Nasuea and slight pain- cancer?

[emendel]

I am a 51 year old male. For the last 2 weeks, I have had fairly constant nausea, with some belching. I have had occasional stomach and/or abdomenal (abdominal) discomfort, but nothing extreme. I have had no other symptoms... no fever, no vomiting, no blood in stool. Eating doesn't seem to make a difference. Sometimes the nausea is very slightly better after eating, with a slight increase in stomach or intestinal discomfort.

I was diagnosed with having a duodenal ulcer maybe 25-30 years ago. I was then put on carafte, which worked fine. I am currently taking it again, 4 times a day. I just saw my doctor yesterday, and he said to continue taking it, and if the nausea persists for the next 4 weeks or so, to see him again, and he may prescribe an additional medication for the nausea.

My concern is the possibility of stomach cancer and not an ulcer. I am not in any high risk groups (I am a white male, not a smoker, etc.), except for family history. My mother had colon cancer (I have had regular colonoscopies that have all been fine, no polops) and her sister passed away from stomach cancer.
I am concerned since apparently the early symptoms of stomach cancer are very non-specific, and can start with the simple symptoms I am displaying, nausea and belching. The doctor told me that it was very unlikely I had stomach cancer unless I was displaying more severe symptoms, but I thought those symptoms didn't display until quire late, before much could be done about it. (I have also been preveiously diagnoesed with IBS.)

Any opinions?
Ed

[nadia]

For your own peace of mind, you should ask for a gastroscopy to rule out anything you might be worried about.

[nadia]

For your own peace of mind, you should ask for a gastroscopy to rule out anything you might be worried about.