Add another intolerance to the list!!

I knew it would happen and it did... dairy now makes me feel sick!

Is there no end to the growing list of things that I am not able to stomach anymore? So far it reads like this:

Onions (and all members of the onion family including shallots, chives, spring onions/scallions)
Garlic (as it's an allium, like onions)
Eggs
Mushrooms
White flour (in bread, cakes, pies, etc)
Dairy products (milk, cream, butter, ice cream(!), yoghurt, etc).
Also some vegetables leave me feeling like crap, like broccoli, pumpkin and too many brussels sprouts.

Finding foods without any of these in is becoming a nightmare (especially the top three as they cause me real agonising pain)... especially ready meals for those times when you can't be bothered to cook from scratch! I was seriously thinking of becoming a vegetarian again until the intolerances reared their ugly (and painful) heads, but most of the vegetarian products out there, like Quorn, all contain onions or onion powder so I can't eat them... that leaves me with plain tofu, which is nice but needs work to make a meal and soya protein (same as the tofu). By not being able to eat the eggs and dairy I would be a forced vegan if I stopped eating meat... and whereas I can eat fish and chips without a problem (as long as I don't eat the batter around the fish) a vege-burger would have me in agony about two hours later because they all contain onion and/or garlic!

So what do I do? Become a vegetarian as I'd love to do and make my life ten times harder than it already is... or stay eating the meat I can eat (such as white meat, fish, chicken, turkey) and not suffer?

I already feel like a total burden as there are so many things I now cannot eat... and because I can't have them my parents feel guilty for having stuff I can't eat and so they don't eat it either!! Case in point... Mum and I were out shopping the other day and as we were both hungry we decided to go to MacDonalds - it was only as we were in the queue for the drive-thru and unable to turn around that I remembered that I couldn't eat 90% of the things on the menu. All I could have were some fries and a side salad (with balsamic dressing, plus a sweet and sour sauce). As luck would have it, I thoroughly enjoyed it and had seconds... but Mum also had the same as me as she didn't want to eat something that I couldn't have! To say I felt guilty would be an understatement!

But I guess I can do no more than I do... I've told the people around me "if you want something to eat and I can't have it, just eat it... I truly do not mind!"

Another thing that drives me crazy is when I make something for me, and I usually make far too much so that I can have some for another day, or later... and then someone that can eat what they like comes along and says something like "oh, can I have some of that, it looks great" and then helps themselves! I see it as really selfish for people that have their own food and can also grab literally anything they like and eat it without pain, to come along and see the food I have made for my own narrow dietary requirements and just tuck in!! I wouldn't mind if I offered it out, but I don't (and not because I'm a big meanie, but because the food is sometimes five times as expensive as the normal alternative... like my egg free mayo, "they" buy the cheap brand and I have to pay fives times the price for a third of the size, and then they wonder I grumble when they eat mine and still have their own for later!!!)... some people have no shame (and/or very short memories!!)

I'm going to have to put the becoming vegetarian on hold at least for now (and probably permanently if I have no other choice)... guess it is just another thing I can add to the list of "not in this lifetime."