I was sitting in a chair this afternoon and I noticed something different about myself:

My belly seems to pooch out more, creating cumbersome rolls of fatty skin piling around my belly button.

When did I lose my awesome six-pack? When did my washboard abs disintegrate into this flabby mimicry of a pot belly?

Is it residency? Is it the erratic sleep schedule, the haphazard eating habits, the complete lack of exercise (or motivation thereof)? Is it the 2 a.m. French fries and the grilled cheesesteak sandwiches when I'm on call?

Naw...it must be the steroids. I just completed my three-week course of prednisone for the poison oak rash. I'm sure I'll be looking like my old self in no time.