[Dixielandjazz] diverticulitus

[billsharp]

Rick writes: . . ."In 1995, I thought I had the flu and went to bed 
with a fever. I woke up
the next morning still with a fever and abdominal pain and constipation.
I called my GI specialist and he sent me to the emergency room for
examination. To make a long story short, diverticulitis had caused a
massive infection in my lower (Sigmoid) colon and they gave me
intravenous antibiotics. After a week in the hospital, my colon
perforated and I had developed peritonitis (massive infection in the
abdominal cavity.. . . . . . . . . "



Anyone else want to share their medical history? What about hemorrhoids?