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Re: Diverticulitis after hysterectomy I didn't have diverticulitis after surgery, but about 1-1/2 years later I had an intestinal bleed. Not sure if the diverticulitis caused it or if diverticulitis was a result of it - I'd gotten very chilled and dehydrated the day before, and that may have caused an episode of ischemic colitis.
Lauren Streicher, M.D. Gynecologic Specialists of Northwestern, S.C 680 N. Lake Shore Dr., Suite 117 Chicago IL 60611
Diverticulitis typically presents with a cycling fever. In any case, what is your DR recommending that you do now? Obviously this isn't the time to do a colonoscopy since with everything inflamed in there the colon is very easily punctured, so I understand that you have to wait for that.
Feb 2007 ended up in emergency room with a diagnosis of acute diverticulitis on my right side (which was causing the severe pain) and while running the CAT scan they found a 6cm cyst on my left ovary. My CA-125 came back at 1598 (normal being like 0-30).
Wow, I feel like an idiot!! I have been in the hospital for 2 days getting treatment for Diverticulitis (IV antibiotics), a CAT SCan, blood work and not to mention the bills! When these news reports come on TV, etc. they sure never said how severe estrogen withdrawl could be for someone without their ovaries.
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It turns out I had diverticulitis and my colon had perforated - but it had abscessed, containing the infection in one spot on the outside of the colon and essentially saving my life. I had most of my colon removed a year later because of the extent of the damage done by the diverticulitis, which recurred *on* my first "hysterversary".
Lori Warren, M.D. 3900 Kresge Way Suite 30 Louisville KY 40207 502-891-8700: Joseph S. Valenti, M.D. 2805 S. Mayhill Road
I had diverticulitis about a month after my hysterectomy. They can't do a colonoscopy while you have an infection because of the risk of puncturing the colon with the camera (during an infection the inflamed walls get thinner), but a couple of months later, when things had settled down, I had a colonoscopy to survey the extent of the damage.
Antonio Gargiulo, M.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital 75 Francis Street Boston MA 02115 617-732-4222: Debra Richardson, M.D.