A Slow and Difficult Week

I had anticipated that this would be a difficult week. I barely left the house this week.

I imagined that after 6 weeks of prednisone at 60 mil a day, I not only was still taking a lot of medicine, but I had also accumulated a lot of medicine within me. I know this sounds vague, but each time I take another prednisone pill, I imagine/feel a prickly swirly feeling throughout my hands, a little like pins-and-needles, as if my body's a lava lamp, but instead of colors, it's weird medicine swirling through me.

The lump on my back is long and deep. My cheeks are so puffed up that the corners of my mouth need lip balm, they've turned red and itchy.

Last week, when I got my hair cut, a clump came out in the hairdresser's comb. I was encouraged to use a strong conditioner and not wash my hair too frequently. The only problem is, that you simply have to shampoo after a night of prednisone-induced sweats.

I can barely walk around. Standing for only a few minutes really is impossible.

But on Sunday, I can finally start cutting back. It's only by 10 mil, but I'm ready!