How much time does it take to recover from diverticulitis?

??: If patient did not have surgery than when pain is gone and normal bowl movement starts and pt. Feels better. After surgery it depends how surgery was performed.

Depends: on many factors as diverticulitis can be very minor and treated as an outpatient with diet modification, pain medications and oral antibiotics to as severe as life-threatening requiring surgery and life-support. In general, most persons get significantly better after several days of treatment initiation but may take several weeks till they feel close to normal.