gas pains right side?

yes. Remember how when your boys were little you could massage their guts to relieve gas pain? You can do the same for yourself. Move that gas in a clockwise motion - from the lower right, up across your belly and then down the left side. I do this at night when I'm on my back in bed. I can often feel the lump of stool in my transverse colon on the right side.

I don't know about back pain, but remember that the gut is full of nerves and often pain can be "referred" elsewhere. I personally love how you can get shoulder pain after a colonoscopy or laparoscopy because of the gas they put in your pelvis.

Back pain is also often due to muscle spasms from poor posture, poor fitness or even stress. I had a muscle spasm in my shoulder once that froze me up completely. While getting a massage for it my massage therapist pointed out that this particular muscle group was the one used in a backhand swing. He felt that people got spasms there when they were suppressing the urge to slap someone. I thought about it and then realized - yep! I was so mad at my boss that I wanted to slap him, LOL. I worked on the emotional side of that problem and my shoulder got a lot better.

Glad to hear you are moving forward with counseling.

I get right sided pain when my bowels are backed up. It doesn't hurt to touch my side but I feel pressure and spasms in the bowel and that hurts.

Right sided pain that is palpable (hurts when you touch it) is something your DR should be working on.