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.
The Alimony Reform Act of 2011 changes the law in Massachusetts by adding limits to the time alimony can be paid, adds cohabitation language, adds an end date for alimony such as retirement and cohabitation and creates new types of alimony.