Too many soft bowel movements after treatment for Diverticulitis. Help!

It will take a while. Once the medication is out of your system, your should start getting back to normal!

It takes time for your bowels to calm down after an infection.  I would encourage you to move to a low-residue diet for a week or so and then slowly add in foods with fiber until you can tolerate a high fiber diet.

I found that drinking a lot of bone broth was a good start.  I began with white rice, applesauce, bananas and white toast were good.  Then I began adding in boiled chicken bits, followed by overcooked green beans.  Slowly I began having more normal bowel movements and fewer bathroom visits.

Getbon a good probiotic quickly.  It will definitely help.  I took Florestor.  Good luck.👍

Probiotics do help alot. I take culturelle. It takes time. Hope you are back to normal soon. I have been on the low residue diet for awhile now. Seeing Surgeon tomorrow.

I took the same antibiotics as you it takes about 5 days to get them out of your system white rice and toast helped drink lots of fluids to prevent dehydration I was on the toilet at least once a hour so feel blessed that it's not worse drink chicken broth and good luck

Try Slippery Elm, it works wonders for me.

Hi there,

OOOH! I know that feeling, not nice at all. I take probiotics and stick to low fibre diet until things settle.

White bread and other low residue foods. I am going through exactly the same right now but low residue diet is starting to work.

All the best!

Do you find it can take many weeks to slowly improve, or would you expect a quick improvement?