Pain when eating- family history

Hi Bambiboo, sorry to hear about your problem, if it were me I would ask for more tests with both your mum and Gran having had stomach cancer also fairly young when they died. An endoscopy is what you really need to be sure.

With my husband having had his stomach out  and me having acid reflux for a very long time and on tablets for it asked the nurse while I was seeing her for a different matter, she suggested me having a H.Pylori test so I’m picking the sample bottle up tomorrow. If I wasn’t on this site or the Oesophagus cancer site I wouldn’t have known all the symptoms. 
As I said I’d push for some tests. Hope it goes well for you xx

Sorry to hear about the issues you have been having. I think it’s always worth pushing for more tests to rule out anything serious. It’s probably nothing to worry about and you will get medication. 
If it is cancer then treating it early has a positive outcome. 
I have had cancer twice. The first time I went to my GP and was happy to accept that it was nothing to worry about. But my symptoms persisted and I ended up with Stage 3 Bowel Cancer. That was 16 years ago! 
Hope it all goes well for you! 

Sorry to hear about your problem. I would suggest getting an appointment for a camera scan as soon as possible. It will help to find out what the problem is. And I would not hang around to long about it. Only saying it because you mentioned it is getting worse. And the longer you wait the harder the treatment is going to be.

I agree with the other replies, please insist on a gastroscopy, I have a family history of cancer and my GP wasn’t concerned for about 6 months, I have been treated successfully with chemotherapy and surgery, 

l would reiterate your family history 

Hope it is something else, good luck  

Thanks everyone!  I've spoken to my doctor, I've to try Omeprazole for a week or two and if that doesn't do anything then I'll be referred for an endoscopy due to the fact my mum had it.  

He said if Omeprazole works then he wouldn't be concerned- is that right? 

I’d say that’s quite odd. Many stories here of people whose symptoms were masked by PPI for months, until they’ve pushed for gastroscopy. 

I would seek an endoscopy as soon as possible. The delay could be the difference between treatable or not every day counts. Especially with your family history.

Hi, I would still try and pursue an endoscopy, I was already on 2 x 20mg of omeprazole daily, tell your GP that you don’t feel right and are really concerned that it could be something serious, they should listen to you, good luck 

Thanks everyone- I'll give it a week with the Omeprazole then I'll push again for further tests- I know it's not likely to be anything concerning at my age, but it does seem to be getting worse, and my mums symptoms were very mild initially and not picked up on, by the time she started going for tests she was losing weight and struggling to eat and they were really late symptoms. 

I had similar symptoms to yourself (I was 32 when it began) and was on Omeperazole for 7 years, I eventually through perseverance had lots of tests then an operation to resolve the acid reflux issues. The Omeperazole will lessen the symptoms after a period of time and make them manageable, giving your body a chance to calm down but if the symptoms continue over the medication or you need to increase the dose it is worth pushing for an endoscopy just to check out what's going on. It's also worth noting what foods make the symptoms worse and avoiding them (for me it was fizzy drinks and chocolate unfortunately!), what triggers you may change after time too. The aim is to get off the Omeperazole and work out how to manage the symptoms/food and drink intake. All the best, I hope it resolves.