Robin has been on Prednisone for about nine months now. Prednisone is a very efficacious drug to use when the body is beating itself up. 
It also has many awful side effects. Among those are weight gain, mood swings, cataracts and hair loss. The list goes on, but those are the ones that Robin has experienced so far. The mood swings have been the most difficult for me to deal with. As a woman the hair loss has been the most trying for Robin.
At work the other day, we went to Old Spaghetti Factory as a group for lunch. There were about 20 or 25 of us. I accidentally ended up at the head of the table. As our waitress approached the table I heard her remark, “My, what beautiful hair you have.” I thought she was speaking to the young lady seated next to me. The young lady was looking at me, and I realized the waitress was talking about me. The waitress went to make a comment along the lines of, “It is amazing how many of the guys that come in here with long hair look like they stole it from a fashion magazine.” Or something along those lines. Of course, this amused all the folks at the table, a few of whom have teased me about my long hair in the past. There was some more teasing afterwards when we returned to the office. I have broad shoulders and it was all in good fun. Continue reading “Juxtaposition”