Scared

Hi, I'm currently freaking out, about six months ago I had a bout of painful heartburn along with discomfort when swallowing, which I was prescribed omeprazole, then a last week it started again in which my doctor has referred me for an endoscopy. I'm now freaking out the I have oesophageal cancer as I've looked up what it could be online. My mum was diagnosed with salivary glad cancer when she was 45 which she overcome for a couple of years but the cancer came back in other areas and we lost her 3 years ago. I can't seem to get it out of my head that this is going to happen to me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

  • Welcome to the forum Sankey although I'm sorry for the reason you're joining us.

    Hopefully some of our members who have been in a similar situation will offer their support and advice to you soon but whilst you wait I just thought I'd share some information we have about the endoscopy procedure.

    I hope this helps put your mind at ease about what's to come and that everything will turn out to be o.k.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator