Questions for those who have PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE.. help?

We have a presentation at school on wednesday about peptic ulcer and there's a section about interviewing a person with peptic ulcer disease from the perspective of a specific culture. the culture we were assigned was FILIPINO
but all answers by ANYONE WITH PEPTIC ULCER would be appreciated!
we just need to hear the experiences of those who have the disease.

Culture: ____________
1. What do you call the problem in your culture?
2. What do you think has caused the problem?
3. Why do you think it started when it did?
4. What do you think the sickness does? How does it work?
5. How severe is the sickness? Will it have a short or long course?
6. What kind of treatment do you think you should receive?
7. What are the most important results you hope to receive from this treatment?
8. What are the chief problems the sickness has caused?
9. What do you fear most about the sickness?
10. Is there any other information you'd like to share with nursing students?
Thank you!!!

I have the disease and it is long term..They gave me antibiotics trying to cure it but did not work at all..I don't know why I have it other than I had allot of stress when I was growning up and even as an adult ..I cannot eat when it is active my food does not digest..It has bled in the past. I have learned not to get stressed but our society that is hard but I manage.
1. stress
2. stress is a great factor in the reason I have it
3.
4. It makes u very ill, cannot digest food and puts a hard rock feeling at the top of your stomach where ur esophagi meets your stomach
5.long course in my case
6. learning how not to stress is a big factor so treatment to control stress would be ad-viced
7. less pain when it acts up
8. my ability to enjoy food
9. that I will bleed so badly I would need immediate medical attention
10. Teaching patients how to adjust to the disease.
because in my case it is forever.