Ok, well the invites are nearly ready to go out for DD1's best-ever-party-idea middle-eastern themed birthday party...BUT there's a delicate topic I need to broach.

Because I'm having chemo, I really need to keep away from anyone with coughs or illnesses - even the regular garden-variety colds.

How do you go about saying "please keep your children away if they have any coughs or sniffles" in a way that explains why without being too much information? Most of the parents are people we haven't met before so don't know the situation already.

Ideas???