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Having a flair up

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marie28646
marie28646

Hi everyone. Are onions and mushrooms bad for dd as i have pain tonight i also ate strawberries.i am never going to figure out what i can and cannot eat. Hate having this diverticulitis

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  • Redshift
    Redshift marie28646

    Posted

    Hi there,

    know how you feel with what or what not to eat.

    I have no idea what causes my flare ups as it might have been food from a day or a week ago that causes them, so I eat what I fancy but do avoid fried food and have started cutting back on coffee.

    • marie28646
      marie28646 Redshift

      Posted

      Thanks for replying. It's a horrible thing to have. Yeah i think coffee is not good. It's terrible there's so little information on dd.im keeping a diary to c will that help

    • BA21_3RU
      BA21_3RU marie28646

      Posted

      Stawberrys have seeds so I expect that's what started your flaire up I can't eat them either as for mushrooms try them on there own . Yes i hate this DD been living with it since 2006 ii am having a flaire up at the moment it started completely different with a pain in my back around the kidneys so didn't realize so couldn't get it under control in time so had to have antibiotics hprrible nasty things

    • marie28646
      marie28646 BA21_3RU

      Posted

      Thanks for replying. Dame and i love strawberries eat them every day didn't know back pain was part of it. .hope you are feeling better soon. Im not to bad today. I suffer alot from gas going to having an ultra sound tomorrow on my gallbladder

  • vicky08220
    vicky08220 marie28646

    Posted

    Hi I'm the same trying to figure out what I can eat. But onions are a definate no as well as anything from the onion family leeks, garlic etc. Basically anything that adds flavour. Tomatoes too. So hard to work out what is bad or ok. Fried food is bad for me too. But I don't suffer constipation or loose bowels just really uncomfortable pain which can be anywhere from lower back round to the front or sides. and frequent bowel movements just normal consistantcy.

    • Redshift
      Redshift vicky08220

      Posted

      Hi Vicky,

      I agree with you on the pain, my is in the lower left abdomen and in the kidney area on the left side in my back, but not on the right hand side.

  • lyn98093
    lyn98093 marie28646

    Posted

    Hi Marie, Diverticulitis affects affects people in different ways, its like trying on shoes, one size does not fit all.   What might trigger an attack in you will not affect me.  Sadly, in my case, I do not eat peas, corn, tomatoes with seed, berries, chocolate, nuts or seeds of any kind.  I am suspicious about pastry and cake.  I try to limit red meat and anything hard to digest like fruit skins.  In other words lots of the foods I loved to eat are a no-no now.  Whether the avoidance of these foods will lessen the occurance of diverticulitis attacks remains to be seen.  The unpredictability of this disease causes me a lot of anxiety.
    • marie28646
      marie28646 lyn98093

      Posted

      Hi lyn thanks for that. It's a horrible disease. Everything i eat im wondering if im going to have gas r pain the next day .

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