A Flare-Up

Today I’ve suddenly been struck with a diverticulitis flare-up. At about 4pm, I started feeling twinges and then it hit like a ton of bricks - harder and more painful than ever before. The day before my birthday, and I thought I was going to spend my birthday night in hospital.

As it is, I’ve recovered a bit since then and I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to eat something non-soup-based tomorrow.

I ate a couple of mouthfuls of something spicy at lunch (it wasn’t even mine - I just had a taste) and I’m hoping that that was it. Otherwise, I’m going to have to join the dots on the fact that it’s the Easter holidays and my last flare-up was during the February half-term holidays. Being chronically incapable of looking after my own children during the holidays is just not a condition that I’m willing to entertain having.

So let’s hope it’s over quickly and let’s hope it was the spice.