Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
Michelle, please call your doctor or go to the ER. Your symptoms are the exact same kind I had when I had my first diverticulitis attack. I don't mean to scare you, but the only "cure" is a course of antibiotics to kill the infection. In the ER, they'll do a catscan and spot it immediately. They'll also give you a shot for the pain.
I too am a "D", but I also have diverticulosis which I did not know I had until I got the attack, and, like I said, my symptoms were EXACTLY those you describe. People with diverticulosis don't know they have it until an attack like yours breaks out (which is then diverticulitis).