Julesbeachy
07-12-22, 18:25
Hi there. Please looking for any advice. I’ve had a lump feeling in my throat now for ten weeks. It actually wasn’t worrying me it was just annoying. So I rang the dr who said to increase my omeprazole from 20 to 40. I’ve been on omeprazole for 14 years now. When she said if it is no better in 4 weeks we will do an endoscopy. Now this is when my anxiety kicked in. I went from not being worried to full on anxiety. I’m now hyper aware of every sensation. Panicking what will be wrong with me if this feeling of a lump when I swallow Doesn’t go away. I’m trying to reassure that is just my acid reflux flaring up. And that the anxiety is making it worse. But now I keep thinking. All those years of having acid reflux what damage has it caused?. I’ve always taken a ppi. Never smoked. But I do gavd A few glasses of wine at the weekend and a Saturday night takeaway. But Have my ppi been enough to stop me getting oesophageal cancer or Barrett’s. I’m now 48. A bit overweight due to menopause stuff. But an on a diet and losing it again.
Do the ppi protect against long term problems like Barrett’s and cancer. Before the lump sensation. This never crossed my mind ever. So now I’m thinking back to all the times I ate badly and got a bit of heartburn. And times,,,Probably twice a year where it was really severe I couldn’t sleep properly.
What damage have I done. It doesn’t help that at the moment I’ve got dreadful earache. Headache cough and sinus pains. There is a virus going round at my work with same symptoms. But of course for me it just compounds my fears
Do the ppi protect against long term problems like Barrett’s and cancer. Before the lump sensation. This never crossed my mind ever. So now I’m thinking back to all the times I ate badly and got a bit of heartburn. And times,,,Probably twice a year where it was really severe I couldn’t sleep properly.
What damage have I done. It doesn’t help that at the moment I’ve got dreadful earache. Headache cough and sinus pains. There is a virus going round at my work with same symptoms. But of course for me it just compounds my fears