"Mimi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:...
Quoted message said: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" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:jacqui{JB} wrote:
> "jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>
> -jFor 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