My sensitive stomach

[Catrin]

Glad that you found there IS a treatment for it, and I hear you about the frustrations from having to change your diet for a bit. May it only be temporary and you can add some of your favorites back in once you figure out those veggies that your body accepts.

I remember when I realized I needed to give up all grains, psuedo-grains, and beans - but it made me feel SO much better so quickly that it wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be. Lo these 5 years later I can finally sneak in the occasional slice of sprouted bread (and it MUST be sprouted - my body will tell me if the label lies), or very small serving of white rice (brown is still verboten). I CAN eat most veggies however, and that's a different ballgame entirely. NOW I'm amazed when people tell me how restrictive my diet is - it's far from that.

[Pax]

Crankin, that just stinks. We eat similar to the way you do, when I saw and old coworkers approved food list for her diverticulitis all I could think was "I'd starve". Hope you heal up quick.

[Crankin]

Well, I had an orange with breakfast this morning and so far, so good. I wonder what they tell a 100% vegetarian with this issue? The diet didn't even mention tofu or soy products, that's how old fashioned it seemed. I don't eat a lot of bread at all, but I do have all whole wheat cous cous, pasta, etc. Yesterday I had a piece of matzah for a snack, as I was desperate. Thankfully, DH likes to eat it year round, so we have it in the house.
I am staying away from the crunchy veggies and fruits until I finish the meds, but adding in other stuff slowly.

[Pax]

My coworker was a morbidly obese smoker who took the guidelines as permission to eat nothing but absolute garbage. She is just about the sickest person I know who is still upright.

[ny biker]

Um, I looked up diverticulitis on the Mayo Clinic website. They say that the immediate treatment is a liquid diet with antibiotics, so the infection can heal. But then they have this exact opposite of what you are describing.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...s/con-20033495

Time for a second opinion?

[wnyrider]

I think this might explain Crankin's treatment: https://www.bowelcanceraustralia.org...icular-disease

"Traditional advice was to eat a high-fibre diet.

However, it is now thought that a low-fibre or low-residue diet can ease the symptoms when there is a flare up or suspected inflammation.

This reduces the likelihood of waste matter brushing against and irritating the affected bowel wall."

You pretty much have to listen to your own body when following different recommended treatment plans. Sometime we react positively to the wrong treatment. I know my body doesn't always follow protocol! I am not at all suggesting either one is right or wrong. It is what it is.

[emily_in_nc]

Bummer, Crankin! I would be just as frustrated as you since we eat very similarly, from the sounds of it. And doubly frustrated to think that you may have had this for decades and never been diagnosed.

One of my besties growing up had diverticulitis and had to be on a SUPER low fiber diet. Back then, that was how they treated it. Forever. So perhaps it's for the best you weren't diagnosed back in the diverticulitis dark ages! I am out of touch with her now but remember reading somewhere that doctors had totally changed their tune and now recommend a high-fiber diet. I can see where they might recommend low fiber for a flare-up, though, just to let the intestines rest. Just like when our dog has GI problems!

Hope you're feeling much better soon.