I was told 2 years ago that I was lactose intolerant. I have pretty simple tastes in food. I like things with cheese. My favorite foods were mac & cheese, and cheese pizza. (followed by a trip to cold stone creamery).

Now I find mealtime and trips to the grocery stores frustrating and depressing. I am surrounded by the foods I want to be eating. I have tried to find new foods that I like (i appear to have an extremely limited selection of foods that I like compared to most people), but cheese is still what I crave.

It turns out that I am not mildly intolerant of dairy, my body evidently shut down the ability to process lactose entirely. If a cooking spray has whey in it, I will have a reaction. If a restaurant uses msg, I will have a reaction.

I burst into tears at a wedding I went to a few weeks ago when I realized that there was nothing on the menu that I could safely eat.

Restaurants depress me. I can be extremely careful, and ask about every dish and still have a problem. I remember a trip to a restaurant where I asked if there was any dairy in the dish and they said no. After I started to feel a reaction I asked them again if there was dairy in the dish they said 'no, I checked with the chef. There are no eggs in the dish'.

I am starting to make my fiance crazy. He is getting frustrated with me. Who wants to deal with someone who gets depressed half the time at meals, and each trip to the grocery store?

I am getting frustrated with me? It has been 2 years. Why can't I get over myself?