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Here are my feelings, Ill lay them on the line, tho Im sure alot of people
will disagree.
 
I do not like being called a celiac or hear the word celiac disease.  I
prefer to call it a gluten intolerance, when I hear the word celiac used to
refer to me personally it makes me feel like a disease, not a person.
The attitude I take is that I have an allergy just like other people who
have allergies to whatever, I follow the diet very strictly and take my
condition very seriously, and feel that Im doing all I can and I pronounce
myself cured and go on from there.  I have told my husband not to use the
word celiac.  He has doubts about my acceptance of it but would I follow the
diet so strictly if I didn't accept it.
 
Now I feel this is a very personal thing and however a person copes with it
is their own personal way of coping.  Everyone has their own way of handling
situations and thats just my way.  At the same time,  I understand anyone
else way that works for them.  Janet in Maine