i had posted for my friend last week but got no responses so im not sure if its even in the right category but i will describe more symptoms of what she has been telling me. since early summer she has had the following, abdominal pain on left side by belly button, this pain never goes away and its tender to touch. she has been very very tired, she has been eating fine but said her bowel movements are darker than normal and now she informed me that sometimes there is mucus in her stool and that her bum is very itchy all the time. she also said she is burping a lot more than normal and feels very very bloated. she has gone to doctor after doctor. she hasnt had very many tests done just the usual, she goes for a barium on the 20th but someone told her it wont show if she has anything such as cancer which i think is false. she has had blood work done and all that said was she was anemic. she had xrays which came back fine. she is so worried she has some form of cancer but ive tried to explain it could be anything, even ibs. she is only 31 and has 2 kids. any info would be great