Hi my name is Deborah, I've always had stomach issues,last March I became so unwell I had pain in my right sided ended up.in A&E thought appendicitis, another Dr thought not so after 3 days they did a laparotomy to see, they did take appendix out for illumination, another 2 days came home ,following day I had terrible pain this time in left, was being sick etc,had to call ambulance, I had lots different scans,on antibiotics drip for 8 days, as had very high infection,they could not find what it was for days, it ended up the infection was divertiticulitus, since then had colonoscopy, barium enema and it has been confirmed, my sigmoid in narrow and they want to operate to give me a better quality of life, that was 6 months ago since then I have had a lot of flare ups ,upset stomachs feeling sick, what scared me was having to have a stoma for a few months until it heals after taking it away,I am seeing the surgeon again on 19th August and have decided to have the operation,I may not need a stoma, he said it won't get better but cannot guarantee it won't get worse, sorry gone on a bit just wanted to share my experience
