THIS FAT OLD LADY VERSUS PREDNISONE

Remember when I used to love Prednisone?  Well, that was before I found out what big doses over a couple of months can do to you. Let’s see, side effects include:  Blurry and double vision, sores in mouth and sore tongue, huge blood glucose swings (350+ to 40 DAILY!!!).  runny nose (after eating and any…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S WEDDING SINGER POST MORTEM

Whew.  I’m back (at least, for now, because you know how I tend to disappear periodically).  It’s been a week since The Wedding Singer (The Musical) closed, and I’m still recovering.  Doing a show at 70 is a whole lot different than doing a show at say, 50 or 60 or even 69 (heh-heh).  I…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S ODDLY SATISFYING DAY

I had the kind of day where you constantly have one more (little) thing to get done.  And for a change, instead of ignoring those (little) things, I actually did them. I changed the pee pads under the cat box (because Berta thinks using the cat box is a matter of close enough is good…