<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The purpose of this survey is to investigate the level of impact a diagnosis of Coeliac disease or gluten intollerance has on the emotional welbeing of an individual. I aim to compare this across the various age groups and consider how this affects other areas of your everyday life such as eating out and use of skin care products etc. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help and support so far and appologise for the length of time it has taken me to send out this survey. Miriam (the silent L.M.S. at this address) PREDIAGNOSIS. 1. At what age were you diagnosed? 2. Please list your symptoms up until this time. 3. In what ways would you say this affected your social life? 4. How did you feel about your symptoms? 5. What effect did this have on you (what you did, where you went, how you felt about yourself etc.) ON DIAGNOSIS. 6. How did you respond to the suggestion that you may have Coeliac disease or a similar condition/ allergy? 7.how were you diagnosed? Biopsy/ blood tests/ exclusion diet/ etc. (please specify) 8. How long did the diagnosis take? 9. How did this make you feel? 10. What was your initial response on learning of your diagnosis? POST DIAGNOSIS. 11. How easy/ difficult was it for you to obtain gluten free food after your diagnosis? 12. how did this make you feel? 13. How often were you tempted to ignore the diet and eat whatever you felt like? 14. What kind of attitude did the people you came in contact with have towards your condition? 15. How did this make you feel and what effect (if any) did it have on your acceptance of the condition). 16. Did you know other Coeliacs who were able to help you out? 17. What effect would you say this had on you? 18. Were you put in touch with a support network for Coeliacs, if so, how soon after your diagnosis? 19. Since you started your diet to what level have your symptoms reduced? 20. Would you say that you have become more socially active as a resutl of this? 21. Has it become easier to obtain food? 22. Did you do anything to encourage shops and restaraunts to become more coeliac friendly? 23. How do you feel about requesting special food at restaraunts? 24. If you entered a restaraunt and found that they knew nothing about the Coeliac diet what would you do? 25. Do you have any little Coeliac related stories that you would like to share which may help with my report. Names will be changed etc. however this is entirely up to you. Thankyou for your help Miriam Killey.