On another forum I posted my question about whether or not the fact that
the sigmoid colon was pulled over to the right side and stuck to the
pelvic wall would effect how easily a colonoscopy could be done. The
doctor confirmed what I suspected, that is that a sigmoid colon in this
position could very well affect how easily the endoscopist could pass
the scope. He/she might not know what the problem was,and just get a
nonspecific impression that there was something out of the ordinary. A
GI doc did a colonoscopy on me Jan 1998, which was followed by a lap 2
months later. At this lap, the adhesions around the sigmoid colon were
left in place, which hid the fact that the sigmoid colon was pulled over
to the right. I ended up having another lap 6 months later to correct
this. Maybe if the GI doc had followed up on the possible reasons why
the colonoscopy was causing me such pain (so they tell me, I remember
nothing) they would have investigated this at the time of the FIRST lap
and spared me the second. Maybe a colo-rectal surgeon should be the one
doing the colonoscopy instead of a GI doc? This is very discouraging.