SC - Non-member submission from Sharon McFarland - Greetings!

[Sharon McFarland]

Heh--this just made me think--at an event a few weeks
ago, a lady helping us cook was discoursing at length
on lactose intolerance--down to symptoms and such.
(It just got a little overly detailed--no lack of
sympathies to the lactose intolerant in our midst.)

I responded without thinking at one point, "Yeah,
I'm lactose intolerant myself--I'm planning on
punching
a cow later".  She didn't get it.  

The other cooks did.  Including the other lactose
intolerant in the group.

Berengaria

- --- Olwen the Odd <olwentheodd at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I thought they just used lactosereduced cows ... but
> that wouldn't make any 
> sense would it?  As for me, I drink some lactose
> free milk then gulp down 
> all the lactated stuff I want for the rest of the
> day.  It's a lot cheeper 
> than buying the tabs.
> olwen
> 
> 
> >From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at efn.org>
> >Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> >To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> >Subject: SC - Re: Tummy grumbles
> >Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:25:01 -0700
> >
> >
> >
> >Sue Clemenger wrote:
> > >
> > > Oooh, I _do_ hate it when I get the middle of a
> thread before I get the
> > > beginning....
> > > I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling good, and I
> know how frustrating it
> > > can be to be hungra AND have an upset digestive
> tract...kinda like a
> > > mine field, trying to find stuff that's "safe."
> >
> >French fries are *right out*. :-(
> >
> >I'm tired of plain baked chicken, yogurt, naked
> pasta. And yes, Olwen,
> >I've tried herbal teas. I've cut WAAAYYY back on my
> caffeine
> >consumption- including my breakfast tea, though I
> still had that in camp
> >while Seumas and I made breakfast for the
> household.
> >
> >The doctor sez that in my case- especially since
> under normal
> >circumstances I have a pretty decent diet- this is
> probably about 80%
> >(if not more) STRESS. She offered me anti-anxiety
> drugs to go with the
> >stomach meds but I told her no- because a) they
> just knock me out. Cold.
> >Tried that tactic before. And b) I really need to
> be fully awake and
> >aware to be able to *deal with* the circumstances
> that make the stress,
> >you know?...
> >
> >She also suggested that I try dropping dairy
> products. I'm thinking
> >about it, but it sort of doesn't make any sense-
> I've never had a
> >problem before, and dairy foods are some of the few
> things I can
> >tolerate...
> >
> > > What did you do to your knee?
> ><snip>
> > > When I
> > > couldn't take the anti-inflammatory drugs
> either, the dr. had me
> > > elevating and icing it, which helped somewhat. 
> I still have reusable
> > > icepacks stashed here at home and in the freezer
> at work....<g>
> >
> >I didn't really *do* anything. I have fibromyalgia,
> which is systemic
> >and can cause joint problems on its own. My knees
> frequently hurt, and
> >thanks to that and other problems, I get around
> with a cane (mostly
> >because otherwise I end up falling on my a** with
> an alarming frequency.
> >I still do- just not as often). But no, this
> appears to be excess of
> >birthdays, overuse, and Someone in the Universe
> Hates Me. The doctor
> >asked if I mas working as a maid or janitor and on
> my knees scubbing
> >alot. No, unless you count my occasional frenzies
> cleaning the bathroom
> >(I'm kinda anal about that). Do I play alot of
> sports? HA! Do I have
> >toddlers? (I guess for the getting upand down and
> up and down and
> >picking up toys and...) No, I have teenagers. I can
> whack 'em without
> >stooping. ;-) Basically I have here a knee worthy
> of an Old Used Duke,
> >and I didn't even have to rhino my way through the
> lists to get it!
> >(tongue firmly in cheek... ;-P) Anyway, about a
> month ago it started
> >making a clicking noise going upstairs. And kept
> doing it. and last week
> >instead of the click, it became a *click-crunch*.
> So I went in. She says
> >the noise is the grumpy cartilage. Well I'll tell
> you who's grumpy...
> >
> >Ibuprofen. STAY OFF OF IT. alternating hot and cold
> packs if the
> >swelling if a problem. Some mild exercises. A brace
> if I think it will
> >help with stability. And MSM or Glucosamine,
> neither of which is covered
> >by my ins, natch.
> >
> >Life bites- but consider the alternative?
> >
> > > Hope you feel better soon,
> >
> >Thanks, Maire. And thanks everybody. This list has
> some of the greatest
> >people on it!
> >
> >*Obligatory Food Content" (besides my whining...)
> Does anyone know how
> >they get the lactose *out* of milk? (To make the
> Lactaid milk, that is).
> >
> >a Very Grumpy 'Lainie
>
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