What foods to avoid when you have Diverticulitis?

[SuperDave]

What foods do you want to avoid when you have Diverticulitis?

[Wilson]

My mother was recently diagnosed with diverticulosis and they told her to avoid nuts and seeds most of all. I know she was also avoiding raw vegetables like lettuce and broccoli for awhile, but I'm not sure whether that was self-imposed or not. She's back on salads now and seems to be ok with it.

[LdyAub]

After several months of pain on my lower left side, which seemed to creep up on my, I was diagnosed with Diverticulitis. At first, at the ER they thought I had a kidney stone, then after CT Scan, was told it was Divers. I went through 4 rounds of antibiotics, in which after 1 week of completing a round, I was in pain again, it was decided I must have my colon re-sectioned. Doctors went in, removed 18 inches of my colon, at which time my spleen ruptured, and I spent 11 days in the hospital. My surgeon told me I would be fine and could resume normal eating habits, I would be fine since all the diseased portion was gone, it wouldn't return. This was December 1999. After having that old familiar and severe pain for 2 weeks, I went back in today. I have to have another CT Scan tomorrow, and then probably a colonoscopy. My Doctor is blown away, and telling me it is very rare for Divers to come back. Anyone know of this happening? I think I would rather live on liquids forever than go through what I went through in 1999. My email is ***@****
Thanks,
Judy