How long do other people's diverticulitis attacks last? Just read someone on soft diet x 2months?!

Hi caz I'm new to this I've been diagnosed about three years but never had a problem till now,I've had a terrible time for six weeks,went to my doctor last week as had pain and diarrhoea all this time,I'm five years post anal cancer so was fast tracked was seen yesterday and had flexisig they found I had many more divaticular and my bowel was severely inflamed and diagnosed divaticulitis ,I'm on antibiotics now and buscapan ,they gave me a food sheet but really don't know what to eat ,I've lost a stone in weight in this short time and feel so ill,any suggestions that might help .

I can't thank you enough for these postings! I didn't expect the CT diagnosed diverticulitis to last this long. 3 weeks, antibiotics the past 10 days and still in pain. Going back to clear liquids and Miralax, heating pad on and off. Nasty disease but thankfully not cancer.

My last attack took 3 months before I felt myself.  I was admitted to hospital and given IV antibiotics and some to take home for another week.

I avoid seeds, nuts and skins. Yesterday I took a chance and ate cherries. The skin is too hard to digest and while I answer your message I am laying with a heating pad on my abdomen because I started getting discomfort later today.  I will be on a light soft diet for a few days hoping it will pass. If not back to the doctor I will go for antibiotics. My last attack was in February 2017. It seems I get one of these twice a year. Hope this helps.

Hello all... first time blogger for anything.... I was diagnosed three days ago via CT that I have D and a small abscess.  Was out on flygl and Icpro. Today is day three....I still have diarrhea and slight cramping... doctor said I can have the abscess drained but I'm scared!!!! Has anyone had this procedure done and what exactly happens?  

My other biggest fear is that I leave for Greece in 5 weeks... husband surprised me with a 60th bday present.

im scared that I may not be able to go due to D and afraid if I do go... another episode will happen there.

im very depressed..... im a runner... in good shape .... and this is devastating to me.

anyone out there like me?

. just diagnosed three days ago....via CT and it also showed a small abscess.  Doctor said I may need it drained.... I'm so scared...depressed.  On two antibiotics and still diarrhea and slight cramping.

i leave for Greece in 5 weeks and am terrified I may not be able to go and terrified that a flare up will happen while there.

has anyone had an abscess drained? What exactly happens?  So fearful of a colostomy bag...that will 100-% due me in

HELP pls

Hi, i am new here and I am very interested in this question "How long do other people's diverticulitis attacks last"? Here is my story so far:

I am on my 7th week of attack and 6th week of infection and my 5th script (soon to be 6th) of antibiotics (moxiclav duo forte 875/125).

I was diagnosed last year 30 years old after i had a flare up, I went for a colonoscopy and diverticulitis was found. Since then i had 2 small flare ups (3-4 days) and one massive one (current) that i cannot seem to shake. During this last attack (early stages) i went to the doctor and got some antibiotics and provided some blood and stood tests. These came back with stool infection. I took the remaining antibiotics and had another colonoscopy the week after (did the whole prep and low fibre clear fluid thing that everyone does). Operation revealed that the diverticulitis had spread, they took some biopsies and said see you in another 5 years (wtf). Biopsies showed i still have an infection and that i need to treat it. Back to the doctors for a 2nd course of antibiotics and a repeat script just in case. I then went on a clear fluid diet (mostly water and clear soups / stocks and protein shakes for about 3.5 days while taking the antibiotics. I then got the third script filled as i hadn’t improved yet and was really bloody hungry by then. So i went on soft food / low fibre diet of mostly soup, noddles, plan chicken of fish, some white bread and juices. I have been doing this 2 weeks and now into the start of my 3rd. I’ve been back to the doctors and got 2 more repeat scripts (about to finish my 5th and go onto my 6th) i have noticed over the last 2 days the pain getting worse rather than better. I am back on clear fluid, water, juice and soups. I also take daily probiotic and multi vitamins.

From a symptoms perspective, i have the standard pain that everyone would be familiar with, mine is top left (rather than the common bottom left), the pain radiates into my back and it feels like i have kidney pain constantly. I also get small fevers (only lately) and left testicular pain (dull throb) constantly. I have been mostly having loose stools and mild diarrhea with the occasional blood in the stool (fresh bright red). During the last 3 weeks i also got some kind of UTI that only lasted 3 days, i read that might be associated with the constant infection in the gut e.g. travelling into the blood stream and out through the liver and kidneys (thus into my urine).

I am so over this s**t (pun intended) and need some ideas. 6 weeks seems like way too long and it doesn’t feel like the antibiotics are doing anything at all. The only time I start to feel better is when I don’t eat food and I can only sustain that for 3-4 days.