Thanks Franklin for your kind words. I know better than anyone what stress can do to you. It's unfortunate that I have been under tremendous stress all my life. My parents were alcoholics, my first husband(my children's father) was an alcoholic, drug addict, sex & women addict. My second husband has had numerous health problems the entire 16 years we've been together, numerous surgeries. I raised 2 teenagers who literally put me through HELL. My son also has some mental issues which he tried to self medicate and got hooked on painkillers and xanax. He has really put a lot of stress on me, in and out of juvenile lock-up type facilities before he got grown, in and out of jail since he got grown. I took care of my elderly mother from 1992 until Nov. 2005 when she passed. Six years of that was constant care here in my home as she developed alzhemeir's. She died in my arms of a massive stroke back last November. I was also parttime caregiver to my sister-in-law for 1 1/2 years when she came down with these disease called polymyostsis. I quit my job to do this for her and her son paid me so I would have some income. Her sister went on the days I did not, which she was working at the time and had to ask to be off during this time. This was a total stressor on me. My sister-in-law, Bennie was on chemo shots, another chemo taken by mouth, predisone and a million other medicines for heart problems and medicines to combat side effects of the chemo and such. Bennie had never been sick in her life, and she was a very hard person to deal with....not a good patient at all. The predisone turned her into this monster. She went into rages, her mind didn't exactly work right while on it. This disease attacked her muscles and she was unable for a long time to get in or out of bed without help, could barely walk. In the middle of helping her with baths, getting her in and out of bed, helping her to walk, etc. I also cleaned her house, cooked, did laundry....all the basic housework. She had dogs that had to be walked and fed. Not long after her disease went into remission, I discovered I had CML. I had went back to work, working nights and was also still going to help her about 2 days a week and taking care of my mother in the middle of all of this. YES, STRESS KILLS! I'm living proof. I know only too well that predisone/steroids make you hungry and also make you gain weight. Bennie ate constantly and did gain a lot of weight which a lot of it was fluid. She looked like if you stuck a pin in her, she would go POOF! I want to gain weight, but not fluid. I might talk with my doctor about a small dose but I know Bennie had to be weaned off of it slowly when she was told she no longer had to take it. My stepson gets steroid shots in his back for back problems and nerve damage caused by diabetes and he too looks like if you stuck a pin in him, he'd go down like a balloon. I'd rather use something natural such as weed as to have the side effects that steroids cause but I will discuss this with my primary doctor and CML specialist. If it made me hungry, made me gain weight plus gave me energy....Boy that would be wonderful. Thanks again for your input. Love, Peace, Hope & Prayers, Pat
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