At 1:30 in the morning on Sept. 29th I awoke to a sharp pain in my left side. I got out of bed and couldn't stand straight from the pain. I managed to make through the night, but the severe pain persisted and my wife took me to the doctor the next morning.
After a brief exam he said it sounded like Diverticulitis, a condition where a weak spot develops in the colon and that spot gets infected...a simple explanation. Being life-long scuba diver, the irony of the conditions name didn't escape me, nor the many diver friends I have.
He sent me to the hospital to have a CAT scan to confirm his suspicions and after spending the majority of the day in the emergency waiting room, I finally had the scan and yes, the diagnosis was correct...of course, Dr. Williams is the best!
If things are bad enough, they will have to do surgery to remove the damaged area of the colon, fortunately for me, it appears I may be avoiding that and will be sent home sometime tomorrow.
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