Question: Hi. I am a 38 yr old female. I had a major surgical injury last Aug, ureter was burned in removal of my right ovary, later that night it snapped. It was 7 weeks later the injury was caught. I had 5 liters of urine in my abdomen. Nephrostomy tube was started, urine drained from my abdomen and 2 months later a reconstructive surgery was done to reattach the ureter to the bladder.
Since that time I have struggled with health issues seeming to come up and I'm not sure if they are related or not. Either way this May I developed vestibular migraine which I never had at anytime in my life before. Now this November I began bleeding from my bowels, was admitted to hospital where cat scan and colonoscopy was done. The surgeon who did the colonoscopy diagnosed diverticula and said he thought I had di verticulitis. But he was not the gastro I had been given as my own. I was discharged from hospital with no treatment, and that was Nov 24. on Dec 16 I went to see my gastro who told me I did not have diverticula, and the doctor who did my colonoscopy thought I had an infection but at this point it wouldn't be worth treating. I had lost 20 pounds by Dec 16, and was feeling very sick. Instead of giving treatment he sent me home and said he would see me in 2 months. on Dec 23 I went to my family doc and read the operative report that stated I had diverticulitis. We began antibiotics and antifungals, liquid diet and pain killer. Also Began enema foam. I have now had 2 rounds of antibiotics and antifungals and the pain, symptoms don't stop. I have been referred to a new specialist , who did the colonoscopy, but don't see him until march. My bowels are always in pain on the left side, I have diarrhea regularly (daily up to 5 times) sometimes it's bloody. I swell up in my abdomen and the pain can feel like it's burning. is this normal for thus disease? I am so new to this and health problems. until that injury my life was fine. now it feels like a never ending horror story. Help!

Hi Doctor. Thank you for responding.

I have uploaded the colonoscopy report, I do not have the blood test results. I have also uploaded an image of the pathology of where they did find some inflammation in the colon, otherwise those results were normal. It's why I only took a picture of that portion of the report.

Since I asked you that question nothing has changed. If anything it seems to be getting worse. I've continued on the antibiotics, antifungals, pain killer and probiotics. Now though I find black mucus is coming with the diarrhea.

I hope the information is helpful. How long can one remain on a liquid diet? I try to eat low residue as well as I'm sure it isn't good to go for long period with no food. I don't react well when I eat though.