| Re: Diverticulosis
It is a good idea to get checked out and have test done to determine if you should have surgery. I had a bad episode a few years ago with a perforation and hospialization for 6 days. After that, I had a colonoscopy and the surgeon decided mine wasn't that bad. So of course a couple of years later (and several flare ups later) I was back in the hospital for a total of 11 days with a perforation and infected abscess that had to be drained and a suction drain installed as an emergency last ditch effort to avoid emergency surgery. Well lucky for me it worked and I am scheduled to have surgery on Nov. 5th. If the first surgeon had allowed me to have surgery I wouldn't have had to go thru it again (much worse the second time). I am looking forward to having this done and over with! So if surgery is necessary I would recommend you go ahead to avoid emergency surgery and painful flare ups and possible abscesses, fistulas and perforations.
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