Well, I have the same problem, Diverticulitis and Type 2 diabetes + I am the carer for my wife (stage 3 cancer, post lung operation, now on chemo). I'm not sure I can answer your question completely but I can certainly relate to your situation and for me, its quite dark! I also suffer from tinnitus which is at times a bit isolating. I find walking helps, especially with a friend or two, or just anyone who will walk with you (assuming you can get out of the house that is)or failing that go alone and set a steps target. This will help move things on/around your system and reduce the propensity for stuff to get stuck. Additionally I use alcohol (sparingly)as I find this helps free things up, I do a couple of weekend nights in the pub, making my pint of beer last as long as I can and then one midweek night as well. I find that eases things a bit + I eat plenty of roughage and stuff like prune yogurts. I also change positions in bed as I feel things getting stuck to try and use gravity to help things allong. Sorry for all the graphic detail! - but it does work sometimes. However, I still get insomnia quite a bit with all the goings on and if I'm not careful I end up peeing glucose all night and realize straight away that I must cut right back on food and booze, which I do the very next day. My experience with Diverticulitis though is that it can delay bowel movements by up to 36 hours, so it's never the problem of the day in question but of the day before, that gets stuck in the system, so you need to always look ahead, especially at weekends and think to yourself on Saturday night, what am I planning to do on Monday, because that is when everything I just consumed might be giving me a hard time, so maybe now is not the time to indulge! Complicated! Anyway, I hope some of this helps...a problem shared is a problem halved. Good luck, Chris.