Hi, I have had severe pain and a lot of gas over the last month, the pain was on the left hand side, there was also continual dull pain on the right hand side, and a couple of days ago near base of sternum. I am mid 50s male, I had a CT scan recently, apparently I have diverticulitis throughout ascending colon. I was given a course of antibiotics. The pain went almost immediately, but after no bowel movement for 2 days, I passed a normal enough movement, but as I went to wipe myself, realised part of it was still there, and after trying to wipe it away and failing, pulled something out that was about 6 inches long, clear, and maybe a 1/4 of an inch wide, although it looked like it may have been folded over. It seemed very strong, re being able to pull on it