New here. Going for first visit in one hour

n50j361
n50j361 Member Posts: 3
in Esophageal Cancer #1
I've had difficulty swallowing white bread for 1 month now with no other symptoms until recent 2-3 days. Acid reflux and no appetite. I am so scared and hope that you will wish me luck with my first GI visit today. I hope to God it's nothing serious and I hope I won't be a steady reader/poster here.

Thanks in advance to everyone. God Bless and I pray that everyone on this board is feeling better today.

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  • megmacmd
    megmacmd Member Posts: 85
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    Hoping for the best
    Do hope you get good news and its just GERD or Barrets something treatable. Best ofluck megmac
  • megmacmd
    megmacmd Member Posts: 85
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    Great Advice
    As usual Bill you are soo wise and right on track with the advice. If I knew then what I know now I would have had an endoscopy with my colonoscopy at 50 given my history of severe GERD for my entire life Happy Holidays MegMac
  • BobHaze
    BobHaze Member Posts: 163 Member
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    megmacmd said:

    Great Advice
    As usual Bill you are soo wise and right on track with the advice. If I knew then what I know now I would have had an endoscopy with my colonoscopy at 50 given my history of severe GERD for my entire life Happy Holidays MegMac

    Scope both ends!
    When I was 55 my GI doc said it was time for a colonoscopy, and when I woke up he said he'd figured "as long as we have him on the table anyway..." and he'd done an endoscopy, as well. I'd had GERD for many years, and he found Barretts Esophagus and put me on Omeprazole. Then routine endoscopies every 3 years (that's all the insurance would pay for), and this year: Stage 1a EC. Since then, I've been telling all of my friends to get scoped, even if they have to lie to their doctor and say the have GERD even if they don't. I never had any symptoms (not even a hickup, lol), so if my GI hadn't been agressive and scoped me every 3 years, like so many others the first I'd have known I have EC would have been the day I couldn't swallow and was Stage IV.

    Bob
    T1aN0M0
    dx 8/3/11
    MIE 9/23/11
  • n50j361
    n50j361 Member Posts: 3
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    megmacmd said:

    Hoping for the best
    Do hope you get good news and its just GERD or Barrets something treatable. Best ofluck megmac

    GI doc looked down throat
    GI doc looked down throat with light and gently palpated lower and mid abdomen. He said not to be concerned with you know what--said doubtful. He did schedule upper GI scope for 12/23. Was curious that bread and other soft foods were getting stuck at pharynx and not lower. I did see ENT a month ago and he ruled out throat/tonsil cancer
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    n50j361 said:

    GI doc looked down throat
    GI doc looked down throat with light and gently palpated lower and mid abdomen. He said not to be concerned with you know what--said doubtful. He did schedule upper GI scope for 12/23. Was curious that bread and other soft foods were getting stuck at pharynx and not lower. I did see ENT a month ago and he ruled out throat/tonsil cancer

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