frequency of upper scope

Hello, I have had bad GERD for 20 years, with a hiatal hernia,  and whenever I am off of Nexium ( my bad ) I get bleeding and bad ulceration. I have had several scopes over the years negative for Barrett's. My new GI doctor, says I do NOT need  scopes now and that he would only do one if I had symptoms like bleeding or swallowing problems, etc. My concern is this:  with my long history and risk, could it have been that a tiny section of Barretts have been not biopsied and it is there, and will not be caught because I am not being scoped every so often? A doc cannot biopsy an entire big piece of tissue, so it would seem that it is a hit or miss risk, that would have better odds of being caught if I were biopsied from time to time. PLease advise.


This discussion is related to EGD Results neither negative nor positive for Barrett's. Help!!.