My surgeon told me yesterday that he discovered the bacteria when performed an endoscopy

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It's a fairly common malady from understanding. Most people don't even know they have it until they go for an egd

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I hate the metal mouth....ugh! Having to go to bathroom so many times is not fun either.

Oh yeah. Metal mouth. How'd I forget

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Are you taking a PPI with the antibiotics? That helps calm the side effects of the antibiotics. Also- according to my gastroenterologist - testing at 1 month after antibiotics can give you a false positive- take the PPI for 10 weeks then stop it 2 weeks before breath test. By reducing the acid in your stomach, it makes it less likely that the h pylori can survive or reestablish itself.

Since an ulcer with our sleeves would be catastrophic- it's super important to get it eradicated. ( tried every excuse in the book to not let it delay my surgery, but truly it would be negligent for our surgeons to do the surgery knowing we are in danger from this)

HW - 283

SW- 238

CW- ?

Yes, omeprazole. I had read all the stuff and how to take, I was doing all 4 at once. Now I take PPI about an hour before I eat, then take antibiotics about a half hour before I eat and it seems to help. Not going to bathroom as much, and not as much gas gurgles. 10 more days after today. I have always used yogurt/kefir (sometimes I make my own), but making sure I drink kefir and eat a yogurt daily, and continue with probiotic I have always used. I hate that antibiotics kill all the good bacteria too.

When I went for my follow-up appointment post surgery last week they told me they found it during my endoscopy but wanted to wait until I am 6 weeks out to start me on antibiotics to give my stomach a little more time to heal from surgery.

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Was the medicine for it in a white bottle

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@@godblessedchild 3 bottles clarithromycin, omeprazole (PPI), and amoxicillin -- 4 pills twice a day.