Okay, so after the pain, the ct scan, the endoscopy and the colonoscopy(sp?) the doc decided I have this condition. Now I'm told to eat high fiber. Is that all I can do? There's no infection so no Rx for anything. I am now having to eat about a half cup of raisins with a high fiber cereal for breakfast, etc, a couple of kinds of fiber food at every meal in order to avoid pain about 30 min after eating. Is that about normal? I am having a hard time believing this is what's wrong because I always ate plenty of fiber foods anyway just not to this high degree prior to the diagnosis. The pain area is consistent with the diagnosis but I have never taken or needed any kind of laxative in my life and they tried to tell me that being constipated a lot is what causes this to happen to the colon. The pain is much worse since I had to prep for that colon procedure. That's horrible, never doing that ever again! I was told that I needed to have it done yearly. That's not going to happen no matter how bad the pain gets. I'd rather hurt! Taking that laxative, starving myself and then having to drink that horrible purging solution...no , never again! I was dizzy and vomiting and in constant pain. So can this be managed effectively with the high fiber diet alone if it doesn't progress into diverticulitis?