We all got the news yesterday through an e mail. For an unknown reason (The economy? ) AOL is going to discontinue HomeTown and Journals as of the end of this month. There is a mad rush to their FTP (File Transfer Protocol) site so I can't get in to transfer to another blog site, possibly Google's, but I will at a convenient time copy and paste the text on this site to my private journals on my computer.
I searched out the difference between Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis, this morning. It is possible that I only had pain because of the peanuts I over indulged in. It seems that Diverticulitis is more serious and requires a liquid diet and antibiotics. My All Bran regime would have been too painful, but then, I do have that high pain tolerance.
Diverticulosis is the condition which a colonoscopy discovered ten years ago. It is a condition of age in about 40 percent of the population, and usually does not cause pain. Perhaps the peanuts and popcorn the week before aggravated it. Diverticulitis does involve pain, and can develop into awful things that require antibiotics and surgery. Hopefully I am not in danger, but will keep an eye on things. Pain is a wonderful warning sign not to be ignored.
Whatever. I will keep an eye on this as I gradually go back to a less carbohydrate diet to suit my diabetes. With all the other doctoring I am doing, it won't be any trouble to get them working on this if it stops improving. But It is improving. Very little pain now, you will be happy to know. I even exercised yesterday with little or no pain. Well, have to go. Have a half hour to get beautiful and out the door.
This is probably not my last entry, but if I move I will post a forwarding address. Not sure I am ready to learn how to do Blogspace. A lot on my desk right now.
M.
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