Lyn,
I have to agree with you that when I cut dairy products out of my diet, I missed them more than I missed foods that contained gluten. I'll bet it
will be considerably easier, now that you're used to doing without dairy products.
I was lucky - I found that after avoiding a bunch of things for over two years, (gluten, dairy, soy, corn, sugar, fruits, and most veggies), I was eventually able to slowly reintroduce them into my diet, so that now, I'm able to eat almost anything, again, (except that I always totally avoid all sources of gluten, of course).
I did it in reverse order from what you are doing - IOW, I cut out gluten first, and then a year and a half later, when I was still getting sick, I cut out dairy, corn, and all forms of sugar. Like you, I made sure that I used up all of the ice cream that I had left in the freezer, just before I started the DF part of the diet.
Good luck with your treatment program.
Tex
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