Prednisone -- Some Positive Ruminations

Many years ago, and for many years, I lived in another country.

I pride myself to this day, perhaps erroneously, for having a little bit of dual vision.

I'm an American, but sometimes I can step back and also look at the expectations and behaviors of Americans from the perspective of a non-American, someone who wasn't raised with the sunny expectations and hopes with which we are raised in the U.S.

One of our expectations, I think is that everything should go our way, all the time, with no costs involved. Trains should arrive on time, children should behave, people should love each other and every movie should have a happy ending.

In real life, there is a price for everything and very little happens as we think it should.

As they say in 12-Step programs, "Don't should on me."

In the case of prednisone, we have truly a wonder drug that has, at least in my case, absolutely KO'd BOOP. Did I honestly expect that there would be no side effects for such a miraculous pill?

I'm not saying that we, as patients, aren't entitled to information and guidance. I'm just looking at "both sides, now."

More later.