Diverticulitis

I was diagnosed with diverticulitis when I was a very young child;had a "lump" in my left lower abdomen. At first they thought it was a "Wilmes Tumor" (a form of fatal kidney cancer I think). Spent about 5 days in hospital and had to take a horrible tasting med with sulfer in it ( I think). Details are fuzzy as I was so young. My question is: Why did I have diverticulitis so early in life and why am I still plagued with attacks that are very painful, enough to disrupt my ability to function in a productive manner. I also suffer from fibro-my bet is there is a relation there somewhere like IBS,etc. How can I get rid of this problem permanately without any major invasive procedures such as surgery or colonoscopy???

[patient915]

Let me know if you have any more questions besides what I answered in your other post.

[Tired55]

  Again thanks and sorry can't find your answers for other post. New to this site and using broadband which isn't working so great.

[Tired55]

Seems like there are some very interesting nicknames on this website, just wondering how you arrived at yours-mine was easy, I'm always exhausted and I was born in 55 so that makes me a "babyboomer" I know that none of this is relavent to anything but still can't find your answers in my other post. Have a nice day, Tired55

[patient915]

The other post is: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Irritable-Bowel-Syndrome-IBS/Help-for-diverticulitis-when-acute/show/1630951

When I first started on MedHelp, it was the first thing I thought of (patient as in always seeing doctors, not patient as in patience).  The number relates to my birthday.

[Tired55]

Just saw your post today (11/24-Happy Thanksgiving. Thankyou for letting me know what your nickname or alias or whatever we use for this site. It helps to know about person you are talking to- makes it a little more personel in this cyberspace. Tired55