Pain off and on lower left abdomen. Diverticulitis?

Did you have a CT scan with the dye or without?  I am allergic to the dye and the next CT scan I get (next flare up) they are not going to use the dye.  I am worried that without the dye they might miss something.

Hi Patricia,

You need more days on the antibiotics to see if they will help? Did the hospital do blood work? If not your dr. can tell from the blood if you need to continue on those antibiotics. Try clear liquids for 2 days to rest your bowel. Sometimes that helps and then soft foods with no fiber. Diverticulitis can be just inflamation too but if the pain gets worse go back to the hospital. I hope this helps and I hope you feel better very soon.

Julie

Good cat scan, no fever..any loose stool or bleeding? If not, personally.. I wouldn't be taking antiobiotics.

Are you taking probiotics and carefully choosing your diet avoiding seeds, skins, fried foods...staying well hydrated? Maybe a anti-spasmotic may provide some relief, bentyl has given me relief at times when experiencing spasms which seem to come and go at times, probably due to bad choices poss causing some irritation.

Bottom line is, some of these intermittent symptoms can cause some anxiety, best to just pull back a bit with your diet choosing soft, well cooked options, stay well hydrated and give your bowels a rest.

For the anxiousness, prayer works well..may God give you peace and healing in the name of Jesus.

It takes more than a day on antibiotics to see improvement.  Give it a chance to work and stay on a light diet.  All soft foods.

This is such a tricky disease. My story is pretty long but i ended up with a major infection last year. In hospital etc. Felt ill for 6 months afterwards. Nothing on blood work ( which gastro docs go by). Ended up telling him i was fed up. Long story short. Virtual colonoscopy showed up something suspicious. Sent to surgeon thank goodness. He operated, found abscess and huge mass of inflammatory material. Removed all of that and part of bowel. So strange nothing showed up on bloods and i felt awful. Surgeon said he would have done feacal tests. There is a lot of unknown about this disease i think.

It will take a few days for the antibiotic to work.  Give it some time and try a liquid diet.  I think you will then begin feeling better.  I do think it is an attack even without the fever.  I am just recovering from an attack without fever.  I tried not doing the antibiotics for a week with a liquid diet but pain still there so I finally started the dreaded antibiotics.  I began to feel better after 3-4 days on the antibiotic.  I am going by the familiar pain of the attack.  My Dr did not have me do blood work this time because he says it sometimes comes back normal even during an attack.  I did not have fever this time but I recognized the pain.  

I hope you feel better. Give yourself a few days and if you do not improve go back to the Dr.

I don’t usually have a fever when I get a flare up, just pain. For me the pain takes a lot longer than 2 days to subside after I start antibiotics.