hi im sure after reading all these posts that alot of you have left sided pain.have any of you had a feeling of twitches or like the bowel is spasming, like some one is taking a hot cigarrete on and off in one spot,sounds silly and hard to explain.but something is going on there.had a barium enama done and nothing came up.sometimes it happens after a bowel movement if i have been constipated and had to push, but have felt it other times to one time in the middle of the night.my whole left side feels wierd and when i push on it it hurts.and some times if i push there i can here trapped gas moving,also have alot of leg pains mostly left.not sure if its bowel or ovary, wicth can cause same symptoms.love to hear from anyone if they can relate to what im talking about has gone on and off for years but is at a all time high this last year.have had my ovary checked before was fine also im waiting for another ultrasound soon.really starting to get paifullthanxs for listening,,,,tammy

I wouldn't say a hot cigarette with me but on the left side, following the path of the descending colon. Like you I had a B/E which came up clear. Spastic colon is, after all, one one of the eufemisms for IBS. For me it is more of a drilling ache, but it first introduced itself with a couple of stabbing pains in the sigmoid colon. The drill has been a bit higher up for the last few days. I am about to begin experimenting with foods to see which are the worst. There are a whole bunch of IBS diets on the Web to try. Some women have success with Zelnorm.

For so long I have been thinking something was wrong with my left ovary. Is that what a lot of people (I guess women out there) are feeling, that it is right close to where your ovary would be? I know that there are times that my gyn will touch my left ovary and there isn't anything wrong, but that area is very tender. My left-sided pain I can actually feel like something is traveling down my I guess colon and then it gets to a certain point on the left side and then I double over in pain.