I like having an excuse to give other people. When healthy with no excuse I was often the chauffeur of other people, the handyman if they couldn't do a particular thing and went to some gatherings that I would have rather not gone to. Nowadays if I say, "Sorry, I am diabetic" the listener looks confused and goes somewhere else.
Eating is more pleasant since I have to indulge myself with real food and as much of it as I choose. To begin with this looked like a problem since I tried to comply with NHS advice. Don't worry everyone I am over that now.