You don't follow some of the threads Kendall! Lyrical Lady (Barb) and I both ended up for about a week in the hospital AT THE SAME TIME with diverticulitis. Both of us were a gnat's ass from surgery. This was about a little over a year ago. It was funny because we both came back to the 'Cat and had had the same basic experience. Barb was a little worse than I because she waited even longer. Cat-scan show an "infected mass" ......

I was sucking up the pain figuring it was just some kind of gas or intestinal flu or something. When I started running a fever, it was time to go. I have an "Automatic E.R. Pass" that will get me in front of damn near everybody in the joint. I say, "I am running a fever over 100 and I have an artificial mitral valve."

In any case, docs are really mixed on what's what with Divertcular Diseaese and what brings on the acute attacks. For a good while I didn't even try anything that I thought might set it off, but eventually I tried things and found that a few "classics" caused reaction and some of the "classics" were no problem at all. I ran across one about three weeks ago that put me on "Liquids to White to Mashed" diets for a week until things cleared up. I made some pork fried rice with brown rice and no matter how long I cooked or how much water, it was a bit hard. Big mistake eating that! I generally do badly with hard seeds (popcorn hull,sesame,poppy, etc) but not slimy seeds or hulls......Hot pepper seeds, cucumber seeds, corn--all fine)

Good luck and keep a supply of Jello and clear soups on hand when something unexpected may attack you that you didn't expect.

Spaw