lactose intolerance
HI, I'm Jess.... and I'm lactose intolerant.
All my life I have been this way but only began to put the pieces together when I was in my twenties. As a kid I hated milk. I would only drink the wateriest milk possible. As a kid my folks just thought I had a "nervous stomach" and warned me again eating ice cream or cheese on hot days or on car rides, because I would holler that I needed to go potty.
So I figured it out and switched to soy and other cheese alternatives if I needed a creamy feel to stuff. I do love cheese. And I'm sorry, but sometimes... when the cheese is really good stuff, it's worth the agony. Sometimes; though less and less so, Ben and Jerry's is worth the agony.
But this weekend I woofed down the afore mentioned veggie lasagne. Bad idea. I was hungry and impatient. It was there. I figured it would not have much cheese and it wouldn't be a big deal. Bad idea. The mixture of the many different veggies and the cheese had me uncomfortable for over a day. Yup. That night I was taking tums and getting "ooohhh, sorry Honey"s as Hubby watched me hobble about looking four months pregnant.
I'm on the tail end of it all now. I think. I hope.
I may well keep some lactaid capsules in the house for if I should pull that kind of silliness again.
Life is just so much easier if I just don't have dairy.
I came across your website from one of my google alerts and it gave me a good giggle. Not the part about you suffering of course! But, I always joke about how you never see any lactose intolerance support groups, and the way you started your post made me think of that. Thanks!
Cheese is the toughest for most! Try a good vegan lasagna, it actually is quite good and can satisfy those cheesy cravings. If you need any ideas, just send me an email!
Posted by Alisa — 04 Feb 2008, 22:21
haha--you said tail.i know--i'm pathetic, but I used to be lactose intolerant, so I know that those bubbles eventually have to go somewhere :D
Posted by melanie — 12 Feb 2008, 20:23