~ Prednisone ~ Buffalo Hump

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Dearest ...if this thing (which I have HATED with a royal passion

for 32 years!!!) disappears I am going to shave my head and go dancing

in the street!!! It is so yucky looking, and I feel like Quasimoto.

And it is uncomfortable to lean back in a chair, wear certain necklines,

and honestly, causes my whole head to ache if I don't lay my head down

occasionally. SO many doctors have said it's caused by my weight

(balderdash!) though a few of the GOOD ones (a former neurologist, my

rheumys past and present, my former PCP) knew it was prednisone caused.

I find myself reaching back and checking it several times a day and I am

always shocked at how much smaller it is.

Too bad you & I couldn't make some quick dough by placing odds in Vegas

on whether my humpy-bump will disappear! I'm going with your thoughts

on this!!!

OK, now that I'm done being overly-excited : ) help me understand the

correlation to diabetes. I understand that diabetes and polycystic

ovarian syndrome are connected, and that prednisone causes fat to end up

in certain places. But I'm not sure how it all relates to the bump.

All my love...

Tess