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Kaur Singh
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I don’t think they’ve even mentioned it to her beyond ‘we might need to look at some thyroxine’.
Ironically, she has been feeling better the last week or so she thinks as a result of the steroids she’s now on. They must be pretty anti-inflammatory as they have reduced symptoms of the temporal arteritis but also the arthritis. When I try and explain that the source of the inflammation is still there and there will be side effects down the line of just treating symptoms with steroids, she looks at me like I’m a madman. She would literally rather pop corticosteroids because the doctor said than try something like progesterone her son suggested.
I guess the best one can do
is give out things like studies
and let them (family members, friends)
make what they will of it
Be there if they come to you, etc
It can be hard with family/friends when they are sick,
knowing that it could be different.
I also learned I need to keep my frustration/stress levels down
if I am to regain and keep my good health.