Unfortunately, new member here
So woke up Thursday in discomfort in lower abdomen, after going through several days including a gym workout, and a concert, about 4:00am Sunday morning, I still had pain, said heck with it and came to ER. After a CT scan, they diagnosed me with diverticulitis with minor perforation. It's now Monday morning, and I'm typing this whole laying in a hospital bed, they've been pushing antibiotics through an IV, the surgeon said they'd recheck my blood work and I may get to go home today with antibiotics, or they may keep me another day. I'm 56 years old, moderately overweight, and never had a colonoscopy. The surgeon said once I'm released, they'd want me to come back in a couple weeks for another CT scan, with a colonoscopy scheduled a few weeks after that. I'd heard very little about this until yesterday, now that I've been diagnosed, how often/likely are future flare ups? Do foods cause the flareups, or do flareups happen at random? Just wanted to introduce myself, I hope everyone has a great Monday!