At the beginning of the year I woke up and had the worst case of heartburn that I've ever had
. There have been times that I've had heartburn, but it was nothing like this before. Usually I take some antacids and the pain goes away, but for some reason this time things were different.
Before I arrived to work, I went to the pharmacy and picked up some more antacids. But no matter what I tried nothing was working. The heartburn was so bad that day that I literally had tears rolling down my face. I was also beginning to lose my voice. No matter what I did nothing was helping me. I went to bed early that night in hopes that when I woke up the pain would be gone.
The next day I woke up and the problem was still there. I started to get really scared and wasn't sure what to do. I set an appointment with my doctor but wasn't able to see him for a week. One day I woke up and had blood in my stool. Luckily the doctor saw me immediately. He had me see a specialist.
Once I saw the specialist he set an appointment for me to have an endoscopy. When I had the procedure done they noticed that I had the early signs of an ulcer in my esophagus. They prescribed me some medication which helped me for awhile.
Within a couple months, the prescription stopped working and I was once again in pain. No matter what I did I was constantly having the same pain. I had eight days straight of heartburn. That day something went seriously wrong. I began to have a permanent discomfort in my throat that was constantly nagging me even if I didn't have heartburn that day. If I leaned back on the couch, I would have discomfort. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the pain to go away.
I called some of my friends that were into alternative medicine and they had me come over for dinner. They showed me how I could get rid of my ulcer and heartburn the natural way. The next day I took their advice and the heartburn began to improve. I couldn't believe it!