Lauren Was Healed of Helicobacter Pylori

In 2013 when my daughter Wendy was 5 months old I suddenly started to feel ill. I was out walking with Wendy and by the time I got home with her I was in a fair bit of pain. I felt like I had gastro, so I just went on with things in the usual way. For the next few days I would experience gastro-like symptoms about 1 hour after every meal, food or water, and be in a lot of pain. I saw a few doctors who gave me tablets and I had an injection to stop me from vomiting. None of this helped, in fact I was getting worse and the pain was increasing. After 7 days of being in this state and not being able to look after Wendy properly I was admitted to the local hospital where they ran some tests and put me on a drip. I had 5 bags of fluids just to get me to a normal hydration level as I couldn’t keep anything down at all, including water. I had also lost over 3 kilo’s in that time and was dropping weight fast. I was tested for helicobacter pylori which came back positive.

This is a bacterial infection in the stomach which usually indicates that there is an ulcer. Treatment prescribed was 3x antibiotics which were to be taken half an hour before a meal, 3 times a day. Trouble was I still couldn’t keep anything down longer than about 1 hour and I’d be in a lot of pain. A few days on and my condition got worse again. I vomited a bit of blood and I ended up back in hospital. A pastor and his wife came in and prayed for me and from that time on I felt a real peace that the Lord had my situation in hand.

I had an endoscopy and the doctors were surprised to not find anything unusual in my stomach. I praise the Lord for that. A few days later I still had issues with eating some foods. I had to have another test for the h-pylori, but prior to the test I decided to have my own prayer and fast. After the test I went to McDonalds as I was told not to eat oily, fatty foods and to limit my caffeine intake. I ordered a Bacon & Egg McMuffin meal with a coffee and had absolutely no difficulties afterwards! The results read h-pylori negative.

The doctors explained that some people live with this condition for years or their whole life and have to adjust their eating habits; others are cured with the triple dose of antibiotics. I know it was the Lord who healed me because I never kept any of the antibiotics down. Since that time I have not had any issues at all with my stomach, praise the Lord.

Lauren is a member of The Revival Fellowship - Adelaide, SA