I hope I was missed in the last 2 weeks. I had a sudden and unexpected attack of diverticulitis. The pain in my abdomen started on Sunday (the 2nd?). By Tuesday a fever started and by Wednesday I took myself to the emergency room, somehow expecting a bad gall bladder, I don’t know why. They admitted me for a week and blasted me with antibiotics and God knows what else. I can honestly say I have never been as miserable in my entire life. I’m home now, but it’s hard to eat and drink and I have no energy.
They say the next step is to remove the sigmoid colon because after 1 incident it is likely to happen again. I’m really too tired to google anything about it, so was hoping some of you might have had a similar experience. Not that I would wish this condition on my worst enemy.
I’m sad and dismayed that I will probably have to shelve my plans for WLS until I can get through all these other medical problems. My surgeon’s office says the insurance company will “hold” all the prep work I’ve done for 6 months to a year, but then I’d probably have to start over.
I’ve never felt so old in my life. I feel like I am never going to feel better, although the rational part of me knows that is foolish.
Maybe this is a sign that I’m not supposed to have WLS. I had the passing thought that my new and improved diet that I’ve been on in prep for the surgery may have precipitated the attack. I got that idea when I read something about undigested food gathering in the small intestines. I have been eating so healthy in the last 6 to 8 months, maybe I brought it on myself. Feeling very, very low.
They say the next step is to remove the sigmoid colon because after 1 incident it is likely to happen again. I’m really too tired to google anything about it, so was hoping some of you might have had a similar experience. Not that I would wish this condition on my worst enemy.
I’m sad and dismayed that I will probably have to shelve my plans for WLS until I can get through all these other medical problems. My surgeon’s office says the insurance company will “hold” all the prep work I’ve done for 6 months to a year, but then I’d probably have to start over.
I’ve never felt so old in my life. I feel like I am never going to feel better, although the rational part of me knows that is foolish.
Maybe this is a sign that I’m not supposed to have WLS. I had the passing thought that my new and improved diet that I’ve been on in prep for the surgery may have precipitated the attack. I got that idea when I read something about undigested food gathering in the small intestines. I have been eating so healthy in the last 6 to 8 months, maybe I brought it on myself. Feeling very, very low.
