ken1967

well as far as normal bowel movements,when i was in the hospital they wouldnt release me until i passed gas and had a bowel movement, also if you count the 2 days b4 the surgery i didnt eat or drink anything until 5 days after the operation(the 2nd op to reconnect) was just on iv's ,then put on a liquid diet and when i could pass gas i was able to try soft foods and then solid food andin my mind i was thinking how can you possibly have a bm when i didnt eat anything for a week but i did, not to be gross but it was especially weird because i had a colostomy for 3 months previous to the reconnection but you wont expirience the weirdness of a colostomy,you say you think your problems arose more from being a workaholic and stress more than diet, but were close in age, im 37 and i never ate healthy in my life, i thought i could eat pizzas and burgers and all the fast foods forever and thought i was invincable and also i think stress also had something to do with my diverticulits too,being sick from may of 2003 to having the emergency surgery in sept 2003 i lost 70 pounds i couldnt eat,i was stressed about being sick and its a vicious cycle,your body is like a car, how you treat it and maintain it and if you put bad fuel in the car its gonna break down same goes for your body, now i realize this was a wake up call and wished i had listened to the"grown ups" when i was young and took better care of myself so i eat much better excercise and also we all need to learn not to sweat the small stuff and im a firm believer in if we learn how to manage stress in life we will live longer, healthier and be happier,theres no dress rehersals in life we have only 1 shot at it, ok dont mean to preach just telling you what i got out of this whole expirience