I suspect I have diverticulitis. Can you help me? Yesss. I

If you have active diverticulitis, you would need to be prescribed pain medicines, antibiotics and given fluids as needed,

How can I help you in an online chat?

Warm regards

Apologies for the delay,

Regards

JustAnswer is a professional Q n A website and does NOT provide prescription meds or offline consults,

Diverticulitis is treated using diet modifications, antibiotics, and possibly surgery. Mild diverticulitis infection may be treated with bed rest, stool softeners, a liquid diet, antibiotics to fight the infection, and possibly antispasmodic drugs

If you do not feel better, you need to go back to the GP and ask for a review,

Please let me know how I can be of further assistance,

Cheers

I can appreciate your frustration,

Unfortunately, I do have other clinical duties as well, hence the response can be delayed at times.

That being said, my goal is your satisfaction.

Let me try to break this up so that I can provide a better reply

• Symptoms of diverticulitis can take a few days to respond - so if you are feeling a little better, you are probably on track
• The antibiotics being used are VERY GOOD and appropriate in this situation
• Black stools, while being a cause of concern, again if they appear to be reducing in frequency or severity, they need to be monitored. 
• WARNING SIGNS if the Black stools  have become worse, with increasing  pain, fever, worsening appetite and generally FEELING worse, then you need to go back

Warm regards

:)

I am glad to be able to help out. If any part of my response is unclear, please let me know.
If you would like to ask me another question in the future, you can add me as a favorite Expert.
It’s my goal to deliver excellent service, so please let me know if there is anything more I can do. Thank you for using our site.
Warm regards