# 3 days in hospital--I feel like Hell. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083 "2017-05-07T20:11:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/1 "2017-05-07T20:11:54Z")
Acute Diverticulitis. Fever of 104 degrees (Fahrenheit, for our Eurodoper friends). I was so feverish. Chills, confusion, terrible muscle weakness. I’m at home now, with ciprofloxacin hcl 500, & the generic Flagyl 500. Saturday was the free outdoors Jazz Fest on the town square. I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/2 "2017-05-07T20:23:46Z")
Diverticulitis sucks. I hope they’ve got you on the road to recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/3 "2017-05-07T21:04:48Z")
I’m sorry, **Bosda**! I’m on Flagyl, too, and Levaquin. I had horrible abdominal pain Thursday night and ended up in the ER. Had a CT scan and said there was “colon inflammation” and they couldn’t explain it. One theory is that I have pockets of chemo still in my body from the topical treatment I had in my abdomen and one of them burst. Holy crap, who would’ve ever thought that? My treatment was four years ago. I was due for my yearly CT scan, anyway, and got the news there were no signs of cancer. Made it worth it. I’m not actually sure why I’m on the antibiotics; I was a little fuzzy from the morphine. Anyway, I empathize with your pain! I hope you can tolerate yogurt to counteract the antibiotics and that you’re over this soon. ETA: Didn’t mean to make it all about me! I hope that’s not how I came off. United in gut pain, we are (yours was worse, though). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/4 "2017-05-07T21:17:22Z")
Just popping in to say I hope you get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/5 "2017-05-07T21:33:43Z")
Yikes! Feel better soonest, **Bosda**!! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/6 "2017-05-07T21:36:13Z")
That sounds nasty. It must have hurt like hell. I hope you are pleasantly on the mend. ---
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/7 "2017-05-07T22:03:23Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Acute Diverticulitis. > Fever of 104 degrees (Fahrenheit, for our Eurodoper friends). > > I was so feverish. > Chills, confusion, terrible muscle weakness. > > I’m at home now, with ciprofloxacin hcl 500, & the generic Flagyl 500. > Saturday was the free outdoors Jazz Fest on the town square. > I missed it. How long have you had diverticulitis? There is no cure for it. So you are mad that the hospital could not cure you. There no cure for it. If you have diverticulitis you have it for life. There is nothing the doctor can do. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/8 "2017-05-07T22:16:26Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > How long have you had diverticulitis? There is no cure for it. > > So you are mad that the hospital could not cure you. There no cure for it. > > If you have diverticulitis you have it for life. There is nothing the doctor can do. Where did he say anything of the sort? ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/9 "2017-05-07T23:31:41Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Acute Diverticulitis. > Fever of 104 degrees (Fahrenheit, for our Eurodoper friends). > > I was so feverish. > Chills, confusion, terrible muscle weakness. > > I’m at home now, with ciprofloxacin hcl 500, & the generic Flagyl 500. > Saturday was the free outdoors Jazz Fest on the town square. > I missed it. I hope you feel better soon. I had to have surgery to fix my Diverticulitis. Removed part of my colon. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/10 "2017-05-07T23:33:12Z")
Get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/11 "2017-05-07T23:37:30Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > How long have you had diverticulitis? There is no cure for it. > > So you are mad that the hospital could not cure you. There no cure for it. > > If you have diverticulitis you have it for life. There is nothing the doctor can do. Reported for being a jerk. Quoted to correct your false information. Diverticulitis is certainly curable in a vast majority of cases. Diverticulosis, on the other hand, is a more or less permanent condition barring surgical excision. If you don’t know the difference between the two then you should not be posting this kind of crap. ---
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/12 "2017-05-07T23:47:36Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Reported for being a jerk. > > Quoted to correct your false information. > > Diverticulitis is certainly curable in a vast majority of cases. Diverticulosis, on the other hand, is a more or less permanent condition barring surgical excision. If you don’t know the difference between the two then you should not be posting this kind of crap. The OP was not clear how long he had this before the OP gone to the hospital? The OP said 3 days in hospital–I feel like Hell. The OP never said what happen in the hospital or what they did. How long the OP had it and what was going on before and in the hospital. The OP was not clear what being upset about the sickness or lack of care in the hospital? Or wanting the hospital to do this or that. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/13 "2017-05-08T00:10:59Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > So you are mad that the hospital could not cure you… Where did the OP say or even imply that he was mad? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/14 "2017-05-08T00:26:47Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > How long have you had diverticulitis? There is no cure for it. > > So you are mad that the hospital could not cure you. There no cure for it. > > If you have diverticulitis you have it for life. There is nothing the doctor can do. This is out of line for this topic, don’t post in this thread if you’re going to make posts like these in it. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/15 "2017-05-08T01:48:35Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > The OP was not clear how long he had this before the OP gone to the hospital? > > The OP said 3 days in hospital–I feel like Hell. > > The OP never said what happen in the hospital or what they did. How long the OP had it and what was going on before and in the hospital. > > The OP was not clear what being upset about the sickness or lack of care in the hospital? Or wanting the hospital to do this or that. Everybody except you seems to be able to understand the OP just fine. The only thing he seems upset about is missing the Jazz Fest. Not everyone posting about a medical issue is bitching about something being done wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/16 "2017-05-08T10:21:20Z")
Ciprofloxacin and Levaquin (levofloxacin, I think) are industrial-strength antibiotics of the fluoroquinolone class, that can have dreadful and long-lasting (possibly permanent) adverse affects, sometimes including serious neurological and brain damage. I would refuse any such meds if there were any alternative, and maybe even if there wasn’t. I know of one patient who refused Levaquin and was offered Keflex instead, so that might be an alternative. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/17 "2017-05-08T13:31:14Z")
**Bosda** , if you are a chronic sufferer of diverticulitis, and your doctor suggests surgery at some point, ask him or her about laparoscopic colectomy. As the name implies, part of the bowel/colon is removed via minimally invasive surgery, and recovery is a bit faster (so I’ve been told) than traditional surgery via a long incision. Just a suggestion. Feel better soon! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/18 "2017-05-08T15:58:55Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I’m sorry, **Bosda**! I’m on Flagyl, too, and Levaquin. I had horrible abdominal pain Thursday night and ended up in the ER. Had a CT scan and said there was “colon inflammation” and they couldn’t explain it. One theory is that I have pockets of chemo still in my body from the topical treatment I had in my abdomen and one of them burst. Holy crap, who would’ve ever thought that? My treatment was four years ago. I was due for my yearly CT scan, anyway, and got the news there were no signs of cancer. Made it worth it. > > I’m not actually sure why I’m on the antibiotics; I was a little fuzzy from the morphine. Anyway, I empathize with your pain! I hope you can tolerate yogurt to counteract the antibiotics and that you’re over this soon. > > ETA: Didn’t mean to make it all about me! I hope that’s not how I came off. United in gut pain, we are (yours was worse, though). I’m sorry you’re suffering. In my case, the fever has left me confused, but yes, I’m out, & at home. Weak, but home. Luck to you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/19 "2017-05-08T16:00:02Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Reported for being a jerk. > > Quoted to correct your false information. > > Diverticulitis is certainly curable in a vast majority of cases. Diverticulosis, on the other hand, is a more or less permanent condition barring surgical excision. If you don’t know the difference between the two then you should not be posting this kind of crap. My thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083/20 "2017-05-08T16:01:43Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > **Bosda** , if you are a chronic sufferer of diverticulitis, and your doctor suggests surgery at some point, ask him or her about laparoscopic colectomy. As the name implies, part of the bowel/colon is removed via minimally invasive surgery, and recovery is a bit faster (so I’ve been told) than traditional surgery via a long incision. > > Just a suggestion. Feel better soon! Nobody has used the word chromnic yet. But thanks.🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-days-in-hospital-i-feel-like-hell/786083.md?page=2)