i would take the nurses advice!!!!! my brother has/had diverticulitus, he couldnt eat peanuts, or popcorn, also as it gets worse theres alot more you cannot eat. he was getting where he could not eat breads anymore or limited amounts.
he had is diagnosed for 4-5 years, progressiveley got worse over time, came a point where they told him get the surgery to fix it on his own with some planning and the survival rate would be good, with no bag, or wait til a sever inflamation and have emergency surgery, where the bag, and decreased survival rate, he just had his fixed last week, 12 inches of intestine removed.....ouch!!! he was not to happy.......
he was going through a jumbo bottle of fiber pills often