My wife went through the extreme issue with Diverticulitis where they thought she only had an infection which was the norm for her but instead her colon had ruptured. They did multiple tests but could not find the rupture and kept giving her antibiotics thinking it would cure the basic Diverticulitis. Finally after multiple CT scans they recognized that she had ruptured.
She spent two months in the ICU and another three months in rehab. She should have died.
Anyhoo. Diet and exercise will save you, stick with it, you’ll be fine.
You don’t wan’t to go through having the colostomy bags and all that maintenance that goes with it.
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