Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-29-10 02:44 AM
Response to Reply #16
17. Let me throw something in on that note.
My dad was diagnosed with diverticulitis back in the early 90's, after being in serious pain for a while, and fearing the worst. After the diagnosis, he was told to avoid seeds and nuts of any kind, including any kind of corn. Not just popcorn. Couldn't eat iceberg lettuce either, for some reason. He ate this limited diet for years but ironically it was seeds that saved him. Specifically flax seed. Grinds the shit up every day and mixes it in with his orange juice. I don't know how the Hell he drinks it like that, but it works. He's been able to eat nuts and berries and stuff again for several years now, and at the age of 79, has no digestive issues that I'm aware of.
Not good advice at all! my Husband had a Diverticulitis attack about 5 years ago, a couple of years ago a study came out from Canada that said patients could eat corn, we mentioned the study to our Doctor and his response was "I'm going to have a lot of patients coming in with recurrent Diverticulitis then". Patients can go into a period where the disease is dormant, but all it takes is just 1 little kernel of corn getting stuck and that's it. You don't take chances with Diverticulitis, in my Husbands case I dragged him to the ER, he wanted to wait a couple of days to see the Doctor, if he had waited he could've lost 1/4 of his intestines. Thank God he hasn't had an attack since, but he avoids corn, nuts and drinks lots of water.
