motherof3girlies
03-01-17, 04:40
Since March of 2015 I have had stomach/GERD issues, I have had three scopes done and all were clean. My last scope was literally 3 weeks ago. Here is what's bothering me now. There is someone in our town that was just diagnosed with stomach cancer at the age of 33 (I'm 34). She had bad stomach pains this past summer and they told her she had h pylori, so they treated her. It wouldn't go away so they scoped her and said she had an ulcer, treated her for the ulcer and her pains got worse. She then finally went to a different GI and he scoped her and saw that her ulcer looked weird, took a biopsy and it was cancer. She then found out on Christmas Eve that it's stage 4. Horrible, absolutely horrible.
I was convinced in March of 2015 that I had stomach cancer or at least an ulcer. Because my symptoms were stomach pains, gawning feeling, burning, couldn't eat, nausea. It was horrible, and it's what actually started my HA. I got scoped and it was clear, no h pylori and my stomach looked perfect. There wasn't even any inflammation on the biopsy. I eventually got better but then the GERD started. So I had my second scope done in October of 2015 and again EVERYTHING was clear. No biopsy was taken because it looked clear. My GERD got better and I was good for about 8 months, then my GERD started acting up again and my GI scoped me 4 weeks ago, she took biopsy of my esophagus but not my stomach. My stomach looked clear yet again.
Don't you think she should have biopsy my stomach? I do get stomach pains here and there. I don't have the burning pain at all or nausea, I just have GERD issues with food going down slowly when I eat sometimes. I'm on a PPI.
What if I have cancer cells in the lining of my stomach but they just haven't done any damage yet? Shouldn't they biopsy every time? I'm so scared because I still get the stomach pains, there HAS to be a reason I get stomach pains, right?
I was convinced in March of 2015 that I had stomach cancer or at least an ulcer. Because my symptoms were stomach pains, gawning feeling, burning, couldn't eat, nausea. It was horrible, and it's what actually started my HA. I got scoped and it was clear, no h pylori and my stomach looked perfect. There wasn't even any inflammation on the biopsy. I eventually got better but then the GERD started. So I had my second scope done in October of 2015 and again EVERYTHING was clear. No biopsy was taken because it looked clear. My GERD got better and I was good for about 8 months, then my GERD started acting up again and my GI scoped me 4 weeks ago, she took biopsy of my esophagus but not my stomach. My stomach looked clear yet again.
Don't you think she should have biopsy my stomach? I do get stomach pains here and there. I don't have the burning pain at all or nausea, I just have GERD issues with food going down slowly when I eat sometimes. I'm on a PPI.
What if I have cancer cells in the lining of my stomach but they just haven't done any damage yet? Shouldn't they biopsy every time? I'm so scared because I still get the stomach pains, there HAS to be a reason I get stomach pains, right?