anxietyisreal
05-10-18, 04:39
I'm a 24 year old female with bad health anxiety/GAD... When I was a baby, I had bad acid reflux and had to sleep in a sling that kept me upright the first year I was born. Recently, I have had this irritated sore throat that won't really go away. I finally went to the ENT and he did the scope just down my throat a little bit and saw a lot of inflammation. He thinks that I have GERD and LPR. This was about a month and a half ago. I have totally changed my diet and lifestyle. Also, I am in shape and don't smoke that much unless in a social setting maybe once a month. I did drink a lot until recently because I've decided to deal with my mental health finally.
Anyway, I've been having these dull chest pains in my upper left chest area lately. I also burp up my food pretty much every time I eat even with the new diet! I'm so worried that I've had GERD my whole life without realizing it, and that now it's developed to esophageal cancer. I still have a sore throat too. I am making an appointment with a GI doctor but I'm kind of freaking out. I have pretty much every symptom of esophageal cancer! I don't know what to do but I can't think about anything else. I'm so worried. Could it just be GERD? What if I left my symptoms too long and it's cancer?
Anyway, I've been having these dull chest pains in my upper left chest area lately. I also burp up my food pretty much every time I eat even with the new diet! I'm so worried that I've had GERD my whole life without realizing it, and that now it's developed to esophageal cancer. I still have a sore throat too. I am making an appointment with a GI doctor but I'm kind of freaking out. I have pretty much every symptom of esophageal cancer! I don't know what to do but I can't think about anything else. I'm so worried. Could it just be GERD? What if I left my symptoms too long and it's cancer?