I just had my endoscopy this morning. I was so nervous for what felt like no reason. It was over before I knew it.
In what seems like a fog, I woke up and the doctor was waiting and I believe he might have said something about seeing gastritis or me having gastritis. He left in what felt like a second and I couldn’t really remember too much, so I asked the nurse what he said and I also believe she said the same thing, that there was gastritis and that the doctor took biopsy or biopsies. From what I’ve read, that’s typically normal if there is gastritis. I didn’t get any paper that shows any pictures from the procedure or any pre-lim findings. So naturally, I’m freaking out thinking I didn’t hear the doctor or nurse right and wanted to triple check what is on paper. Should I have gotten a pre-lim doc from the surgical center/my doctor? I called the surgical center and they said every doctor is different and that I should just wait the two weeks for my follow up. Not sure if I should just ride it out until my follow up appointment or if should call the doctors office at the end of the week to see if there are pre-lim results. I’m hoping I didn’t mishear incorrectly or if I might be missing something that was said. Is it rare for gastritis to be cancer? That’s what I am terrified of. Thanks in advanced.