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...

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Is this my life ahead of me at 20

Justincl97
Justincl97

Hi guys, i was recently diagnosed 3 days ago with mild diverticulosis at the ER after going for eating some expired pork(only the 3rd time waying pork in my life). I was already feeling weird tenderness/soreness on both sides of my abdomen before I ate it. I have always lived a pretty healthy lifestyle with drinking at least a gallon of water a day and eating potatoes and brown rice with whole grains in my meals, eating only clean meats like chicken breast, fish, and turkey with occasional steak; never drinking any soda, and drink alcohol maybe 3-4 times a year. I have lived just about as healthy of a lifestyle a 20 year old can in today's society and i workout regularly while also walking 3 miles a day.  I dont suffer any pain however since diagnosed I have been almost basically been starving myself with eating only rice, beans, chicken, oatmeal, eggs, and bread in fear of advancing my mild diverticulosis into diverticulitis. I have probably visited just about every website for this disease. I have no family history of any gastrointestinal issues, how did i end up with this disease and how can i make it livable. Will i need surgery to be able to live a normal life again

beatle
beatle
Were you diagnosed with diverticulosis or diverticulitis? The first is the presence of out formed pouches in your colon and the experts still don’t have a definitive answer on what causes it. The latter is the infection of these pouches and bad bacteria from what you ate is a possible reason.
I’m a lot older than you but the same thing happened to me. I was on vacation and ate some food which made me feel sick and progressed to an infection which showed up in those pouches which the docs then diagnosed as diverticulitis. I was also a very healthy eater. It’s been a while now and with meds the acute infection subsided but my stomach is very sensitive and I have post infectious irritable bowel .
Just go easy for a while read up and you probably will get better soon. You are young so body will bounce back. I do yogurt papaya etc to keep good bacteria in my gut. Hope this helps.
Justincl97
Justincl97
Only the ocious not the itis, they just said they found pouches.
koftheheart
koftheheart
Yogurt is the worst food unless its coconut yogurt. Its one of seven "trigger foods" .They say if may be genetic- or if you were on a lot on antibiotics, every time you are on them it stripes your mucosal lining and he will never be repaired, also if you what they say are a type A personality. I came across this on Facebook-called Pain Free Foods Support Group. They also have a website:www.diverticulitispainfreefoods.com They use a combined way of eating and you can’t eat certain foods with other. I ordered the book and started the plan. I also keep a food journal to see what is causing my flare-ups. Believe me its a different way of eating, but I get a lot of recipes off Pinterest ( I went vegetarian). I also take 2 different Probiotics, Udo’s oil 3-6-9, Turmeric, Magnesium, K2, COQ10, a greens powder, slippery elm, before I eat at every meal, and just started CD oil. I feel great now, it took some time like I said to figure it out, but NO SURGERY for me. And those antibiotics, I tell the hospital I’m allergic to them (they are awful). Get the book and do the way of eating, its explained in the book, we are different then normal people and will have this disease for life, so try it what have you got to lose- Good luck!
sweetmadison
sweetmadison
I was just diagnosed at 21 myself a month ago and feel as though there is a LONG journey ahead. I don't want to think the worst but this feels never-ending. Mine advanced right to diverticulitis. Hopefully, in time we will be able to comfortably gain the courage to eat "normally" again without the fear of having an attack.