Well!
After I told my doc that I was D-free for 4 days last week (a bit loose, but mostly normal stools), during which I was taking Lacteeze instead of milk, and because of the nausea and sleepiness, she wants to try avoiding lactose for two weeks. I just looked at the few simple pleasures I've been treating myself to and they all contain milk powder! It's going to be a tough two weeks to learn what not to eat.I'm hoping this is what it is. I had a feeling it might be, but then I wasn't sure because what I read on the Internet about lactose intolerance is that you have it all your life or you don't have it. My doctor says that you can develop it. She says she has patients who have had slight symptoms with lactose and then they have worsened.I know that drinking milkshakes has always made me a bit woozy (or mellow) so I seldom drink them. When I was about 3-4 years old, drinking a glass of milk would make me nauseous and vomit. I've never really drunk milk on its own. But now that I think about it, just before my symptoms hit big time, I had started a bad habit of eating ice cream after dinner 3-4x a week. And with all the hidden lactose in food products (even my digestive biscuits which I thought would be safe have milk powder in them!), I could be very sensitive to it.She stressed to me that she has had patients who have developed an intolerance to lactose. She also said, contrary to what I've read, that it doesn't always strike 30 min to 2 hours after ingestion. It could be the next day.She also told me that one of her patients all of a sudden had such a sensitivity to lactose that the amount contained in the birth control pills she was taking (and you know how small those are!) was giving her explosive D!I read that 90% of Asians are lactose intolerant and I'm half Chinese so I guess that's a 45% chance? Anyway, I do have an appointment with a GI doc just in case this two week trial doesn't work. The appointment, however, is in November!!! My doc said that it's easier to cancel it than to have to wait even longer.Does anyone know of a good site that lists foods that contain lactose? Or maybe I should just ask... in natural foods (not processed or packaged or canned) is lactose only found in dairy products?Wish me luck! I hope it's LI !!I'm already feeling less stressed!Fiona

