Also, if you would be willing to allow one or both of us to shower, do laundry and/or use a phone to make some calls regarding assistance at some point, any of those things would be immensely appreciated.
We’d be more than happy to accept gift cards for places like Stop & Shop, Shaw’s, CVS, Walgreens, Petco, Trader Joe’s, Harvest Coop, and Family Dollar to pay for things like trash bags, toilet paper, prescriptions, rat bedding and other needs.
+Lactase/Lactaid: AJ goes through about 60 (9,000 FCC Lactase Unit) pills per week. He is insanely sensitive to lactose, which is often used as a preservative in processed foods; when it is, it’s often unlabeled. Any food item that lists non-specific preservatives may contain hidden lactose. Additionally, fresh vegetables can even contain lactose, absorbed from manure used to fertilize crops. This is a little-known fact, but even that small amount can make AJ very ill. Even with both of us receiving food stamps, $400 a month is not enough to feed two adults a moderately healthy diet unless I am able to purchase and prepare foods that happen to be on sale, which includes a lot of lactose-including foods. We do spend the extra to keep lactose-free milk in the house, as that ends up being more reasonable than AJ’s having to take enzyme pills whenever he has something containing milk. Some BJ’s stores sell boxes of lactase for about $16 for 180 pills. This is the best deal we’ve found, but none of the BJ’s that stock this particular package are generally reasonable to access by T when distance, time and health conditions are taken into consideration.
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Date: 2011-09-15 09:33 pm (UTC)We’d be more than happy to accept gift cards for places like Stop & Shop, Shaw’s, CVS, Walgreens, Petco, Trader Joe’s, Harvest Coop, and Family Dollar to pay for things like trash bags, toilet paper, prescriptions, rat bedding and other needs.
+Lactase/Lactaid: AJ goes through about 60 (9,000 FCC Lactase Unit) pills per week. He is insanely sensitive to lactose, which is often used as a preservative in processed foods; when it is, it’s often unlabeled. Any food item that lists non-specific preservatives may contain hidden lactose. Additionally, fresh vegetables can even contain lactose, absorbed from manure used to fertilize crops. This is a little-known fact, but even that small amount can make AJ very ill. Even with both of us receiving food stamps, $400 a month is not enough to feed two adults a moderately healthy diet unless I am able to purchase and prepare foods that happen to be on sale, which includes a lot of lactose-including foods. We do spend the extra to keep lactose-free milk in the house, as that ends up being more reasonable than AJ’s having to take enzyme pills whenever he has something containing milk. Some BJ’s stores sell boxes of lactase for about $16 for 180 pills. This is the best deal we’ve found, but none of the BJ’s that stock this particular package are generally reasonable to access by T when distance, time and health conditions are taken into consideration.