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I suffered from ulcer problems for 20 years. Had to sleep sitting upright many nights. Couldn't have a beer. Spent a fortune on Maalox and Tums. Had many upper GI studies performed. Took every new medicine that came around. Finally asked a new internist about an H.Pylori test. Came back positive. A simple two week regime of an antibiotic and Prilosec cured me. Had a terrible taste in my mouth during the last week. But I was cured! Thirteen years without pain or Maalox. No diet restrictions. There are some indications that h. pylori may be the cause of several problems including coronary and arterial. Don't hesitate to ask your doc for the blood test. It could improve your quality of life.

Guess the therapy wasn't as bad on you as it was on me - it was a 2 week slice of hell with the headaches, nausea, dizziness, yeast infection, and pain. So when last month the doctor said she wanted to run the breath test to make sure it was gone, I told her if it wasn't there was no way I was doing that therapy again. Thankfully it was gone!

You are right though, my life is much better than it was before getting rid of the h. pylori. I still have to take a proton-pump inhibitor every day, but the one pill takes care of everything