hello poorlygirl41

I had Helibactor Pylori thats how i ended up with gastritis, the gerd i dont know if i had that before, since i had a lot of heartburn so i stopped smoking and drinking about 4-5 years ago. Then i only had a few problems with OJ, chocolate, fried food and cakes if i had to much so, i mostly stayed away from that as much as possible so i was good to go until 5 months ago .....as for the Treatment for H pylori, it wasnt nice but its not that bad , the bad part was it didnt make me feel better at the end im still stuck with the same symptoms if not worse ....so im not really sure if the H pylori really was the cause of the symptoms to begin with, or just something they found along with the rest at the time .....right now im working on getting some more tests done, im done with this waiting until they decide its time. I will try to push for as many tests as i can cause im really done feeling sick all the time......i will go back to gaviscon tabletts they can keep the Gi cocktail ,its just like all the other liquid stuff and it makes my throat feel numb and i think it tastes like that welch grape drink (YUCK) i dont like that. Since i started the new meds i got pain in my back, i didnt have before so one of the things is messing with me ....and i feel like a walking pharmacy not a good thing :)

Hi dagmar68 I know. We are both fed up with it. I seem to get more pain. I couldn't tolerate taking so many meds. I was told by the gastro to double the dose of Pantoprazole. My doctor says its not a good idea. Everything seems to make it worse. The Gaviscon was getting a hold of it but it flared up again. I proberly need to take more of it. I don't know what to think of the outcome of the H pylori test when I get it. I don't blame you for coming off the cocktail. I did look it up and it said that it wasn't seen to be anymore effective than a normal antacid. We need to keep searching and hoping we find some answers to this. I looked on a folk remedies website and some people were posting about Mastic gum for H pylori and that Manuka honey. They said that was good but I can't seem to tolerate honey at the moment. We will have to wait on tests I supose. I just keep praying about it too.

For some ppl the Mastic gum seems to work for some it dont ...i dont know how good the natrual way is for H pylori... , all i know is that the triple antibiotic worked for me even tho it wasnt all that nice ....i have read some take Mastic gum after the antibiotics to keep the H pylori from comin back ....my whole next week is packed with doctor appointments and im waiting for the gastro to get me in for an earlier date .......

Honey can be difficult, especially since it has natural sugars. If you are having problems with it, you could try diluting it in water and see if drinking it instead would make it go down a little easier.

As for the treatment, please know, I suffered all the way through up until the last moment when I finally told I was healed. Part of that was another medical condition- but a good part of the pain was the gastritis. It takes a long time for the damage to repair itself, even with all the good things we add into the mix to help the healing along. Try to stay positive and remember to take it one day at a time. Eventually you will get this all sorted out, in both cases and hopefully begin to get better.

I wonder if taking about a tablespoon or so of plain yogurt after taking the honey might help? I once read that yogurt (or cottage cheese) can help to digest fructose, but don't really know if it works.