Canadian Celiac Association

I just received my new Member kit from the Canadian Celiac Association and I must say I'm impressed. Amongst the many sheets of information, Celiac Disease for Dummies and Acceptability of Food and Food Ingredients for the Gluten free diet books, is this wonderful no nonsense guide that I will reproduce for you.
10 FIRM WAYS TO MANAGE CELIAC DISEASE SO IT DOESN'T MANAGE YOU!!
1. Find a Doctor you trust, follow his or her medical advice, and try to stop worrying.
2. Accept the fact that you will probably have to do more cooking and baking "from scratch" than you used to. Take on the challenge and concentrate on the art of finessing gluten.
3.Read labels on all processed foods you may decide to try.
 4. Guard against paranoia, which can be an uncomfortable burden. Prudence, not paranoia, is guidance to take to heart.
5. Resolve to stay as gluten-free as possible, then relax. In other words, don't cheat but try to be flexible.
6. Join a support group and go to meetings. Virtually all support groups need more help than they get. Pitch in.
7. Work on anger (with help if necessary): at the Doctors who misdiagnosed you or said you were nuts: at the family members who were also unbelieving: at the current society that sometimes dismisses gluten freedom as a bit of an eccentricity.
8. Have your first-degree child relatives tested. Explain the dangers to your first-degree adult relatives and encourage them to be tested. Recognise that the decision is theirs.
9. Focus on the benefits of the GF diet, not the burdens. It's a very healthy diet.
10. Accept the current reality of a gluten-filled world.

Interesting, that the Canadians focus on the emotional effects of CD, something I think we lack slightly here. The Australian mind set is more focused on the physical aspects rather than the emotional, something we should do more of!