I had a dear little old lady come into the shop today, "I'd like to start a Gluten Free diet because I'm worried about the fat in my diet"...wow words cannot express.
I spent the good part of ten minutes just explaining what Gluten actually was let alone trying to explain Coeliac Disease. I get alot of this. I eventually turned this lady away with the promise that she would see her GP as she seems to have alot of foods that gave her trouble that where actually Gluten free.
I am still a License Nurse and with that License comes responsibilities that have nothing to do with being a Business Woman. I still adhere to the Code of Conduct and Ethics that I signed up for when I chose this profession. Wow Ethics is Business...that's a new concept.
I once heard a saying "The only reason why evil exists is because good people do nothing". I have made it my business (whether people wanted to know or not) to educate people on CD whenever it happened to come into conversation. I am amazed at the extremes of knowledge ...from nothing (actually completely wrong like our dear old lady) to people who have a very sound even detailed grasp on the Gluten free life. It does appall me at the amount of misdiagnosis but I hope in my small way that I can change the few people that come in contact with me. I'm doing my little bit in my little shop!
Sometimes I think I do more Education than selling products! But that's par for the course, and I do love a good chin wagg. I am about to become a Professional Member of Coeliac New Zealand and hope to get back over there sometime next year. That will notch up Professional Memberships with Coeliac Australia and UK as well. They are a vast cauldron of knowledge!..and every little bit helps
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