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catscradle Aug. 5th, 2005 11:10 am)
catscradle Aug. 5th, 2005 11:10 am)So I was having sharp pains around the stomach area on the left side for the past few days. I finally decided I should probably go to the doctor for this (which I totally didn't want to do as I depise all things Kaiser and I get my old doctor back in October when my insurance kicks in from my new job). After the doc probed a bit and ran some tests, he diagnosised me with diverticulitis. That's a six syllable disease, my friend. Yeah, its caused by the inflamation of the diverticula. I didn't know I had a diverticula, but apparently we all do and mine's inflamed and/or infected. But I caught it before it got too super horrible bad. There's no high fever or internal bleeding, so he gave me two antibiotics and told me to come back if the pain doesn't go away after about 5 days.
So I looked up causes to this disease and found out that it generally developes as a result of a low fiber diet and things like nuts, seeds and popcorn hauls getting caught in the diverticula (I'm having a fun time saying this word). Well, I think I eat plenty of veggies, but having celiac, I can't eat most whole grains of anything save brown rice. Looked up some celiac sites and found that diverticulitis is a common complication of celiac. Yay.
Oh well. Pass the broccoli please...
So I looked up causes to this disease and found out that it generally developes as a result of a low fiber diet and things like nuts, seeds and popcorn hauls getting caught in the diverticula (I'm having a fun time saying this word). Well, I think I eat plenty of veggies, but having celiac, I can't eat most whole grains of anything save brown rice. Looked up some celiac sites and found that diverticulitis is a common complication of celiac. Yay.
Oh well. Pass the broccoli please...
