Diabetes card - use it to your advantage?

I do not know about you, but I am the type of person that hates attention from other people if it is not from a person that knows me personally (because to me, those are the people WHO care).  I also hate pity and for someone to have that 'oh poor you' look on there face if they are talking to me.  Do they actually think I am NOT capable of something??  The only pity I like in particular, is my Mom or Dad treating me special when I am ill and feeling vulnerable wrapped 'burrito style' in my blanket. 

I can be quite extreme, to the point where I hide birthday or any other special event in my life from other.  I will simply keep it to myself, going about my days business- particularly from those who do not know me as well as others.  Sometimes I do believe it is because I am shy, but then I think about it - and... I am not that shy at all?  I make eye contact, I say hi to others, and I give compliments and make small talk (ok, it is VERY small talk) but you get the point... 

On a particular Friday afternoon about two weeks ago, I pulled the diabetes card and I have to admit, I did not feel bad at ALL.  There are few who know I have diabetes at work, I mean maybe 4 total (two of those people, are managers - and that is hard to hide when you miss work from your original diagnosis of being in the ICU for 3 days).
So it was Friday, it was after 12pm... and it was pretty outside - the sun shining and temperature a nice 81 degree.  I had dreams of walking outside with my iphone feeling the sun on my face, and getting my nails done after.  Oh yeah, and I needed to go to the post office............ BACK TO REALITY:  I was in a cube, with 4 gray walls, listening to a customer on the phone complain about there website menu not being in proportion to there site they pay $80 a month for.  I suddenly felt like I had to ESCAPE.  It is just about the equivalence of breaking out of jail, some times..  then I remembered, the managers know I am a new diabetic.  Could it be easier? 

A simple email to my boss, I told her I was not feeling so hot .. 'from diabetes' and should probably go.  I know it was wrong, using the Diabetes card when I really did not feel bad- but I could not resist.  We face so much as diabetics some times, I feel like we have right to use it to our advantage some days!  To take time for ourselves and just accomplishment the things we do not always get the time to do ... 

Her reply 5 minutes later: HAVE A NICE DAY!!