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I did a week of antibiotic treatment to rid h pylori a few months ago, waited a month after treatment to do stool test and it came back negative. So I was taking some probiotics and DGLDGL for a couple weeks after but stopped because it got so expensive. I's been over two months and I still feel awful. I can't seem to maintain my weight very well not matter how much I eat, I get so full and unconfortable and bloated after eating and ocassional heartburn still, which is probably gastritis. I still have horrible insomnia and can't sleep well, I don't have energy to work out much, and it's also pointless to lift weights again right now since I'm so skinny. I do not even feel much better since the eradication, I honestly feel the same. My doctor checked my thyroid and b12 and iron, it's all fine. so I went in and decided to get a breath test, I was sure I still had the disease but the results came back negative. When and why can't I gain weight? I started taking dgl again and coconut oil and I'm trying to eat healthier like not a lot of junk food but high calorie carbs and proteins. But I just don't get it, I should be gaining weight and feeling better. I'm just so frustrated and moody and tired of being sick, why can't my doctor find anything wrong?

with two independent tests to show you have no H. pylori, I believe you have a very successful treatment.

your stomach discomfort may due to the slow healing. Unfortunately i cannot tell you when you will be back to normal. This is very subjective because the damage done by H. pylori is different from people to people. Some people recovered immediately and some can take months or years. If you read through this forum, I think there is at least one poor fellow that waiting a year to be better. Nevertheless, only one guy out of 3000 members. So you can see it's very rare. Hopefully you'll recover very soon.

There is no guideline to what you should take to improve your stomach status. So, try whatever you can to adjust your microbiota back to normal.

KayleeHenderson wrote:I did a week of antibiotic treatment to rid h pylori a few months ago, waited a month after treatment to do stool test and it came back negative. So I was taking some probiotics and DGLDGL for a couple weeks after but stopped because it got so expensive. I's been over two months and I still feel awful. I can't seem to maintain my weight very well not matter how much I eat, I get so full and unconfortable and bloated after eating and ocassional heartburn still, which is probably gastritis. I still have horrible insomnia and can't sleep well, I don't have energy to work out much, and it's also pointless to lift weights again right now since I'm so skinny. I do not even feel much better since the eradication, I honestly feel the same. My doctor checked my thyroid and b12 and iron, it's all fine. so I went in and decided to get a breath test, I was sure I still had the disease but the results came back negative. When and why can't I gain weight? I started taking dgl again and coconut oil and I'm trying to eat healthier like not a lot of junk food but high calorie carbs and proteins. But I just don't get it, I should be gaining weight and feeling better. I'm just so frustrated and moody and tired of being sick, why can't my doctor find anything wrong?

I am curious if you are feeling better?

^this is where I am at!!!

an update would be good.

You've descibed exactly how i'm feeling two months after finishing my antibiotics.

Breath test result will be back this Friday...am sort of hoping it wil be positive to at least explain why i'm still feeling so crap.

Hi, reading this has made me feel a little better, I expected to feel well after finishing antibiotics today, and was worried because although I feel a lot better energy wise and in myself, I am still in pain. This seems to be normal from reading these posts , wish my doctor had told me that.

i am glad you find this forum useful.

KayleeHenderson, how are you now?

Hi there,

Are you feeling better?? Can you update me with your current health status??

Thanks much appreciated

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. I have felt that stress plays a major role in accentuating my symptoms. The best thing you could do is to stop thinking about your symptoms and take solace in the fact that you're on the road to recovery.