Worried about possible symptoms of stomach cancer

Hello, 

 

Sorry if this is a long winded post, 

 

I've suffered with severe indigestion and acid reflux for around 6 years now, it's normally always been fine with rennies and things like that, about 6 or 7 months ago it started to get a little worse and become a daily occurance and the rennies stopped working. I spoke to my gp and they put me on omperazole to take when I had the indigestion, that worked for a bit but I was still getting it all the time. Fast forward two months, I'm now on it daily and I'm booked in for an endoscopy next week, I'm 27 and have 2 children. I suffer with severe aniexty and can't help my negative thoughts unfortunately, I'm just really worried I could have stomach cancer and that's what I'm going to be told after my endoscopy. I'm scared at the idea of leaving my partner and children behind. Any advice if anyone's experienced similar would be much appreciated. Thanks so much for reading. 

  • Hello mamabear134, 

    I just wanted to welcome you to our forum. I hope your endoscopy goes well next week. It must be a very stressful time for you while waiting to find out more. 

    I know it is really hard but try not to worry too much or anticipate what it might be. The best thing to do to avoid thinking too much about this is to keep busy and distracted if you can and avoid looking things up online. I can imagine it is hard for you to do this at the moment but it will help you feel a little less anxious. 

    I hope you will also hear from others here who have been through all this before and that they will be along soon to share their story with you. 

    Keeping everything crossed for you that everything turns out fine. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator