I am a 58-year-old WF, weight 147, height
5'2". A couple of weeks ago I went to the
GI doc for left-sided pain and he is
treating me for diverticulitis. Also at
that time, I was quite constiptated and he
started me on a regimen of Miralax,
enemas, and Dulcolax to get things moving.
They finally did but now I have this hard
full feeling below my breast bone. I can
pass flatus but it still feels so hard
there and makes me miserable. I am, of
course, on a 14-day course of 2
antibiotics of which I have 2 days left.
Is this from the diveritculitis,
constipation, or something new I need to
have investigated? Also, I had an
abdominal x-ray this week by my urologist
who was checking on a kidney stone. If
something were abnormal, would he have
detected it on that film? Thanks so much.
Which 2 antibiotics do you take and why?
Pain under the breast bone could be due to
the constipation but there could be other
possibilities too.
How did your doctor diagnose your
diverticulitis? By colonoscopy?
X-ray can visualize the kidney stones but
can't see the intestines except for the
gas inside them.
