Oh, dear. Eat before the party.
I am lactose intolerant. I can't eat dairy of any kind, as it causes bloat, painful gas and explosive D. I started taking lactaid pills, but all they did was paralyse my colon, which made it very hard to go when I had to.
After 3 years, the pills stopped working. I then started taking the drops. One is supposed to put 2-4 drops into a gallon of milk and let it sit overnight in the fridge; this is to "nutralize" the lactose in the milk and make it drinkable for infants. Sometimes the drops are called "infant drops."
I was taking them by putting drops on the back of my hand (like where you'd put the salt if you were doing a tequills shot) and licking it up before I ate anything questionable.
I did this for 2 years, then the drops stopped working.
My lactose intolerance is so accute that if I eat a steak fried in butter, it'll set me off. Or even if parmesean is sprinkled on the top of a dish, even if there is no other dairy in the dish, it will cause an attack. But I've found that if I take a gas-reducing agent (simethicone) and lots of loperimide (4-5 2mg pills) I can delay a D attack for about 2 hours after I eat dairy. I still get pains, though, and I take a narcotic, Tylenol-3 for that.
I can't tolerate that lactose-free milk, otherwise it might be a good substitute. A funny aside, I know a woman who actually throws up if she eats dairy by accident, yet she can tolerate the lactose-free milk.
But your question was about social eating... I don't know if you're in a position to fill up on bread or just eat what you can and delay your attacks by taking imodium advanced.
When I'm confronted with social eating (I'm going to a wedding on Saturday) I usually stop my system with immodium advanced, then restart it again later with citrucel, when I have time to go to the bathroom. But all this does for me is delay an attack. Good luck,
~nel~
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