Accidents and Emergencies

It has been an eventful week. David has been away in California and on Friday he got stung by a Stingray in Laguna beach and spent a couple of hours in the hospital.

The day before that I managed to crash the car whilst making an illegal turn (not on purpose). The damage could have been a lot worse and no-one was hurt. Its complicated however by the fact that the car we use is David's company car and he was out of town so technically I shouldn't have been driving it although I am insured. Not only did someone crash into me but that someone happened to work for the Dept. of Defence and was driving a Government vehicle. At one point the Secret Service turned up at the scene which was a little disconcerting.

Anyway, this little incident happend on the way to book club so after I had taken the car back home and walked there, I had no qualms about consuming the wine, pizza and brownies that were on offer as my nerves were pretty shaken.
It did call to mind, however, the question of what I would normally do in such situations as turning up at someones house where they are serving pizza - or pasta and nothing else, especially if they don't know you and your foibles very well. We are often in situations where we don't want the whole party to know we have endo and are on a special diet. I am trying to come up with a solution to these problems. There are a few options:
1) If its a potluck thing, you could offer to be the one to take the entree dish as you then have control over what it is.
2) Eat something before you go and make excuses like you had a big lunch or something and are not hungry.
3) If its a small dinner party - you can tell the host before hand that you have some dietary requirements.
4) If you are out at a restaurant and there is nothing on the menu to suit, ask if they can substitute things. I will sometimes have a veggy burger without the bun or fruit or salad can be substituted for fries. People just think you are on Atkins or something.

The worst places are Italian restaurants & pizza parlours. If you have a choice in where to eat, the best bet is to say Indian, Thai, Chinese.... If you find yourself surrounded by Chianti bottles and checkered tablecloths, then you can either say 'f*** it' and scoff down an 8 inch meat lovers or alternatively go for a substantial salad, or a couple of appetizers instead.