Mysterious Changes

Something is shifting inside of me....

I'm eating less, but putting on weight. I have had fewer nocturnal awakenings and thus am eating less food in the middle of the night. We haven't been eating that much meat and I haven't had soup in several days. My portions are smaller and I feel my capacity is smaller, yet my waistline has increased by nearly 3 inches. My stomach feels distended, but clothes still fit so far.

I'm weaker. Even with reducing the yoga to the most elementary, gentle poses, I'm knocked out for much of the morning.

Standing even for a short while results in strange feelings in my legs. Walking is still ok.

Sugar. I was told to be careful, that diabetes was one possible result of the prednisone. For days, I have tried to make cold teas with just small amounts of sugar, just enough to sweeten and not too much.

Everything I made with even small amounts of sugar was leaving a sticky taste in my mouth or the back of my teeth.

There is cake always out in the kitchen for MyMan's evening snacks. The visual cue is too much for me. And let's not forget the catastrophe of the carrots!

It all had to be related to the diabetes warning. One message my body was sending was coming through abundantly clear...lay off the sweets!

Seltzer gave me the hiccups. And green tea w/no sweetener at all also seemed to leave an unpleasant taste and feeling in my mouth.

So, it's pure water for me and no sugar. MyMom made same beautiful lo-sweet, sweetened w/Splenda cookies. That's it for snacks, or apples or bananas. Sugar is out.

According to my calendar, I am in week 3 of the 6 weeks of prednisone, before they wean me off. What was doable last week, suddenly is not this week.

What's going to happen next?

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