Hello. I'm a 39 year old female with a history of anxiety and a self-diagnosed hypochodriac.....For the past 6 weeks, I've had pain on my left side, mainly up and to the left of my belly button, under my left ribs, and around to the back. I've had a lot of gas I can hear on my left side, and my bowel movements have been very loose, where they pretty much just break apart in the toilet bowl and then look like diarreah. There is no blood in them, but occassionally mucos. I had something similar about 4 years ago, had a stool test done, and an abdominal ultrasound. My doctor at the time said it was probably IBS or diverticulitis. 2 weeks ago, I had blood taken and an abdominal CT scan. The doctor said that I again, have diverticulitis and prescribed two antibiotics, both of which I took according to the strict guidelines, yet they did not help one bit. I still have the pain, the loose bowels, and I've lost about 5 pounds in 2 weeks, probably just from all the anxiety I feel over this. I went back to the doctor who could offer no other insights and am now scheduled for a colonoscopy in about 4 weeks. I'm wondering if you can help shed any light on this for me. Do CT scans misinterpret diverticulitis? Or is it pretty recognizable? In reading about diverticulitis, my symptoms just don't seem to match up. My family has no history of digestive problems, and I'm wondering how likely it is that this may be something serious like colon cancer. Thank you for your comments.