Patient Experiences

We hope that you will find the patient experiences related here helpful and informative.

If you would like to contribute with an account of your own experiences, or just make a comment on some aspect of Barrett's oesophagus or any related conditions and/or treatments please contact us at support@barrettsfoundation.org.uk. Your identity will be kept completely confidential unless you authorise us to publish your name.

We must reserve the right to edit any submissions as we see fit.

Gerry Smith
Gerry's account of his condition is described as 'a cautionary tale', but there's a happy ending! Read Gerry's story.
John Clarkson
A frank and honest account of John's discovery of Barrett's Oesophagus Read John's story.
Experiences on being diagnosed with Barrett's Oesophagus
We recently carried out a small survey of your experiences on being diagnosed with Barrett's Oesophagus. Thank you to those of you who took part. An amalgamation of the responses can be downloaded here.