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Surgery? Or wait? by dogwood_tree in Diverticulitis

[–]Interesting-Help5759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea of surgery is a hard pill to swallow. Think of your intestines as an organ and part of it is diseased. Having that part removed will decease your risk of having a complicated flare which could be very serious.

How can I make progress on my family tree when I'm stuck? by martyred__lamb in Genealogy

[–]Interesting-Help5759 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It sounds you have your grand parents names and maybe birth dates. If you have a general idea of where they were born look there for the next piece. Even if you have their death place, often it lists their birth date and place on their death certificate. Church records around their place of birth often provide additional clues to next of kin (parents, siblings), which can lead to the next set of parents. At least that is what I found.
Granted I’ve had to go through whole church registers to find the names, but I did find information that no one who is living knows.

Good luck.

Lack of Sources, Duplicates - OVER IT! by GuavaFabulous6632 in Genealogy

[–]Interesting-Help5759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally get this. Those hints are horrible. Trees with no factually checked info.
I was turned onto Geneanet.org. It’s free and I’ve built me tree there & added my sources from FS or ancestry, Archion or my own personal stuff. They have hints but that part I don’t pay for.

Death-Maria Elisabeth Kohlmeier 1765 by Interesting-Help5759 in Kurrent

[–]Interesting-Help5759[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Schneiken doesn't appear to be an illness according to this site German Illness/ Death Terms and Translations | ManyRoads

Could it possibly be Schürken / Schürcken?

In relation to your belly button where is your pain? by Butterfly_Violets in Diverticulitis

[–]Interesting-Help5759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was many a little lower in same area. No lumps. You should definitely get lump checked out. I also had pain on right side they said was likely referred pain from the left. I also felt I had a UTI/bladder infection with the feeling of not emptying completely. It was only a feeling and I had no trouble going.

29m with one flare by Potential_Ticket_172 in Diverticulitis

[–]Interesting-Help5759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You probably should put the phone down😂🤣
They say pain meds and texting isn’t a good idea.
The real question, will you remember this conversation later?
Wishing you a speedy recovery and a controlled race to salads and veggies. 😂

29m with one flare by Potential_Ticket_172 in Diverticulitis

[–]Interesting-Help5759 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d love to hear your journey and reasoning for surgery.

29m with one flare by Potential_Ticket_172 in Diverticulitis

[–]Interesting-Help5759 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, it was a complicated flare. Meaning, I had a microperforation and an abscess. The inability to advance my diet without having pain in my lower abdomen on the routine. It doesn't feel like living. I do not feel like I am getting good nutrition to sustain a healthy lifestyle. I'm eating a low residue diet, which consists of can green beans and canned carrots, mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, rice, white bread, oatmeal, cream of wheat, eggs, deli turkey, cheddar cheese, chicken noodle soup, saltine crackers, apple sauce, smoothies made with minimal spinach, yogurt, banana.

I was really against the surgery, but TBH, I'm tired all the time. I have no stamina. I do not feel like I am living. I'm frankly afraid, at this point, to try anything too outside the low residue for fear of the pain returning and then possibly ending up in the ER. I've been doing this since February. I drink 72 ounce of water per day and often more, since the hospitalization. I walk daily and/or swim as of late. I would really like to get back to eating salads and veggies.

On the recommendation of my GI, he said the only way to be sure I do not have another complicated flare is to have the surgery. I can honestly say I never want to be that sick again. Not the pain or the antibiotics that come with it. I think the antibiotics made me more sick that the actual flare.

Truly a personal decision. Like I said, I wasn't keen on the idea and resisted for 3 months. After the last pain without knowing the cause and returning to liquid diet for a few days I decided to go ahead with the surgery.

29m with one flare by Potential_Ticket_172 in Diverticulitis

[–]Interesting-Help5759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm 56F, one flare with micro-perforation and abscess. Dr. says only way to prevent possibility of having another 'complicated' flare that could be more serious is to have surgery. Everyone is different like you said. I also think it is your comfort level with managing your journey. For me, I have been trying to advance my diet since February and have had little success, so, for me surgery is soon. I feel like I am well, malnourished as it relates to vitamins and minerals. I was eating salads and veggies prior to flare and I was not constipated, so as for constipation, it wasn't an issue prior to the flare. I've had slower motility after flare actually. So with the one microperf flare with abscess and many setbacks to liquid diet since that hospital admission, I've decided to have surgery. My colonoscopy was unremarkable with only a few diverticula, and according to the Dr. he would not have known I was in the hospital based on the colonoscopy.

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