Prednisone makes our bodies metabolize sugar and carbohydrates differently making some people weight gain and experience high levels of sugar in the blood by making our bodies resistant to insulin. In this way, a person may develop diabetes. The rates of Prednisone causing this disorder are 10-24%. H.
Your ex-wife may receive Social Security Disability Income---SSDI---based on your condition, even if you are paying alimony. As with other Social Security benefits, alimony is considered unearned income and will reduce the overall amount of benefits she receives.
There is a little-known Social Security benefit that retirement-age workers can claim. The spousal benefit allows you to get half of your spouse's Social Security retirement benefit when you turn 66. You can collect the spousal benefit so long as you delay taking your own retirement benefit, which grows 8% a year until age 70.