Lactaid Saved My Life!

Okay... maybe the title is a bit dramatic, but I'm so happy that the Lactaid worked! I am now able to get the Carnation Instant Breakfast down! I had an entire envelope with 1 cup of Lactaid today! Yay! I am, apparently, lactose-intolerant. I'd heard that can happen after the surgery and, apparently, it has. But, at least there's a workaround.

I went to Crosby's today to pick up a few things. For those of you who don't know, Crosby's is a smallish supermarket in Georgetown. I love it because it IS small and if I suddently remember that I forgot to get cheese, when I'm way on the other side of the store, it's only about 6 aisles to get back to the cheese. Kerry drove me and came in with me. I wanted to get some easy-to-fix meals for him. Otherwise, he'd subsist on take-out pizza until I feel like cooking again.

The other night, he was going to order a pizza and I remembered that we had some hot dogs and canned baked beans, so he decided to cook those up. The poor man brought the can and the can opener in to me. He didn't know how to use it. It's one of those manual ones that leaves a smooth edge on the can. I showed him how to use it and he was off to the kitchen again. Soon after, he came back with the can and the can opener and asked if we had another can opener, because that one wasn't working. I took the can opener's little clamp and popped the top of the can off. He didn't know you had to do that. He said he even turned the can over and shook it, trying to get the top off. When it didn't come off, he figured the can opener didn't work. He's so cute.  LOL  :)

If you haven't looked over the frozen meals section in your local market lately, you might want to take a gander. I'm amazed at the selection of meals available. I'm the old-fashioned kind of housewife. I actually love to cook things from scratch... or mostly from scratch, most of the time. We rarely eat prepared foods from the freezer. I will buy fish sticks, 'cause the grandkids love them. And I always have canned foods on hand for those rare occasions when I really don't feel like cooking. Other than that, I cook. And I was feeling really bad that he wasn't getting his good home-cooked meals. Yeah, I know... get over it.  :)  Now he has some really nice frozen meals he can prepare for himself. He's got chicken parm with spaghetti, meatloaf, spaghetti and meatballs, a couple of frozen pizzas, and some canned ravioli. He loves all that stuff and I'm happy.  :)

It was GREAT to get out to Crosby's today! And I think I might go back again tomorrow to pick up more Lactaid. I just bought a quart to see if that would do the trick. I can't tell you how excited I am that it did! Can't wait till I can drive myself, but I don't mind Kerry driving me. When we go anywhere, he usually drives anyway.  :)

I'm in a MUCH better state of mind and I want to thank you all for your care, concern and pep talks. I really appreciate all of you!  :)