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Stomach pain and anxiety

Help,  I am 34 years old and have had stomach pain for about 6 years.  My pain started in the right upper quadrant of my abdomen and seemed to mimic a gall bladder attack.  It would go from my right side to my back.  For the past year or two, it has traveled to my left upper abdomen as well. I have been to a GI doc for the past couple of years or so.  They have tested my gall bladder, all seems fine so far.  About the last year. Or so, I fell like I have acid reflux, pain in my esophagus.  Recently, I have has a TON of anxiety for other reasons, and my pain is unbearable.  I have started taking prevacid and it has helped a little, but iam now worried that I have let this go for too long and have maybe developed stomach cancer.  I smoke 1-2 cigarettes a day and will be quitting this week.  I know that leaving ulcers and gastritis untreated can turn into stomach cancer.  I have an EGD scheduled for Tuesday and I am terrified of what I will find.  My anxiety seems to have made everything so much worse.  Can hardly sleep or even work.  Any ideas?
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Does anybody have any advise
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Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  First off I do not think that you have stomach cancer.  As you said, anxiety can make things worse so I would recommend talking to your doctor about ways you can deal with this.  What tests have you had?
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CT of abdomen, MRI, colonoscopy.  No real findings.  I am afraid it is undiagnosed chronic gastritis.  Scared.  EGD in AM.  Not excited.  
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Had my EGD today.  Thank god it's over!  Everything is normal.  Whew!
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Good, I'm glad everything was normal, did they take any biopsies?
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