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My father has colon cancer and the CT scan wasn't enough. They had to do a colonoscopy and then exploritory surgery just to make sure it was in fact colon cancer. I think with diverticulitis they do sometimes do surgery depending on how badly the pocket is. My boyfriends father has diverticulitis and he had to have surgery because it was creating a blockage, they also scared him at the time saying it was cancer when in fact it wasn't cancer at all. So sometimes those antibiotics arent enough depending on the case.