I’ve got Barrett’s esophagus too, and will be on Lansoprazole, for life. I’ll be 74 next month. Nobody else in my family ever had GERD. They were all smokers. I wasn’t. Three died of lung cancer. One of a stroke. And one from heart attack. They were all between the ages of 74 and 51 when they died.
My Barrett’s was bad and progressing to cancer (dysplasia kept getting worse) so my doc got me into a study on cryo-ablation and that worked. I have no barrettes now for five years, give or take (based on annual endoscopies). But to my anatomy is still just bad, I will be on the PPI for life. I’m in my 50s and I’ve already been on it for 14 years or so. I am very concerned about the long term effects. I couldn’t imagine taking that stuff just to control blood sugar.