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Posted 5/31/2023 11:44 AM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone. I'm new here and I want to share my problem. I have experience heartburn and had an endoscopy 3years ago. Showed gastritis and had a very slow recovery through endo didn't show esophagitis I felt all the symptoms of her. After a year I felt better and after another one I got really bad. Chest pain and pain while swallow. Went to my doctor and he said there is no need to do endoscopy again. Started medicine for 4 weeks now and I must say that my pain got a little better but I have lost weight and I'm hungry all the time so yesterday I ate and I felt pain again when swallowing. I got so afraid again and I start to be super careful with my diet again. I'm afraid for esophagus cancer and I don't know what to do. I should ask again for endoscopy? Please if someone can advise me. Should I wait I little longer? My chest pain was all day now not so much and my swallowing pain was so bad now not so but still there.
Posted 5/31/2023 3:53 PM (GMT 0)
Unfortunately, if you aren't consistent with your diet, and keeping a food diary to try and pinpoint your potential trigger foods, acid reflux can keep reappearing. Since your last scope only showed gastritis, your doctor will probably be reluctant to schedule another endoscopy. Once side effect of acid reflux can be hunger pangs. Make sure you look up an GERD-friendly diet, you will probably be surprised what foods you shouldn't eat. You need to give yourself more time. Also anxiety can cause issues with swallowing, or a feeling of a lump in your throat - it's called globus sensation.

I will tell you that this Forum is incredibly slow and you may not receive any responses.

Sharon
Posted 5/31/2023 6:09 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you so much for your response. I'm worried for esophagus cancer. Is it enough that I had endoscopy 3years ago? Is it possible for me to get cancer in 3 years? I'm worried because I have pain in chest and pain when swallow. I also have a bad heartburn. I will do my best to take care of me and my diet so I don't feel pain. I want to get better. 4 weeks I'm in pain. How long will it take..
Posted 5/31/2023 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
There's no timetable. Some people suffer from acid reflux for long periods of time. You only had gastritis on your last endoscopy, and your doctor saw no signs of anything suspicious. If you are concerned, get a second opinion. You also need to be aware that NSAIDs, alcohol and stress can cause systems to become worse.

Sharon
Posted 6/1/2023 10:20 AM (GMT 0)
I'm so anxious about esophagus cancer. I'm 34now but when I was 18 I started vomiting and having bulimia and being anorexic. From time to time I did vomit a lot and now I'm so anxious if I have done so bad to myself. I don't know why I did that but when I had the endoscopy all was fine except my gastritis. But the hole thing with my pain when I swallow and the pain in chest and the heartburn is making me so anxious and thinking only the bad thing. All over the internet says esophagus cancer with the symptoms I'm having.
Posted 6/1/2023 11:10 AM (GMT 0)
Elli12:

Just relax - please don't try and self-diagnose with Dr. Google as there is a lot of misinformation out there. I can Google just about any symptoms and they will basically diagnose you as having some sort of cancer. Your last endoscopy showed only gastritis, and no evidence that there was anything else going on. At this point, I'm sure your anxiety is causing/making your symptoms worse. Anxiety can also cause swallowing issues. You may want to speak to someone about helping you to get your anxiety under control As for the pain in your chest, for your own piece of mind, please see a cardiologist for testing.

Sharon
Posted 6/2/2023 7:46 AM (GMT 0)
I have seen a cardiologist and everything is fine. I used to have palpitations but they gone after a year and a half it was really bad. I have much anxiety but it's all because I'm afraid of having cancer and because I'm still in pain when i eat. I think I will visit another one doc for my symptoms in my esophagus and I will see if he tells me that I need another endoscopy. I will give him my last to see. I thinks another one endoscopy is the only way for me to calm down. Now I'm so anxious everytime I have to eat. I don't want to be in pain any more. I'm tired. I try not to show my family.
Posted 6/5/2023 10:35 AM (GMT 0)
I think getting your anxiety under control is your key to your feeling better. IMO, having another endoscopy is a bandaid until your health anxiety kicks in again and you start worrying about having cancer again. Good luck, and hopefully your insurance will approve another endoscopy.

Sharon
Posted 6/8/2023 10:45 AM (GMT 0)
Came from doc. He checked me and told me that it may is esophagus spasms.gave me a medicine that helped instantly. I was shocked. He asked me though about heart palpitations. If u have etc I told him I'm having constantly and he said he caught 2 while checking me and wants to see if the medicine will help them. I asked him and he said palpitations may gave me all these symptoms but we will see. I have check my heart so many times during all these years. My palpitations started when I got gastritis and they were really bad for over a year. When they suddenly stopped I think when I said OK you can't hurt me. I'm so afraid of them still but they used to rule my life. It's hard if you feel them all day. But now I'm concerned. Why I'm still having and how they connect with my esophagus problem. I will go next week again to check.
Posted 6/8/2023 12:14 PM (GMT 0)
did you ask your doctor to check your vitb12, and VitD. I used to have really bad heart palpitations and it gave me a hell anxiety. My gastro prescribed Vitb12 and d supplements and after about 15 days usage my palpitations were gone. i dont know if the cause due to vitamin deficiency but somehow it worked. so do consult with your doc. i still feel palpitations but rarely. and yes it may be related to muscle spasms.
Posted 6/8/2023 12:56 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you so much for your answer!! Yes I believe he will describe me to check everything next week. I'm so thankful to find a doctor to understand me and want to listen to me it's so important. He got everything he knew what I felt I'm so amazed. Wherever I went they were not feeling me that's what I felt. He is so kind. I'm having lack of iron because of my period and now I have lost weight so I will check them all. I used to feel every heart palpitation it's so scary all day feeling that your heart stops every few heart beats. Sometimes it was so strong that it was really bad. I even felt it in my sleep and it was waking me up in agony. I'm so scared of them. I think they relate with stomach issues.
Posted 6/8/2023 1:08 PM (GMT 0)
Good Luck with your checkup
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