SURGERY

[MARY ANN]

I HAVE HAD DIVERTICULOSIS FOR SOME TIME NOW THE PAIN IS IN THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT SIDE I AM VERY TIRED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I HAVE MANY OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS I MUST CONTEND WITH,HEART LIVER DISEASE,IBS,HEP.C,GERD,FYBROID MYALGIA,INLARGEMENT OF MY PORTAL VEINS,ANTRAL ULCER,ESOPHAGEAL VARICES,RHEUMATOID ARTHORITIS.THE PAIN IN MY LOWER STOMACH IS THE HARDEST OF ALL TO DEAL WITH LAST WEEK I CAME HOME FROM THE DOCTOR AFTER HAVING A SURGERY CONSULT HE ASK ME TO TRY ONE LAST TIME ON THE FIBER DIET .THE LAST TIME I TRIED THE HIGH FIBER DIET IT WAS METAMUSEL IT CRAMPED ME SO BAD I HAD TO DISCONTINUE USE.THIS TIME THEY PUT ME ON FIBER CON AGAIN THE PAIN WAS SO BAD IT CRAMPED ME OVER DOUBLE I CALLED THE DOCTOR HE SAID TO JUST TAKE ONE AND MOVE BACK UP TO TWO TABLETS. AGAIN I'M AFARID OF THE PAIN SO I THOUGHT I WOULD DO NATURAL FIBER FROM FOOD AND WAIT FOR MY MEETING WITH HIM ON MY SURGERY AND JUST GO THROUGH WITH IT.I WAS TOLD A LOT OF PROBLEM THAT I HAVE COME FROM THE SEVERE AND EXTENSIVE DIVERTICULAR DISEASE I   HAVE .MY MAIN QUESTION IS DO YOU THINK SURGERY WILL BE A GOOD IDEA SENCE I HAVE IT IN MY SIGMOID COLON AND MY DESENDING COLON WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF WALKING OUT WITH OUT A PERMENENT COLOSTOMY .I HOPE I SPELLED THE WORDS CORRECTLY AND I HOPE I HAVE NOT BEEN TOO CRUDE I'M TOTALY WITH OUT ANSWERS AND SO MANY THINGS I NEED ANSWERS FOR. IF YOU COULD SHINE JUST A LITTLE LIGHT ON MY PROBLEMS I WOULD BE SO GREATFUL                       THANK YOU MARY ANN