Hi, 29/male here. For a few months I've had upper middle abdominal discomfort, best described as a nagging tenderness, bloated feeling that is not significantly effected by eating, and has not been helped my Prilosec. I had a normal abdominal ultrasound however regarding my upper gi series, the nurse called and reported something about "inflamation" and something else about a "small hiatel hernia" and "maybe an ulcer" that I would need an upper gi endoscopy, but she told me do not worry and it's not an emergency.
I am not generally one to panic, However I admit I am slightly worried due to all the "maybe's" the nurse mentioned. Bluntly speaking, is there any chance at all it could be something ominous (cancer, etc) and she just didn't want me to worry too much, or is the upper gi/barium test extremely accurate for differentiating cancer versus "other things"?
I know that worrying will not help ones situation, however I really must know the honest truth about the accuracy of the test I had in differentiating cancer or other bad stuff versus benign conditions...
Lastly, when I have the upper gi endoscopy done, will I be okay to have the test done without sedation? I don't like to be sedated, so I'm wondering if it's reasonable to ask them to do it without sedation?
Those are my 2 questions, the first question is much more important to me for you to answer, please focus on that one more, thank you for your time