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Would I have been booked for a CT scan if doctor wasn't sure

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Hi everyone, I'm new to this but, I have been having trouble swallowing for a good while now and feel tired all the time, so the GP sent me for endoscopy on Wednesday. After the procedure, the doctor who did it and a nurse took me and my partner to a side room and said that she found something to cause concern in my esophagus and that everything would move quite quickly now. To be honest I kind of zoned out as she was talking because I was in so much shock, I think I'm still in shock. So I'm booked in for a CT scan Wednesday coming, she said they wanted to make sure it wasn't anywhere else. I suppose now I'm just terrified because I feel like I've been left in limbo. My mood is all over the place and I think I'm a bit in denial, but then she didn't actually say cancer. Would they have booked me in for a CT scan if they weren't sure? Also my biopsy still hasn't came back, so as I said, I'm in limbo and terrified. Has anyone else had this experience?

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    Hi, I was diagnosed back in September and when I was taken into a room they didn't use the word Cancer, it wasn't until my CT and biopsy came back to determine what type of cancer and what grade it was that they used the term Cancer.

    like I said the CT and biopsy determined the type and stage of the cancer.

    it's so scary playing the waiting game. Try and stay positive for now xx

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    Thank you for writing back to me, the waiting and not knowing is terrible. I'm kicking myself now for not being able to think of questions when I had the opportunity, but my mind went blank.

    I hope everything moved quickly for you to get treatment and that you're coping OK with it xx

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