{"id":982,"date":"2006-06-09T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T14:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-dont-feel-tardy\/"},"modified":"2006-06-09T09:30:28","modified_gmt":"2006-06-09T14:30:28","slug":"i-dont-feel-tardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-dont-feel-tardy","title":{"rendered":"I don’t feel tardy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been on prednisone for the last 10 days, trying to clear out the ugly ol’ case of poison ivy I picked up from the Memorial Day yard-clearing extravaganza<\/a>. The pred has left me pasted by heartburn for over a week, which is no fun. I’ve juggled the sleeplessness with some Xanax & gin, which seems to be working okay, but this morning, I finally looked up all the listed side effects<\/a> of this little corticosteroid and discovered that among of the rarer ones are a “false sense of well-being” and “mistaken feelings of self-importance.”<\/p>\n

I don’t even know how you begin to diagnose that. I mean, does the doctor say, “You’re not doing as well as you think! And you’re simply not that important! This is just a side effect!”<\/p>\n

Evidently, I may also get them menstrual cramps, real bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been on prednisone for the last 10 days, trying to clear out the ugly ol’ case of poison ivy I picked up from the Memorial Day yard-clearing extravaganza. The pred has left me pasted by heartburn for over a week, which is no fun. I’ve juggled the sleeplessness with some Xanax & gin, which … <\/p>\n

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