Bowel obstruction CAUSED BY COLONOSCOPY???

I had a colonoscopy about 1.5 years ago at my doctor's recommendation,
since colon cancer runs in my family and he is very cautious about
things (I'm was only 28 years old at the time). I was not experiencing
any problems prior to the colonoscopy. However, within days after the
colonoscopy, I began experiencing problems passing my stool. i don't
want to say that I am constipated, as it feels like a partial blockage
or a twist in my intestine.

I've been to several doctors, and they are all treating my problem from
a constipation stand point, and everything they have given me does not
help. Sure, the laxatives will give me diarrhea and the stool will
pass, but it is still painful when it hits the lower left side of my
stomach.

At one point, I felt as though I was able to gently "massage" my lower
left side and I could actually feel the stool descend into the colon.
That has become almost impossible to do now. Shortly after the
colonoscopy, I chalked my problem up to the fact (in my head) that
things had to reorient or re-situate themselves in the intestines, and
that was the cause of the problem. After a few months, I went to my
primary care doctor and I've been to the hospital a few times. The
hospital was because I hadn't had a bowel movement in approximately 1
week and the stool had backed up into my small intestine, according to
the cat-scan that was done at the hospital. The Gastrointerologist
that I went back to ordered an abdominal ultrasound and some blood
work, all of which came back normal.

What I want to know is if the colonoscopy could have caused a problem?
I'm interested in knowing if maybe they "cut" an interior wall of my
intestine, which has since formed into a scar and is causing the
difficulty passing and the pain? According to the doctors, they've
tested me for Diverticulitis already (which the symptoms sound very
similar to) and it almost seems like the doctors have all given up or
don't have enough time to figure out the problem.

Please let me know any suggestions. Thank you!

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