I had a horrific summer with my pouch, including a stricture. Just had a repeat flex sig to check for a new one (nothing there, thank God!), and my pouchitis is way better; I'm back to my normal. But since the summer I've had worse than normal reflux, so thankfully my GI agreed to do an upper endoscope, as well. Good thing I pushed for it because he found short segment Barrett's. The path report also showed inflammation in pouch, and 24 gastric polyps (?), and an inflamed duodenum. All negative for dysplasia- again, thank God! - but I'm still obviously concerned with the Barrett's diagnosis, and have no clue what the rest of it means. My grandfather died of esophageal cancer (he was also a chain smoker, but still), so the precancerous nature of the condition is worrisome. Also, polyps can't be good, right? And he said the duodenum could mean celiac's, but I've been off gluten for 18 months anyway. So who knows?

I guess my question is does anyone have experience with Barrett's, or any of the other stuff my GI found? I did a search in the forum but nothing came up. His plan for me is a repeat upper next year and then every 3 years. I do the flex sig annually anyway, so that won't be an issue. I'm on OTC acid reflux meds and he prescribed me an additional one. And otherwise it's all diet and lifestyle stuff, most of which I've been doing anyway because I've had the reflux for so long and because of my pouch's needs. Anything else I'm missing?

Thanks!