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Doc put me on a high dose steroid today for the first time. I am ready to fight god.
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*For some people and some circumstances.
But otherwise you're spot on. Not sure why you're getting the downvotes.
(And I say this as someone with a condition for which the only thing that makes any difference is glucoocorticoids). I still try to eat well because I want to give my body every chance.
I think the asterisk is the entire explanation for the down votes.
OP hasn't said why they were taking the steroids or what underlying physical constraints they have. And that's fine, it's none of my business. I'm just happy they're feeling better.
It'd be like me walking into a hospital, not bothering to read a patients chart, and then just telling all the patients what they need to do to get better.
I'm only operating on assumptions, not asking any questions, and I'm not even a doctor.
It's absurd, absolutely absurd, offensively absurd to say anything will have a "similar result" to anything else if you don't even know specifically what they're taking or even why they're taking it in the first place.
That doesn't mean it's bad advice, in the general sense. It's just inappropriate to offer up your prescription to a specific person with a specific issue with absolutely no information about the person or the issue.
Exactly right. I didn't ask them for advice. They just assumed I was some schlub needing steroids because I can't take care of my body. I'm taking it for inner ear inflamation of all things. I work a very physical job and I don't know the last time I've had an issue with even moderate physical pain other than from blatant injuries from things like accidentally smashing my finger. I spend most of my day climbing ladders with 80lbs of gear strapped to my back without issue. A bit insulting to have some rando come in and assume I'm not taking care of myself because I'm on a certain medication.
He's getting down voted because everyone thinks they are an expert and know better. He's also absolutely right. 80% of the people here likely have a shit diet, but think it's good.
A lot of people have chronic conditions that won't be fixed no matter what they eat. I get it's easy to say stuff like that since a lot of people would benefit from better diet and habits in general, but when you're extremely ill it gets old really fast to hear even well-meaning advice that's not helpful.
At one point my guts were so infected I could eat barely anything and lived only on boiled white rice for a while, and I still had motherfuckers ask me had I considered eating more vegetables
That's exactly my point.