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dear VanHorne;
My father has had diverticulitis for the past 25 years and had several bad attacks way back when. He has not had any attacks for atleast 20 years. What he was told to do was to stay away from all pits, seeds, nuts, etc.
Since Diverticulitis is a forming of pockets in the Colon you want to make sure nothing can get into the pockets to cause them to become infected. Secondly, he was told to keep stress under control as it can cause the Diverticulitis to become irritated.
He also was perscribed Donnatol and to this day keeps them on hand just for a safety precaution.
I know he eats Bran in one form or another(cereal, Bran muffins, etc). Try Bran but take huge amounts. Start slow and build up a tolerance for it. Make sure you drink plenty of water in order for your bowels to work properly. Eating Bran without drinking sufficient
water could make you quite constipated.
Follow these simple rules and you'll be just fine.
Take your donnatol if you have to( Donnatol slows down the digestive system having a calming effect on the intestinal tract) so use a half pill. You may at sometime have to take 2 pills. They give you dry mouth and make you tired. They are a combination of Belladonna and Phennabarbitol.