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31-10-20, 09:50
25,male. I had an upper GI endoscopy a year ago because of recurring nausea. It showed mild chronic gastritis and GERD, negative h. pylori. I didnt start treatment because I was so happy to not have cancer that I totally dismissed it. Half a year ago I got diagnosed with thyroid cancer and I had the surgery a month ago. Anyways, 5 days ago while I was eating, I felt the lower part of my esophagus move/contract/transfer food to stomach and I panicked. It just felt off and now I'm worried about esophageal or stomach cancer. Is it even possible to develop one a year after a clear upper endoscopy? I've read that the intestinal type grows pretty slow but young people like me tend to get the diffuse type, which grows faster I guess. Sorry but I'm just really anxious now, one cancer is enough for me. I know that my anxiety is irrational, I even checked cancer databases and there's on average 7 stomach cancer male diagnoses annually in 20-29 age group, and there's about 3 million males in 20-29 age group in my country, which translates to 1 in 430000 young males getting that cancer each year, which is low but still I'm scared and anxi