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- Type of diabetes
- Other
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Spiders, control freaks, untidiness, ignorance.
Me again...........
So, I'm having a friend over for coffee this weekend. I have not known this person long and I feel it's too soon (if even at all necessary) to say I am diabetic. But, excitedly, in our telephone chat, she adds "ooh, I'll bring cakes!". To which I cringe, knowing I really cannot have one. Now, while I might indulge in a cream cake very occasionally, I am confused about refusing and as to what to say and how to say it. How do others deal with these impromptu indulgent offerings without necessarily declaring your medical situation and without seeming ungrateful?
I will add that this is not a problem I have with declining cake, I can take it or leave it - it's just to do with explaining myself without actually telling someone I am diabetic. I am not ashamed or embaressed of being diabetic, but I just don't want it to be something that I tell someone I hardly know- I want them to get to know me first, not my medical situation.
Thanks...........
So, I'm having a friend over for coffee this weekend. I have not known this person long and I feel it's too soon (if even at all necessary) to say I am diabetic. But, excitedly, in our telephone chat, she adds "ooh, I'll bring cakes!". To which I cringe, knowing I really cannot have one. Now, while I might indulge in a cream cake very occasionally, I am confused about refusing and as to what to say and how to say it. How do others deal with these impromptu indulgent offerings without necessarily declaring your medical situation and without seeming ungrateful?
I will add that this is not a problem I have with declining cake, I can take it or leave it - it's just to do with explaining myself without actually telling someone I am diabetic. I am not ashamed or embaressed of being diabetic, but I just don't want it to be something that I tell someone I hardly know- I want them to get to know me first, not my medical situation.
Thanks...........