Pain and worry Barrett’s possible
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hi all my name is sean im 36 white bristish male... i have been suffering tremendously for years with stomach pain...
i have been told i have hiatus hernia and half a centermenter of barretts, thos was 4 years ago.. i am due to have another test done under general to investigate... i suppose i am scared to death of cancer and thinking the worse. my diet and habits have never been great .
so i have constant preasure in my stomach center below chest and the pressure feels like its pressung on my throat.... i have had scans kn my throat and cam down my nose and all was fine, all my blood tests come back normal ... when i take a deep breath i can feel thr pressure all up my osophagus into my throat. it becomes very tight and almost like a copper taste on my mouth...
i am taking opeprasol 40mg daily,
i am constantly burping my chest feels up with air i need to turn on my left side to release gasses.... my osophagus feels very tender.. i feel very odd. dizzy not with it... the worry has made me anxiouse depressed amd fearful of cancer and death ....my poor kids whitness this.... please someone help me with advice anyone same problems that has had reaults good results fixable ? anyones storys.... i had been told 4 years ago i had 1/2 cm barretts would this have progressed ?
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scarymonster Sean2018
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Hi Sean, sorry to hear of your troubles.
While I do not suffer a hiatus hernia I do have barretts (diagnosed 5 years ago, 3 scopes since with no progression). I did also go through the same stress and anxiety and only after learning about the condition did I calm down and bit, change my diet and the way I ate, take my meds and things settled down.
I am a little older than yourself, diagnosed at 47, my youngest son was 2 and I was so much in love with being around him and enjoying life, it was just before Christmas I had my scope. I was sooooo stressed thinking this is it.....
Yes it is still a pain sometimes if I sit of lye wrong I get some painful reflux but for the main I have no problems. I was on 40mg omeprozole but have been on 20mg for sometime now and often take some peptac before bed just to keep things down a bit.
Barretts if very slow to progress hence the gap between checks/scopes, and it really is a lot more dangerous undiagnosed as in time, if progression happens it goes unnoticed. Once we are diagnosed the checks watch for any slow progression so it can be 'zapped' before it gets dangerous. I have 2cm barretts and it has not changed in 5 years. Fingers crossed it remains that way. Really, being diagnosed and checked we are the lucky ones.
Hopefully once you have been checked and they can put your mind at ease you can work on the stress and anxiety and some of the other possibly stress related symptoms may reduce.
btw, I also had terrible stomach issues, was checked for celicac as I noticed it was a lot worse after wheat related foods. It came back negative but I seem to have a bad reaction to wheat based foods. I've been wheat free for a few months now and my stomach issues have resolved mostly. I did also cut out most lactose (I have lactose free milk but still each cheese etc). Maybe keep a food diary and see if you can pin it down.
All the best
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