My health journey

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Like every other child, I love eating junk. During my primary school days whenever I went to school and my mummy gave me money for food, I would use the money to buy coaster biscuits my favorite biscuit, sweet, and fruit juice that particular one that looked like a phone knowing that was what I was going to eat until I got back from school.
At that time, I just lost my dad so things were a bit difficult for the family, my mom trying to meet the end needs so her children would be comfortable. It continued like that, teachers reported to me I changed for a while but returned to junk. I never knew I was harming myself, as at that time I was enjoying myself as a child.

I noticed I started having pain in the left side of my stomach whenever I was walking, I would hold that side of my stomach to subdue the pain so I could walk well. It continued like that and I did not fit in to talk to anyone about it because I term it to be I'm hungry and whenever I eat the pain will increase. It continued like that and I kept it to myself then I started seeing different signs of Vomiting, and loss of appetite I could go for days without eating and it pain so bad. All I would do is roll on the floor and cry my eye out.

Luckily for me one faithful my mom saw me crying and I was vomiting and holding my stomach, she was scared and asked me what happened I explained to her then she took me to the lab to run a full abdominal scan and the result said I was okay that all my organs are doing well. We went back home to ask around what could be the cause then we found out that it was an ulcer. How come she eats well, we don't have an ulcer patient in my family those are words and I felt guilty at that time because I wasn't eating well at all.

After many self-medications and people's prescriptions, some said to put the snail in water for a while and then drink the water, drink coconut water it will go, put ashes inside water then drink, I was using anything they said can work for it, I also died because I was adding to my problem and I wasn't seeing any results so I stopped. So I went to the hospital, and I met with the doctor and he started asking about my favorite food and snacks, what time I eat at night, and how often I feel pain, after many questions and a physical examination I was diagnosed had peptic ulcer. He told me I should have come earlier and that might not have gotten to this stage but there was no need for me to panic because I could still be healed from it if only I adherence to my medical instructions.

I was told certain types of food not to consume especially beans and any gastric food, and drinking carbonated drinks is prohibited, ahh me that like sweet things but I have to stop it to preserve my life. I was given medication to use.
I learned a very big lesson that day, to always eat healthy and mothers should monitor what their children consume because whatever they eat also determines their health status. Thank God I sought medical advice early and I have been able to subdue the pain with the use of medication and healthy eating and that is all it takes.