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Heartburn ----> Cancer?????
#6304503 - 11/20/06 11:12 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Anyways, as soon as i came to college in the fall of '04, i started getting heartburn. wasn't a big deal, but by second semester, i was getting it every night, and kept tums over my bedside to wake up and eat real quick.
it obviously was because of my eating habits, i had just became a huge stoner and was eating unhealthy and very late, so i just ignored it.
well now i'm in my junior year, and after moving out of my old house and in with my girlfriend, i eat better, but was still getting heartburn constantly, even during the day after normal snacks or drinks of water/soda.
so i get an appointment just to talk to my doctor, and he is askin me some questions and the convo gets to this:
Doc: so how bad is the heartburn on a sacale of 1-10 me: well i'd say about a 6 normally, but sometimes it can be as bad as a 9 *like i have to just breathe hard and spit in order to make it bearable* Doc: well, how long has this been going on? prolonged periods of chronic hearburn can screw with your esophagus and possibly cause cancer. Me: oh, almost 3 years now... Doc: yeah, we'll probably get you an appointment with a stomach/throat specialist just to make sure everythings still good down there...
so yah, needless to say he's got me all nervous
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Re: Heartburn ----> Cancer????? [Re: memes]
#6304644 - 11/21/06 12:04 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I dunno about cancer, but you would definitely want to worry about an eroded esophagus.
-------------------- Same thing happened to me when I played Neil Armstrong in Moonshot. They found me in an alley in Burbank trying to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in an old refrigerator box.
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Re: Heartburn ----> Cancer????? [Re: memes]
#6304688 - 11/21/06 12:28 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Your still young, the probability of you having cancer is pretty much slim to none.
Im no doctor, but, I can't imagine of you dying of cancer due to heartburn, and being in your early 20's.
They just want to make sure everything is okay, so down the line you wont have any other complications.
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Re: Heartburn ----> Cancer????? [Re: angryshroom]
#6304717 - 11/21/06 12:38 AM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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angryshroom said: Your still young, the probability of you having cancer is pretty much slim to none.
Yeah, I think you are still too young to die from that type of cancer. But it is good that you are taking the initiative to go get it checked out.
Make sure to read this though: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Suffering_from_Heartburn_.asp
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