety feeling Disappeared..

YeaY !!

on 26 February I went to the emergency room with severe lower abdominal pain - perforated bowel as a result of Diverticulitis. I've done research and along with my husband, found a lot of on line sites that can help with what to eat. Chicken, fish, seafood (not fried), lean red meat, pork, veal etc. Keep the amount of fibre low but it is needed in our diets. Stay completely away from nuts, seeds, skins on fruits - the nutrition is there but is not worth the risk. Well cooked, soft carrots, the flower only of broccoli, cauliflower. If you do eat other veggies - nothing with seeds and make sure they are cooked softly. It is a challenge and I don't know that this will stop issues all together but it is certainly the safest way from what I read. Whole meal bread (without seeds of any kind) is better then multi-grain anyway as it has a better amount of fibre. And chew chew chew...that will help every thing move through more easily. And finally, water with your meals and food is always a plus. I hope this helps you. Stay away from really high fibre because it can cause inflamation.

Here is one site - I've read some of the things here and no wonder we can get so confused...one says one thing and another says another thing. Like talking to two doctors and getting two different views. The whole thing is about making it easy for the food to digest and move easily through your bowels. Anyway, here is one site - let me know what you all think please:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diverticulitis-diet/MY00736

Nice article, its been 8 months now for me since my LAPRO to drain 3 large abseses. At that time they spotted over 50 pouches on my lower intestines. After the initial liquid diet and bowell resting diet I started adding fiber so after 3 weeks I was in the full 75% fruit and veggies I am doing now. I still feel some tenderness down there but slowing it is decreasing as I think the diverticulosis is receding. I chalk this up to more regular BM's as I make my intestines work harder to digest all the fiber. If nothing else it is keeping my weight at a nice 160 for a 6' frame, (lost 25 pounds during the illness). But disclaimer, everycase is different, I only play a nutritionalist on support groups.

Thank you all very much, now that I have been eating soft bland food which unfortunately I dislike (I was a salsa and chip for breakfast girl).

Some pasta with fish one night, last night had little pasta, very little turkey and 1/2 cup carrots had bad gas is this normal when you start eating solid food again?