I have been digging into hiatal hernia's as they relate to digestive cancers, including oral and I am wondering if everyone who has had esophageal cancer has had a hiatal hernia? If this is the case, why aren't the hiatal hernia's being fixed instead of band-aided with Nexium. I am in misery with a constant feeling of pressure, like I swallowed a golf ball. Dr's have been giving me the poo poo platter since fall '11. Coincidentally or not, my dad had SCC buccal muccosa 2x and he had/has hiatal hernia, and he had oral lichens planus prior to scc. Does anyone else see a connection?

My history is...
Oral Lichens Planus '08 - present taking Dapsone to control tongue symptoms (enlarged, removed 4 teeth to accommodate tongue swelling and scraping teeth)
Right ear pain since '08 when OLP developed
Appendectomy spring '09
Umbilical hernia found during appendectomy, deemed congenital
Gallbladder removed winter '11 (passed all function tests but was full of bile and distended due to polyps)
Hiatal Hernia found fall '11 (suspected congenital)
Barrett's short segment found fall '11
On Nexium since '93
Nexium reportedly causes digestive system polyps.