Well, I'm off to the hospital for the second time in 6-7 weeks; the pain is too much.

I was hospitalized early Feb. for Diverticulitis, not a funny, but quite painful, problem in the lower intestine.

I was scheduled for a colonoscopy this week but the pain came back and the risk for more serious trouble is there.....so, off to the hospital.

I'll miss you Ladies & Gents

LaoPo

Well, I'm off to the hospital for the second time in 6-7 weeks; the pain is too much.

I was hospitalized early Feb. for Diverticulitis, not a funny, but quite painful, problem in the lower intestine.

I was scheduled for a colonoscopy this week but the pain came back and the risk for more serious trouble is there.....so, off to the hospital.

I'll miss you Ladies & Gents

LaoPo

All the best LaoPo. I wish you well and also a speedy recovery.

All the very best LaoPo. Take care of yourself.

Please take care and I pray this pain leaves you soon. Please send us updates when you can.

Good Luck

Moss

Laopo

hope it all works out well and you dont have to suffer too much for too long.

best wishes...

me

May God bless you in this difficult situation. Come back soon!

Grace & Peace

Faithful Tiger

Wishing you a speedy recovery LaoPo and hope to see you back here very soon, fit and well.

With best wishes

Ping

I'll miss you Ladies & Gents

And we will miss you, I hope the interval is short, fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

Strength of a lion mate...............Good luck

Don't forget to let the nurses wash you down/up

All the best Leo!

Wishing you well mijn vriend.

Take care LaoPo and get well soon!

Get well soon.

Good luck mate.

I hope all goes well.

Look forward to having you back with us soon.

Mobi

All the best LP

Best wishes LaoPo, hope to see you posting again soon....

How are we going to know "What's This City ?" & Where's This Place ?" without you ?

All the very best for a speedy recovery - "Cheers & Chok Dee Khrap"

L.K.

Good luck Lao Po, my mother had diverticulitis and managed to get the pain under control with some major changes in her diet. Take care and recover fast. You will be missed.

Best of luck Laopo and make a speedy and complete recovery.

Best of luck and get well soon.

All the best, mate.

Lao Po, like SBK's mother, my mom also has it. She used to complain about it all the time, but with the change of diet she no longer mentions it. Ask your doctors as it is controllable.

Good luck LP. Hope all goes well and we see you back here soon.

Good luck with everything a wishing a speedy recovery.

I hope you get well quickly LaoPo.

Well, I'm off to the hospital for the second time in 6-7 weeks; the pain is too much.

I was hospitalized early Feb. for Diverticulitis, not a funny, but quite painful, problem in the lower intestine.

I was scheduled for a colonoscopy this week but the pain came back and the risk for more serious trouble is there.....so, off to the hospital.

I'll miss you Ladies & Gents

LaoPo

All the best LaoPo. I wish you well and also a speedy recovery.

Summun lend LaoPo a wifi poota.

Gunna get lost in Google Earth.

How can we make this thread 'bedlamlike' and make it go off topic?

Who spoke those famous words...."I'll be back"...?

Well, I am back.

Was released (released myself a bit...hehehe) last night. This time I was a bit faster, going to hospital, than early Feb. so they didn't give antibiotics again since the pain was not so extreme as in Feb.

The doctors are divided how to treat Diverticulitis, with or without AB...most of them chose to simply treat it with rest and a ZERO-diet in hospital controlling the hunger with an intravenous drip with normal glucose/saltine.

The Colonoscopy to be 'committed' end April....

But, for the time being I'm alive and kicking Easter.

Thank you all so much for your kind words and encouragements ! It is most appreciated.

Now I've to paint all the eggs and hide them outside; hope we can find them back since snow is coming with Easter

LaoPo

Good to see you back, LaoPo. I'd never heard of the affliction before you mentioned it. The operation sounds unpleasant, but from what I've read, it seems to involve only the removal of bits and pieces rather than an actual section of the colon. Not surprised you 'escaped' for Easter - especially with a 'zero' diet!

Good to see you back, LaoPo. I'd never heard of the affliction before you mentioned it. The operation sounds unpleasant, but from what I've read, it seems to involve only the removal of bits and pieces rather than an actual section of the colon. Not surprised you 'escaped' for Easter - especially with a 'zero' diet!

Thanks for your attention Ping.

However, a Colonoscopy is not an operation, it's more an "endoscopic examination of the large colon and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus" *

Nowadays they give you a sedation but 12 years ago I had the unpleasant experience of undergoing the same without one....

* wikipedia

But you're right that they will (if they can find...) remove bits and pieces....to check upon.

Have a nice Easter Holiday.

BTW...did you know HOW Easter Eggs are produced?

LaoPo

Dear "LaoPo" and to all wishing you a Happy Easter.

Hope that you Kan stick to a "low residue diet". It will be difficult for you, but in the end less painful.

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A low residue diet is one that consists of a daily intake of no more than 10 grams of fibre. While on this diet for an extended period of time it is recommended that a multi-vitamin or mineral supplement be taken daily. This ensures that minerals and vitamins lost while on the low residue diet are made by taking supplements.

Grain products to be eaten while on the low residue diet include refined white bread, buns and english muffins, cereals including: cornflakes, rice bubbles, special K and cheerios, biscuits including:-arrowroot biscuits and water crackers, white rice, refined pasta and noodles, any fruit and vegetable juice excluding prune juice, stone fruits, melons, grapes and canned fruit salad, potatos with no skin, alfafa sprouts, beetroot, green beans, carrots, celery, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, mushrooms, capsicum, squash and zucchini, well cooked meat fish and eggs can all be eaten too

AVOID:

whole grains

raw and dried fruits, sultanas, raisins, berries

broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage

all nuts and seeds

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In my days in Europe I use to cook these "low residue diets" for patients in hospitals.

God bless you on this 2008 Easter and wishing you, my very warmest and best regards to your life ahead.

Yours truly

Kan Win