I've been informed by my wife who is an RN, if it would have burst that would be called a perforated diverticulitis... Good thing they got to it before that hoss... What don't kill ya...right!!
No, I wish the story was cooler than it was...I had diverticulitis...had a colon resection. They took about 16" of my large intestine and sewed it back together. It sucked.
@nikoniko: Oh yeah...this was years ago. It felt weird when my guts were settling cause I had more room in my abdomen! Oh the pain drugs! Great stuff I was on!