ok, had a bad week. started with a lump in my throat and found out it was a thyroid goiter, which I now know is not that big of a deal. Then I had an endoscope done yesterday and Dr. said esophgus has a lot of damage from acid reflux which has probably been going on for few years. He did take a biopsy but said I will be ok, just good we caught it now and need to make some changes. Ok, I was still kind of out of it then and don't remember that much but I meet with him in 2 weeks to go over the biopsy etc... I'm only 34 and worried about this which is not helping. Never thought I had acid reflux that bad. What are the chances of getting cancer from something like this, and if you do, is it hard or easy to cure? If its pre-cancerous, can it heal or am I doomed to get cancer sometime soon? This week it has been hurting in my chest and back (which never happened before) but I started on Protonix a week ago and that seems to be helping some. I do tend to worry too much, so I'm hoping with more info. I can relax some.

ok, I had a bad night. I don't understand this and why this is happening to me. I have been on protonix 40mg 2/day for almost 2 weeks and seem to be getting worse instead of better. This chest pain just started a week ago and I have it even if I don't eat. Got woke up last night from this and could not go back to sleep. Hate calling the Dr. every day, starting to sound panicky I think. Now I can feel it coming up into my throat a lot. I'm starting to get scared big time about this. I feel like every time its just doing more damage to me and that makes me scared about what is going to happen to me. I'm sure that is making this soo much worse, but I don't know what to do.

I'm in the same boat to the T. I have convienced myself its my heart but the say no. I'm only 37 and scared to death that the doctors are missing something. It would be great to get some real help but if your like me I have called my doctor so much that he is probally on his last nerve. These symptons always put me into panic mode, Kevin