Hi all,

I'm after advice and support.

in October I started with excessive burping. It was 4 weeks until I got married so put it down to that. My GP diagnosed functional dyspepsia at this time.  However, 2 weeks before the wedding I began to panic and made another appointment with my GP. They did bloods and palpated my stomach. All was fine. Sample for H-pylori sent in December (still waiting the results).

I then plodded along until about 3 weeks ago when I noticed food was catching in my throat. Made another appointment. She felt my neck and abdomen, nothing found and decided to send me to be reviewed by ENT.

I didn't meet the 2ww referral so an urgent referral was sent instead (this was 10 days ago, still not heard anything). At this point she started me on Lansoprazole 30mg twice a day, gaviscon advanced when required and a steroid nasal spray for post nasal drip.

They haven't helped

Yesterday my swallow seemed to get worse and I had back pain. I also have a strange sensation to my chest. Although not painful.

I emailed my GP who has just telephoned me and said he's sending me for an urgent endoscopy. When I asked why, he put it down to family history. My lovely mam passed away from oesophageal cancer in January 2020.

Can anyone offer advice or reassurance?

im a nurse so I appreciate you're not medically trained and I'm not after diagnosis I'd just like to hear your experience.

thanks

tricia