What I mean is, do you find your diabetes to be:
A tool to get out of dong something you really dont want to do? Go somewhere you really dont want to or the opposite?

Do you find it to be a great excuse to skip a party, meeting or other confrontation?

We all do it, but some I am sure would milk it more than others.
I used ita few times not to go on 5 milk day hikes........................or work in teh field...........

Funny, I thought you meant that diabetes was being used as a tool that we used to get something positive done.

When I was diagnosed, I used diabetes to start to really look at my diet and try to improve it. That started a life long wandering amongst book store shelves trying to find the "cure" for diabetes and the diet that would do it.

I became interested in vitamins and minerals that are supposed to help blood sugars. I began to open my eyes to alternative medicine.

I also became more aware of how I felt at any given moment. If I felt mildly shaky in the subway, I had to think about it. Was I just uncomfortable in the heat and crowds or was I just about to go into a low bloodsugar incident. I actually fainted on the train once and it all turned out to be a case of terrible train, rather than a diabetic incident.

I also discovered what it was to be different from others, that I had to think twice about going on last minute adventures because I had to have my meter, diabetic supplies and a snack with me. I had to stick to a schedule when going out and could no longer wing it. That took a lot of fun from my life, but it was a learning experience too.

I never used diabetes as an excuse to get out of doing anything. If I wanted out of something, I spoke up and refused. I didn't need any excuse.

I don't use diabetes to get out of things I don't want to do.

Sometimes I am really frustrated sitting in a parking garage waiting for my blood sugar to be high enough to drive. Then the diabetes is the reason i can't drive but it is a true reason, not an excuse.

I think diabetes has been a tool that makes me more self aware and more in tune with what is going on with in my body and around me than a lot of people seem to be.

There are things I can't do and things I don't want to do but I don't say I can't because of diabetes to get out of things.

I know when i was offically Dxd and on meds it was apositive........
but i was talkingw ith some people th eother day and well.. it came up and we started giggling.
one lady said she used her diabetes as a way to get out of attendinga family dinner......
another guy said it was a way to get out from having a business dinner and talking about work all weekend..

another woman said she hated to admit it but her MIL was a terrible cook, so she explained that her " sugar" was too high to come over......

another explained that he used it as an excuse for his wife to drive on a long trip after he had drive for 9 hours traight and needed a break......

julie