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[[found the adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater in the presence of high grade dysplasia.]]

Ugggh- that doesn’t sound good-

[[I did have some excruciating pain in my esophagus.]]

Sorry to hear that- Must have been miserable! Sore throats are bad enough, but acid reflux can make it seem like heart attack happening- I used to carry tums when the pain started in throat, would radiate to arm, and I’d start sweating profusely. Every time though the tums would tame the flame- so i knew it wasn’t heart attack, but wow it sure felt like it coulda been-

- The pain in mine was excruciating- I went into convenience store bathroom, was standing at sink, and room began to spin wildly- I grabbed the sink and thought “This is bad”- next thing i knew I was coming to wedged between the toilet and wall (Disgusting filthy floor!) and blood covered me and the walls, in all directions-

I stumbled out of the room and a cop was in a car sitting right in front of the bathroom, and saw me, and rushed out- asked a few questions, ran to bathroom, and turned white- He ran into store and called the health center-

Doc had to give me transfusion- Said i was lucky to be alive considering how much i had lost- Said i likely would never get off PPI’s and told me to take peptol fairly steady-

[[Hopefully you are getting better with acid reducer.]]

Yes, much better, thanks- (Not that i am taking the rights meds for it lol- just told doc today about my boneheaded mistake lol)

That was a rough consequence of acid indigestion! I was rushed to ICU at the Huntsman Cancer Institute a week after my Whipple. I was suddenly dizzy. It turns out that my renal artery was nicked and I had been bleeding into my abdomen for days. It finally caught up. Having a "main line" inserted is no fun. They needed a big pipe to refill the lost blood volume. The Interventional Radiology team sent me for a CT to find the bleeder, the embolized it running an instrument up a leg artery. More heroics than I had expected. That "oops" lead to months of drains, abscesses, MRSA pneumonia and weeks of IV vancomycin. Sometimes the medical practitioners do more harm before they actually fix a problem.

Hoping you can stay on a steady course now that you have zeroed in on the issue. Getting old isn't a game for the weak.