# Diverticulitis/osis: Anyone Had'/Have This? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448 "2017-07-17T00:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/1 "2017-07-17T00:50:20Z")
And how are you treating yourself diet-wise? I ask, because Thursday and Friday I was awake for 48 hours doing nothing but belching. Every now and then I’d get a sigh for which I am eternally grateful, but then I’d go right back to the burping. As some of you may know, my wife has had a stroke and I am her only caregiver, which puts me into a real bad situation when **I** get sick enough to go to the ER. So will you share your story with me, help keep me well and be able to take care of my lovely “Madondra”? Her name is actually just **Dondra** , but I call her that to tease her. Seriously. Help me out here if you can. That was a scary two days for me. Thank You Bill (Quasi) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/2 "2017-07-17T01:21:08Z")
**Moderator Action** Since this concerns a real life health issue and seeks experiences and advice, it is better suited to IMHO. Moving thread from GQ to IMHO. And best of luck to you, Quasi. I hope you find the help you need. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/3 "2017-07-17T01:56:03Z")
I had the osis but with one of the pouches torn and some bleeding as a result. It is something that runs (sorry) in my family so it didn’t catch me totally by surprise. It did take a short stay in the hospital for me and a colonoscopy but no big deal in my life situation. I have avoided nuts for the most part and other seeds and I’ve been fine since. What are you basing the diagnosis on? I don’t usually relate belching and that/those conditions. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/4 "2017-07-17T02:40:56Z")
It runs in my family as well. I’ve been checked for it a few times, but the symptoms have always been traced to some other GI issue. Like **kopek** , I don’t associate what you’re describing with diverticulitis/osis. Why do you think that is your underlying problem? I know you had some other GI issues recently and a bunch of tests. Did you get any diagnoses from those? Please don’t share any personal or confidential information that you do not want to. I am asking because I wonder if a different issue might be causing your symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/5 "2017-07-17T06:50:53Z")
Point taken, guys. I reckon we vets do a lot of self-diagnosing, seeing as how the local hospitals/ER’s don’t really want to look at or diagnose us too much, being as how the government is getting reeeaal slow about paying for those services. So what happens is, you get guys like me who’ve had a little medical training (well, not _that_ thorough, I guess. I was a respiratory therapist in civilian life and a cross trained medic in the USAF) and we start reading up on some stuff, and since no one seems to be listening, here comes me: Just a self-diagnosin’ away. I thought about IBS, and I also thought they might have missed seeing a pouch or another sign of divert when they did the endo/colo recently, but my primary care doc says, no they didn’t, and I trust her a lot more than I have trusted some others. As, I said: point taken, and later today, I’m calling my mental health doc and ask her to look at _all_ my meds, including the ones _she_ gives me, and ask her if any of the meds interact unfavorably with each other? The other thing I was thinking was “a bad case of nerves”. I **do** spend a lot of sleepless night-time hours listening out for my wife who forgets she’s supposed to ring her bell when she wants to go to the bathroom, and, with the recent death of our only son, I don’t see _her_ mental health improving anytime soon. So yeah. I’m beginning to see that thin sliver thread startin’ to stretch a little more every day. When you say that last sentence to yourself, please say it in the voice of Mr. **Ben Johnson** , one of favorite “cowboy” actors/philosophers. Thanks, y’all and much love from the Quasis - only the two of us now to take care of each other. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/6 "2017-07-17T13:46:15Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > . > > The other thing I was thinking was “a bad case of nerves”. I **do** spend a lot of sleepless night-time hours listening out for my wife who forgets she’s supposed to ring her bell when she wants to go to the bathroom, and, with the recent death of our only son, I don’t see _her_ mental health improving anytime soon. > > SNIP > > Thanks, y’all and much love from the Quasis - only the two of us now to take care of each other. No problem, brother. We love you right back. I’m thinking it could be nerves bring on a sort of acid/acid reflux type of thingy. Mine is more a type of heartburn than burps but when the Old Wench was having her health issues and tests (her diagnosis/condition ranged from bad to don’t-buy-any-green-bananas) I had a like reaction. See what the Doc says and play it from there. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/7 "2017-07-17T15:49:22Z")
Hugs from here. I’m so sorry to hear about your son. I hope you and your doc get things figured out. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/8 "2017-07-17T15:58:02Z")
Diverticulosis, but no health issues. I make sure I get plenty of fiber and I have to have a colonoscopy every five years instead of ten (though that may be because they once found a benign polyp). ---
**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:** [July 17, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/9 "2017-07-17T16:29:30Z")
**Quasi** , I have no idea about the belching, but I wanted to say I’m sorry about your son. You and Mrs. Q have been through a lot. I hope you figure this out. Hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448/10 "2017-07-17T16:38:36Z")
Forgot to _appease_ one of the Three is all I can figure, **Helena**. But thanks for the kind words. They are always welcome. Q