At the age of 39 I had most of my sigmoid colon removed due to severe diverticulitis (hospitalized twice age 35 and 38). Now at age 47 I have been having rectal
bleeding with almost every bowl movement. I had a colonoscopy last week and am waiting for the pathology results to come back. The doctor did tell me I had a lot of diverticulosis and segmental colitis
. The doctor that did my colonoscopy didn't mention this as a possible cause he mentioned crohn's disease and also Ischemic colitis. I am curious what other medical professionals may think. Since from what I have read diverticular colitis almost always only effects the sigmoid colon and I don't have one.