Hey, TokinChick. Try and chill, OK? You're obsessing. Seriously, sweetie, you are. And that's making the reflux worse, which is making the anxiety worse, which is making the reflux/lump-in-the-throat feeling worse, which is . . . . Well, you get the picture. Anything you do right now is going to make your symptoms worse because that's the way anxiety works and because you're locked in that obsessive-compulsive mind loop of worrying about everything you take, eat, drink, smoke or vape and how it relates to your symptoms.

I'm very glad you've seen a doctor. You are only 30. Trust me, if they thought you had the remotest chance of having a deadly cancer, they'd have sent you for an upper GI/esophageal endoscopy and looked into it. Esophageal cancer takes a long time to develop and is not commonly seen in people as young as you are. I'd post a link or two here about the condition, but I fear more details about symptoms would fuel your anxiety rather than relieve it.

No one can tell you with any surety how or when or why to add or not add cannabis back into your daily regimen. You've gotta go with what makes you feel better, babe, and if not smoking and not vaping helps you feel better, then that's pretty simple, right? I know you miss it, but I'm increasingly beginning to think, after your worries about medical conditions you've shared with us here, that cannabis may be contributing to your anxiety, as it does for a number of people.

Hope you can start to ease up on yourself and step out of this current anxious mind loop. I worry about you and want you to feel happy, healthy, whole and calm. I know you do, too. Much love to you, hun. Keep us updated on how you're doing.

P.S. About that disclaimer! It's getting to be quite the fashion around here to put that up on threads. It's probably worth mentioning to everyone who sees it as a magic talisman of protection that from a legal standpoint, a disclaimer is worth its weight in cyberspace. Meaning it's absolutely meaningless. Just because someone says something is for entertainment purposes or meant to be fictional doesn't mean that, in a court of law, that would be taken seriously. If there were actual proof to the contrary, that'd be what'd be brought into a prosecutorial action. Just an FYI that everyone can save themselves the effort of those keystrokes!