Was Diagnosed with Barretts Oesophagus In August 2013

I also am up for a recipe in November did you Dr make any mention of dyplasia I was told that's a key bit of info rather it's non or not I also have a hiatal hernai was not told the size the first time two years agos 

No I believe it is different 

Grade 0 is given to normal oesophagus with no macroscopic damage.

Grade 1 describes an oesophagus with a few areas of erythema, mucosal friability and contact bleeding. These are minor changes regarded as normal by some gastroenterologists.

Grade 2 oesophagitis has small superficial linear erosions. These tend to lie on the crests or tops of the mucosal folds and may have some surface exudate.

Grade 3 describes the condition when these erosions coalesce and join around the circumference of the oesophagus. A cobblestone appearance is created by islands of oedematous tissue between the erosions.

Grade 4 is characterised by extensive mucosal damage with deep ulcers. Strictures may develop, and where this happens there may be less damage above the stricture because the stricture forms a barrier to stomach acids.

these are the different levels 

I do not know the answer to that I was a combat medic in the military many years ago and I know just enough  to scare myself lol please contact your Dr for info in regards to your results 

Rob it took about two weeks u til I received my result the dr that did not even mention barretts to me it wasn't until when I went back to get my results from my PCP is when he told me that I had barretts according to the results ? I was shocked but have since 2  years ago seen a gastroenterologist and had a follow up endoscope at which time he told me I still had Barrett's of soffit guess with non-dysplasia but they cannot tell you that till after they get your biopsy results back and all non-dysplasia it means is that it is non-cancerous 

Rob all I can say is dont panic, esophagitus is to do with the top part and any part not egfected by the barretts it means that part is inflamed I have esophagitus grade 3 and have problems swallowing solid food when its bad, your barretts segment is low risk as its under 3cms, and did u have biopsies taken when they diagnosed barretts if not then no abnormal cells were found so no dysplasia and even if biopsies are taken from abnormal looking cells no dysplasia can be found sometimes, im high risk on 4 separate things which I don't know if that makes 4 times higher risk or just high risk lol, im fat, my barretts esophagus segment is 7cms anything over 3cms is high risk, my aunt died of cancer of the esophagus 2 yrs and 4 months ago and finally I do have dysplasia but I have low dysplasia that just means pre cancer but doesn't mean it will become cancer just abnormal cells that might become cancerous, so if u have 2cm segment with no dysplasia even if u r over weight your risk is very low hope this helps x

hi Rob, my GI doc told me not to take more than 1 x 40mg of esomeprazol per day because of side-effects? i recenlty returned to him after a month of 1 x day of 40mg, i have barrats diagnosed on 1/4/15. i only get back pains and up to the left shoulder usually during the day is worse funnilly enough, not that bad at night...i've read on this forum some people take 1 x 40mg, some take 2 x and now you have to take 4!? 

Hi I know it's been a while since your post, but I was just interested, did they recommend surgery? Have you had the Fundoplication?