Volvulus with collapsed intestines

Hi. I am 37 years old and a female. Just diagnosed with Volvulus. I have twisted and flopped over intestines in several places and they have also collapsed putting pressure on my bladder, colon and back.I feel weirded out by all this and alone as I have read this condition is very uncommon. Anybody who knows anything would help or who knows somebody who has gone through the same.Thank you.

[CalGal]

Hoodly, it's not really as rare as some think it is. It's happens a fair number of times, but in some cases it's transient and not caught easily. Basically, you've got one portion of the colon that's 'telescoped' into another portion adjacent to it and when that happens everything gets backed up and problems result. Is the doc suggesting surgery? What portion seems to be involved in the volvulus? It also sounds like you have a bit of redundancy, a section that's longer than what would be considered normal. Many people have that, but don't know about it until something goes amiss.