TWTR My wife is a stay-at-home mom. Are we doing OK? My estranged daughter says she only wants my money and jewelry. Do I include her in my will? Nicole Lyn Pesce. I rebuilt my life after hitting rock bottom at She eventually revealed that it was because she was taking high dose of prednisone , a common but powerful steroid used to treat a whole host of issues, from arthritis to cancer.
Why she had to disclose this is still a mystery to me. Not a mystery to me are the unfortunate side effects of steroids like prednisone. I know because I've been prescribed it too, and the side effects can be devastating. I had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis for approximately five years when I woke up one morning in October and looked in the mirror to see that my face had doubled in size, seemingly overnight.
I was in the middle of a big MS flare, most likely caused by a bout of post-partum depression coupled with the loss of a dear friend, and as such was on a strong course of prednisone. I can barely put into words the hit my self-esteem took. I wanted to hide. I didn't want to see my own reflection, let alone other people.
My birthday was a few weeks later. I almost canceled. Not the party; my entire birthday. Maybe this reaction seems insane to some; weight may fluctuate, age will take its toll, but your face is your defining characteristic. Your first impression. To look at yourself and feel like you see a stranger looking back? It was devastating. Months, then a year, went by with minimal improvement. I was always painfully aware of the state of my face.
My friend AshleyJudd made a few calls to people who chipped in a few dollars to our campaign. And Judd herself explained why:.
That women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient. Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men over the bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity of girls and women.
It is subtle, insidious, and never more dangerous than when women passionately deny that they themselves are engaging in it.
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