Welcome LACalNative,

So glad you turned the corner. Your chances are around 80 percent you will never have another attack.

High fiber is not important while you are on the meds IMO. The bacteria will find it hard to attack you again while soaked in meds. Low fiber is important for healing the sore on your colon. Let it heal.

Your pain should be gone before you up the fiber.

High Fiber Foods:

Old School Oatmeal 5 minute - I eat it every morning with raisins or fruit.

Eat smooth whole wheat bread like Pepperidge Soft Honey Wheat - double or single fiber (avoid the hearty breads with the bird seed in it).

Whole-wheat pasta. I had to really work on my family into eating it, but they have adapted.

Brown Rice, beans (softly cooked and not too much), fruit, cooked vegetables, and potatoes. You can add wheat bran to any food and make it as fiber full as you want. It has almost no taste so if your family cannot stand whole wheat pasta, sprinkle wheat bran of yours.

Very simple food.

LOW FIBER

Meat, cheese, eggs, yogurt, white rice, white bread, fish, milk, and Jell-O.

FOODS I DO NOT EAT

Corn in any form, Nuts (may be a myth, IDK), Tomatoes, soda, Raw hard veggies, dried and cooked beans (too hard), apple skins, and acid juices - OJ, lemon, pineapple, and tomato. V8 juice has been a suspect in many attacks victims report. I have just reduced my coffee consumption a lot. Too much caffeine might shut down mucus production in the colon.

LUNCH OUT

My goal when I eat out is to avoid getting food borne bacteria and foods on my avoid list. I cannot trust any one not to put bad things into my food so I try to eat hot meat on white bread. I never pick large mixtures of stuff. My fiber comes at breakfast, supper, evening fruit snacks, and with Konsyl in the evening.

That is it - simple. Make the same old foods you use to make with high fiber ingredients.

You will probably will a get totally different list of food from every member here. Try to remember what you ate before your attack and maybe avoid those foods if they match my list of foods to avoid, or anybody's list. Maybe foods are related to attacks and maybe they are not. We all struggle.

Notes:
It might seem strange that I eat meat to avoid bacteria. Hot meat is way less risky to me than a cold salad. Most of the infections of E coli etc have come from fruits and veggies these days. I think that sometimes I get a general food borne illness that turns into diverticulits after the initial infection. It all borders on Voo Doo with so little hard information.

Use at your own risk. You mileage may vary.

hey guy, thanks for all of the info. I have been eating baked chicken with a little salt. Tastes good and it doesn't seem to have any adverse effect. How does poultry work for you?

The first thing I ate after 48 hours of fasting the last time I was attacked (fasting is the best thing you can do while in the danger zone), was to eat KFC original with the skin removed. I love the stuff. It is way too salty, way too fatty, and not a healthy choice, but it is a low fiber food when you start to rejoin the world of eating people.

Baked chicken has zero fiber.

I have no medical training or expertise, but I look at diveticulitis like a canker sore (the kind that form on the inside of your mouth). The recommended treatment for canker sores - gargle with salt water. Eating salty chicken sounds good for you with your problem. Salt has other problems for me, but sounds good for now and your are happy with it.

Chew good and drink lots of water - can't hurt.

You can't beat success!

My GI recommends 35-45 grams of fiber per day. That is a challange!
I have found Kashi cereals to be high in figer. The new Vive has 12 grams per serving and probiotics also. Flavor is vanilla and surprisingly good. As 4strikes recommended the double fiber breads are good choice.

My GI also said probiotics have been shown to help and take 1 tablet daily or get it in foods. Activia is very yummy! Hard to just eat 1/2 c.

I had my hospitalization in July. I was pretty much on the low-fiber diet for 6-7 weeks because my digestion refused all attempts at fiber. Three weeks ago, I started adding fiber and it's gone quickly, I'm about back at 75% of things I used to eat and am taking Metamucil as well.

When I was on the low-fiber, I was eating bread, chicken, ham, mashed potatoes, cooked carrots, applesauce, and I got really sick of it fast!

I'm also in the middle of a flare. I'm 7 days into my antibiotic. I haven't really been on a liquid diet but on a very low fiber one. My attack is mostly mild lower left side pain, a lot of gas, and rumbling and swelling. I hate this because I love all the things I am not supposed to eat. I've been eating lots of fresh tomatoes and cucumbers and salads and almonds by the handfuls. I have been eating an apple every night for years and thinking I am doing the right thing. I have a refrigerator full of apples and sure hate to waste them. I also take Benefiber fiber. Right now, I've just been trying to eat soft low-fiber foods. Can I eat cream soups that are low fiber? I hate those broths. I've also been eating applesauce and Activia yogurt. But whatever I'm eating, I am better. The swelling has gone down. I still have some gas and rumbling though and wonder if there is another problem besides diverticulitis.