Barrett’s Esophagus leads to Esophageal Cancer?!

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[…] My Dr. told me that this Barrett’s Esophagus leads to Esophageal Cancer- “nasty and has … […]

I am a 3 time cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer
7 years ago. I have since had 2 more episodes. I am convinced I had these
relapses for two main reasons. I did not learn my lesson on dealing with
stress and the wrong diet. I was 170 lbs the second time and in great shape
but not internally healthy eating a body builders diet not realizing I was
still feeding cancer as well. I am my own lab rat. I was told this last go
around at 130 lbs I would be on chemo for life and a short one at that. I
subsequently change my diet to a sugar free grain free vegetarian based
mostly raw diet eating some high quality animal protein from time to time. I
also take dozens of high quality supplements a day. Ranging from enzymes to
vitamins and liquid organs cleansers. I have gone from being bed ridden and
dying to 150 lbs and working out and running again. I feel at least if I get
hit again I will be strong enough for a round of chemo. My belief is that the
body and gut in particular has all it needs to promote good health when on
the right local diet. I am hoping that you feel the same and wonder if there
is anything you could add to my experiment. I do feel my body coming back to
life. I was in a sad state down as low as 120 lbs and lymph's lighting up
like a christmass tree. My veins were all collapsed blood was like syrup my
organs saturated with poison and I was too week to get out of bed. I truly
believe that my diet and suppliments made me rise from the dead.
Louis

Hi Bryan-

Your questions are fine- you have done an excellent job of recounting your experience. I will try to both calm your fears while alerting to specific issues. If you have any more questions be sure to ask them.

1) "I was told I had acid burning or inflammation on my esophagus." This wiki info offers a good explanation of what you may have-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroesophageal_reflux_disease

2) "The doctor told me that there was no indication that there were any further problems." excellent

3) "Baretts Syndrome" Yes, GERD (explained above) sometimes will lead to Barrett's Esophagus. As the article linked above, GERD can lead to BE and BE can lead to Esophageal Cancer. But you must focus on one stage at a time. Right now, you are just a regular guy with heart burn.

4) Your doctor is correct- "He told me I need to heal my esophagus first." In your effort to heal your GERD, please consider curcumin supplementation.

http://peoplebeatingcancer.org/blog/if-curcumin-heals-gerd-will-it-prevent-esophageal-cancer

I take Dr.'s Best with bioprene as bioprene enhances the body's ability to absorb curcumin-http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_8?url=search-alias%3Dhpc&field-keywords=curcumin&sprefix=curcumin%2Caps%2C173

Also consider other natural therapies to heal your heart burn-http://www.naturalnews.com/035720_acid_reflux_natural_remedies_heartburn.html

5) "My question to you is what do you recommend that I do or what do you suggest I do to help prevent this and if I
do end up with the Syndrome, how best to treat it and prevent it from turning into Cancer?"

I think you have experienced the fear of cancer without actually hearing the words "you have cancer." As you can read above, my advice is to understand your current situation (GERD) and to take the steps to heal your heartburn now. There is lots of time and many steps if EC is in your future so I don't think it does you much good to worry about it now. Focus on getting healthy.

Take it easy,

David Emerson