I feel a bit daft about this, but I have some frankly annoying stomach problems which have led me to wonder if I might be lactose intolerant.
For as long as I can remember, I have been unable to eat ice cream. At its worst, I would eat some and within minutes have to dash to the loo with awful, awful diarrhea. I thought it was just an ice cream issue so have avoided it for the past 20 years or so. However, over the last few years, I seem to have the same problems with other dairy. Some is worse than others. Butter makes me, um, go, I had too much cheese yesterday and that and a tea with milk this afternoon (normally I drink black coffee) made for a quick, painful dash to the toilet. Yoghurt seems okay, but if I have milk on my cereal in the morning I feel nauseous for a couple of hours.
I go freezing cold before the toilet dash and if it's really bad, can feel yuck for a good few hours after.
Is this a lactose intolerance? DH has no sympathy, my parents think that digestive problems are made up and I am sure my GP will ridicule me. I'm fed up.