Pain and Discomfort for 3 Weeks now

Hello All, I have recently posted a few things to get some input but this post is out of utter desperation!

For about 3 weeks now I have had pains in my lower left and lower right abdomen, in my flank area.  In addition I have been having a lot of bloating, gas both internally, burping, and also flatulence.  I have also not been moving my bowels well.  It feels like the more I push the tighter my intestines get, I almost feel like the feces is not dropping from my gut to my rectum.  When I push on my lower abdomen I hear and feel gas and liquid moving around (I've never had this before) the gas moves around like trapped bubbles.  I am actually able to force burps and rectal gas out by moving my body and or pressing on certain areas of my abdomen.  As the day goes on the symptoms get worse.

Last week I went to the hospital and had a CT Scan of the abdomen.  It showed  thickening of the sigmoid colon and mild pericolonic stranding- the conclusion was "could relate to acute colitis." 

I followed up with my GI Dr (who I have not been seeing very long) he disregarded all test results and basically said he felt the results were not accurate- implying the report was written subjectively for interpretation.  He told me he believes this is just IBS. 

I have had all kinds of stomach issues and, at this point, I don't even expect to feel 100% but I have NEVER had this.  I wholeheartedly feel something is wrong- something more than just IBS.  These pains to me are not normal. I don't know if this is constipation related (I am moving my bowls, just not averagely... in my opinion).

Any input is much appreciated as I am at the end of my rope.

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