Originally Posted by RavenC

But...no one told me this "appropriate treatment" DOES effect your life expectancy. Prednison can cause diabetes (check!), heartproblems (check!), addisonlike reactions (check!), osteoperoses (check!). Immune supressant can cause multiple damaging problems, like livercirroses (check!), kidneyproblems, infections, cancer. All stuff that does have impact on life expectancy.

I just find this a "funny" contradiction.