There is a Pure Fucking Meanness that runs right through some people. Maybe a lot of people? Surely not most people?

I clicked on this story solely to find this clip in the comments, and watch it again. Oh, how it makes me laugh. Every time. Thanks!

Yes, thank you!

I miss Shade Court. I would like to hear the verdict on this one, esp between :36-:38.

Thanks for writing this. I’ve had a rough go of it lately, gained some more weight and have been cringing when I see myself in pictures. So nice to read something from someone so centered in who they are and what's important to them.

Gah! This seems so horribly possible! I'm sorry for your mom!

Maybe it was intended ironically? I'm ever hopeful.

Omg, thank you. That started my dreary Wednesday off right.

Yep! It's astounding how people will get into it with you.

God bless their dumb little brains. And may they never have to go on 90 mg prednisone for an extended period of time. Because the self-flagellation and hair shirts would be very difficult to handle while they’re ‘roided up, right?

I do. Sorry! It's such an amazing drug. And then there are the side effects.

I happen to do research on health, and a big part of that requires understanding that major public health problems like obesity (because it is clearly one), may have a simple ultimate cause (excess caloric intake over output), but they have incredibly complex proximate causes (genetic, epigenetic, environmental,…

Thanks, but oh that sucks. I need to have a bone scan soon, crossing my fingers. And yes. I got out relatively unscathed from that situation (minor vision loss in that eye, barely even notice it anymore), though the mysterious auto-immune issues have continued to crop up in unexpected places. Never fun, but beats…

It certainly seems that you have very strong feelings about other people’s weight gains and how they think and talk about it. Have fun with that!

No, optic nerve swelling that was apparently autoimmune in nature but might have been triggered by a viral cold. Steroids saved most of my vision in my left eye, but it took a LONG taper to keep the swelling from flaring back up. Oh, I was miserable. Except you know what? My joints felt great while I was ‘roiding it…

May you never have to take high doseage steroids and be disbelieving of your body’s immediate attempts to turn you into a miserable, sweaty balloon version of your previous self. Rapid onset edema, as well as dramatically altered blood sugar levels, psychiatric symptoms like the loss of impulse control, and dramatic…

Hi. You have no actual idea what you are talking about, and yes, there are definitely major, fast, and terrifying effects of high doseage steroids. I gained 55 in 3 months and I didn’t eat wildly (which is hard to do when you are very hungry, can’t sleep, and slightly unhinged). I even tried to slow it down and…

Also 55 lbs in 3 months. High five! I felt my skin stretch. My dose was so high for so long that i got the Quasimodo neck hump.

Oh man. 90 mg daily of prednisone that had to be tapered off over 10 months 5 mg at a time. But I’m not blind! I gained 55 lbs in 2 months. It was terrifying to experience, but I would just look at myself in the mirror and try to remember I might not be able to do that but for steroids.

Has someone written “I wanna go out but I don’t want to wear a bra, shoes, or real pants?” That's my album.