My mother just had a much needed colonoscopy. Her problem has been very infrequent bowel movements. Her family doctor was prescribing all sorts of medications that were supposed to give her some relief but nothing worked. The OTC stuff didn't help either. I kept encouraging her to get a colonoscopy because it sounded to me like something was blocked and it needed to be checked out. FINALLY, her family sent her to a GI and she had the colonoscopy yesterday.

She had one polyp biopsied but the doctor said it looked like nothing (I still always worry). She was also told that she has Divericulitis and a slightly twisted colon. He said that the twisted colon was causing the constipation. He also said there wasn't anything they could do to fix it and suggested that my mom change her diet to include more fruits, veggies and fiber (which is what I have been telling her for months). She thinks that she can take metamucil one time and it should make her go. I tell her it doesn't work that way.

I guess I also learned that you can have Divericulitis w/o pain. I assume that it eventually would have led to pain but I always assumed that Divericulitis always causes immediate intense pain. I guess she is in the beginnnig stage of Divericulitis.

Anyway, thought I would share that info. Anyone else been diagnosed with a twisted colon?

My 95-year-old grandmother, in a nursing home, got sick as a dog one day. The only option was to take her to surgery. The whole family was thinking a cancer reccurance and that it was all over. There was a kink in her intestine that may have been there since birth. She lived for another year and a half.

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Thanks for the response. My mom also told me that she was told that she has ulcerative colitis. So that make divericulitis, colitis and a twisted colon. I sure hope she listens to the me and the doc in regards to making the appropriate changes to her diet.

I also have a twisted colon but it doesn't cause much of a problem if I keep my diet high in fiber and take Metamucil every night.
I have Diverticulosis which is painless unless food becomes impacted and infected and causes Diverticulitis which is always very painful and may result in needing surgery. Diverticulosis means there are pouches or pockets in the intestine where food may become caught and cause infection. When that happens it's called Diverticulitis.

You are right, she has diverticulosis and not -litis. I have been saying -litis but she hasn't been in pain like what is caused by -litis. She has areas that I believe are vulnerable to infection if she becomes impacted. I have been on her about adding more fruits and veggies to her diet and to start supplementing w/ metamucil, benefiber or something. If she doesn't listen and she gets diverticulitis, she will listen then. However, I do think she is listening and wants to reverse her condition or at least prevent it from becoming worse. She bought some benefiber and she talked about buying healthier foods. I tols her to stay with the new diet and fiber supplemenation for at least a week or two to see what happens. If it helps, great and if not, more diet adjustments may be needed. I told her this won't correct itself overnight. Thanks for getting me on diverticulitis because I have been using the word interchangeably with diverticulosis w/ shouldn't be done.

I was diagonised this past week with a twisted colon. I went for my colonoscopy and the Doctor was not able to complete the procedure and I was sent to the Hospital for a Barium Enema. That was very scarry especially since I was still under sedation. They have now put me on Metamucil 2 times a day and 30 grams of fiber daily. I also was diagonsed with diverticulosis 12 years ago. My doctor said my colon was not twisted by lack of fiber. The last colonoscopy I had 8 years ago detected my colon was pinched then. The very last thing I want to happen is to have to wear a bag. Is anyone else as scared of that as I am?

I have.

I was diagnosed with a twisted colon due to the fact of overuse of OTC meds, ex: PEPTO BISMOL, AMMODIUM AD, etc. - years ago I had an ulcer when I was teenager....check out my post MEGACOLON. (it explains it)