abnormal endoscopy
I have been having a burning sensation in my chest, much like heartburn pain, and pain when I have eaten too much in my chest and back. These are symptoms of both esophageal cancer, and a stricture in the esophagus. Anyones experience would be greatly appreciated as my anxiety awaiting these results is like torture.
Laurie
Help! I too have this problem. 2001 roux-n-y and years of acid reflux which the surgery did not eliminate left me with some Barrett's and a patch of adenoid carcinoma. Today they did an EMR and took out the tumor. I am waiting until I get the full staging back in two days, however they think it extends into level two...so I may need chemo and surgery. One doc wanted to put my stomach in my neck, etc. another wants a milder version...and it is all quite frightening. Any advice would be appreciated.
Cancer is absolutely visible on endoscopy, but it isn't always evident to the endoscopist what it is. Gastritis isn't always easy to see.
So from what you are saying, there are two possibilities here:
1) The biopsy shows inflammation (gastritis)
2) the biopsy shows normal mucosa.
There is no reason to worry about cancer.
EDIT TO ADD
A very important thing to also take into consideration is the clinical situation. In your case the endoscopy was done as part of the work up on suspected IBS. This is a completely different situation than an endoscopy done as part of work up for symptoms raising more or less strong suspicion of cancer. The combination of suspected IBS and normal appearing endoscopy further support that cancer is not a diagnosis for you to worry about.