I was just diagnosed with a tortuous colon with a redundant transverse colon. I have had issues since I was a teen with severe abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation. Early on the severe episodes were infrequent and I seldom sought medical attention. Around 20 years ago it started getting much worse and with more frequent severe episodes. These ones were so painful that they would cause me to have symptoms of shock. I would usually vomit from the pain.
Over the last 10 years I had a 5 day NPO hospital stay that ended eventually with a polypectomy to remove one that was infected. That was my first colonoscopy. In the years since I have had 2 more by a different gastroenterologist. My 4th and most recent was yet another doctor who couldn’t visualize the entire colon because she couldn’t insert an adult scope the full length. I am 51 years old and female by the way. This time she ordered a sonogram and a barium X-ray that identified the problem that has made me pretty miserable for so long. Thank goodness. What I wonder is why this took so long? Why didn’t previous colonoscopies lead to this diagnosis?