Question:
lactose intolerant

has anyone who used to drink milk & like it, have any problems with becoming lactose intolerant after surgery? it said somewhere it is possible, I'm just wondering if it has happened to anyone. Thank you    — [Deactivated Member] (posted on May 31, 2007)

May 31, 2007
Yeah thats comon but can go away over time by gradually drinking ever increasing quanties. In my case I was a chocolate milk addict and didnt mind the lactose intolerance. I am near 6 years out and can drink milk fine today.
   — bob-haller

May 31, 2007
Loved milk and dairy products prior to surgery. NOW...just over 3 months, still can eat them, but have lost a taste for them. Milk grosses me out and string cheese (my ultimate favorite prior to surgery) totally grosses me out. I can eat cottage cheese and yogart or yogart smoothies (Dannon Light and Fit) w/o any issues. I have two women I know who had surgery and are now lactose intolerant and were not before. It's possible, yes.
   — jammerz

May 31, 2007
very, but it's ok, as milk is just sogar. very little useful protein or calcium in there for us. it's not the fat, but the sugar that is the problem. no loss. we use protein for protein, calcium citrate for calcium and um, don't replace the sugar!
   — vitalady

May 31, 2007
Yep, it happened to me. I grew up drinking milk and now it makes me sick. I miss it sometimes, but it is so worth it to have been able to lose this weight. Sometimes I can drink goat's milk without it bothering me. I have tried the lactaid pills and milk and sometimes it still bothers me. It's hit and miss now after three years so I only ever have milk when I know I'll have time to be sick. Sometimes it bothers me a good bit, sometimes it just makes me slightly uncomfortable and sometimes it doesn't seem to affect me. My brother had his bypass a year before I did, and he can chug milk. He can also eat sugar and junk food, so I think I'd rather be me. So everyone is different.
   — djfoz

May 31, 2007
Yes, I have become somewhat lactose intolerant. I get really really bad gas. Nothing helps, not lactaid, not anything. I am having trouble, yogurt for calcium, can't eat it, string cheese is okay, sour cream, can't eat it, a little bit of milk in my oatmeal is okay too. Not sure what gives.... Just know that I miss my yogurt ...
   — Kdame

June 1, 2007
i will be 5yrs post in july and i find it hard to drink milk.i mean i can have it in my coffee, but to drink a glass of it,forget it.i get bad stomach pains.im fine with yogurt,and cheese.go figure.
   — deb44m

June 1, 2007
Yep... 7 yrs out, and I still can't do milk. I used to be a cereal gal, but no more! For some odd reason, cheese and yogurt products don't seem to bother me. Ice cream used to be sheer poisen, but as time has gone by, I can tolerate a couple of bites, which is fine, as it's so sweet I've pretty much lost my taste for it. I miss milk, but there is no way I'm going to chance the icki-ness that comes with it.
   — CharlieGirl

June 1, 2007
For the first year I was lactose intol. I used lactaid milk and cheese or took an over-the-counter lactaid pill prior to eating or drinking any type of lactose product (like real milk or cheese). By the end of my first year it was gone. It's quite common.
   — AA

June 4, 2007
We hear that the lactase tablets (such as Lactaid brand) work for some, but definitely not all. Lactose free milk seems to work better. That is almost always available in the milk section of the grocery store. It would be good to use a supplement that uses whey protein ISOLATE, not whey protein concentrate, and not a blend of the two. Whey protein concentrate can contain a substantial amount of lactose...and it always contains more than whey protein ISOLATE. Whey protein ISOLATE generally has 0 grams of lactose. Jerome UNJURY Protein
   — UNJURY

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