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"Mimi" > wrote in message news:... > This is my first attack, as far as I know (I also have left ovarian cysts, > so I'm not sure of that). My doctor informed me that if a person have 2-3 > attacks within a year they should have surgery due to risk of perforation. > I am able to eat nuts but am careful that I really chew them up well. They > don't affect me as much. My diverticulitis was caused by pain medication > (caused me to be constipated...sorry for the graphic) which I was on after > hand surgery. After the hospitalization with diverticulitis, I was > re-admitted less a week later for c-diff (due to all the antibiotics that > I was on) for 9 days. This just has not been a great year for me. > > But, I'm doing better and life is looking better. I want to just thank you > all for your wonderful suggestions. I have been a lurker for almost 10 > years and enjoyed reading the posts! > > Thank you again, > Mimi > > > > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> jacqui{JB} wrote: >>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >>>> ... >>>> >>>>> FYI: Nuts and seeds are NOT part of a diet >>>>> for someone with diverticulitis. >>>> >>>> ObDisclaimer: I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on Usenet; nor do >>>> I have diverticulitis. >>>> >>>> Not to be contrary, but we had a recent thread on alt.cooking chat, >>>> wherein someone with diverticulitis was looking for food suggestions. >>>> While some posters with diverticulitis confirmed that they had >>>> problems with nuts and seeds, several other posters chimed in that >>>> they were generally fine with nuts and seeds, and such foods seemed >>>> unrelated to any flare-ups they might have. It does, however, seem >>>> very much to be a personal thing. Obviously, if you're in the middle >>>> of a flare-up, it would be unwise to start eating foods associated >>>> with irritation in many individuals. >>>> >>> True... my SO had surgery last December for diverticulitis even *after* >>> he >>> stopped eating nuts and seeds, popcorn, etc. on the advice of his >>> physician. >>> But by that time it was too far advanced and he wound up having to have >>> surgery anyway. He's fine now but he still avoids those things. >>> >>>> So to the OP, it's a good idea to talk to your doctor and/or >>>> dietitian and get recommendations, and definitely check to see what >>>> works for you. If you can't live without nuts and seeds -- and I >>>> know I couldn't -- when the diverticulitis is under control, you >>>> might want to experiment to see what you can tolerate. >>>> >>>> -j >> >> For health purposes, if one feels a need for nuts and seeds, there's >> always the grinder. I believe that just about everyone over 60 (so I've >> been told by an eminent doctor) has diverticulosis; it's just that it >> 'can' become diverticulitis. I have diverticulosis and eat popcorn >> occasionally (had some tonight with a movie) have nuts occasionally and >> so far have had no problem. Egad! Knock on Wood. >> Dee Dee >> >> >> > > |
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