Due to events over the past few months (I'll spare you the details; you don't want to know, seriously), I've had to accept the fact that there's a very good possibility I'm lactose intolerant. This is completely horrifying. I LOVE cheese. I LOVE ice cream. I LOVE milk and cookies. How could something I love so much turn on me this way? Bastard.
No no, I'm sorry. I said that out of anger. I don't mean it. I still love you, and I hope tomorrow the doctor will find some other, similarly benign reason for my recent, uh...distress. It's either that, or I buy a freaking case of Lactaid.
Posted by thevieve at April 2, 2006 11:24 AMJoin the club. I've been latose intolerant since I was a kid. About Lactaid, I can't really remember what it compares to, but I think it is tasty. A little sweeter than the real stuff, I hear. And remember way back when you were discussing the deliciousness of soy milk on your cereal? You'll adapt. Oh, and you don't have to give up those foods. There are Lactaid pills and cruniches, just take one with the first bite of dairy and you arebasically all set. Mild discomfort, but they really do work like a charm.
Posted by: Emily on April 3, 2006 7:09 AMI hope that cheese you had at our house the other night didn't cause you problems. But that sucks for you. I hope you can do the whole lactaid thing.
Posted by: Bookdwarf on April 4, 2006 2:52 PMI went to the doctor yesterday, and she doesn't think that it's food-related. Apparently, my colon is noticeably enlarged, so it's a round of tests (potentially unpleasant) for me and a visit to the gastroenterologist as soon as I can get an appointment. Yuck. I'm glad I went to the doctor, though, sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Vieve on April 4, 2006 5:07 PM