My dad had diverticulitis for a few years and the last year of his life was suffering with water infections or so the doctors thought. He was down for an operation but then they found out he had pancreatic cancer. They also found out he had bowel cancer then had a perforated bowel so it was a shock when they said they couldn’t do anything more. He lasted 5 days. I miss him so much it’s really hard to carry on without him. I wish the doctors could have done more and diagnosed it sooner.