STUTTERING, THE SHAKES & I CAN'T THINK RIGHT NOW - MORE PREDNISONE ADVENTURES

THE SHAKES

A while ago someone told my friend, they thought I was shakey, but I don't think it was meant to be in a positive way. Well....today they would be correct by definition because I noticed a little last week but very much so this weekend - I'm shaking. I was putting on lip stick while my friend & I played make-up last night and I could not stand to see the vibration. It wasn't violent, but at only fourty - I don't want to shake. I looked up the possible side effect of Prednisone and shaking seems to occur more when you are tapering, as I am doing now presently at 30mg. I didn't know this was a side effect. I'm glad I'm not just....well shakey.

STUTTERING

I noticed more than 2 weeks ago I started stuttering. Not constantly, but noticably for someone who has never stuttered.  I looked up side effects of Presnisone and yes, stuttering is on the list as well when tapering. I haven't been able to pinpoint when it happens or why. Like is it breathing related, subject related, length of sentance, frustration? I don't know. It doesn't always happen and I  try to move on with my sentance, as if I don't try to notice it, then it's not really happening. Up until this weekend, not one ever caught it so I was glad of that because, well I really don't know why. I did a lot of talking this weekend with my friends though, and there was no hiding it so, cats out of the bag.

UHMMMM....HUH?

Overused phrases from me the past couple of weeks "I can't think right now", "I don't know right now",  "I can't remember".  The truth is, I'm not sure of a lot of things right now. I sometimes imagine what the thing is I want to say but can't get it out. Sometimes it is truley a blank. Sometimes I know if I just get a trigger image or phrase it will come to me. Frustrating. Confusion is a possible side effect of Prednisone.

MY COMFORTI feel like this most days. Just buried in His compassionate understanding beauty. I don't really have a lot of words (YES ME) and sometimes just am crying to Him. I spent a lot of time praising last night as I was driving through the mountains with snow coming down ugly around my lil Civic. I was laughing, smiling and at complete peace just like this picture. I wasn't scared, anxious, or worried about the circumstances. I was just singing out to Him.

I take comfort also knowing, this is not in vein. I know not everyone will "get" this blog - it's not meant for them. I commit all I do to Gods glory and His work through me.

"All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too."
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (from The Message)