Condolences to his family and friends. It always sucks when someone young passes away.
I'll probably get blasted for answering the question someone had about cancer and steriods but it was a legit question and no one answered.
Steriods destroy the thymus gland remnants and suppress the body's natural immune system. There's no simpler way to put it.
That's not opinion, just fact. If anyone says to the contrary and ask them to prove it. They give organ recipients steroids to suppress the immune system and prevent rejection. The body's T-cells mature in the thymic remnants, if that's destroyed where exactly are they supposed to mature? That's one of the reasons why people who use heavily in their teems are so suceptable to cancer later in life.
As far as the whole risk/reward thing goes.... only the individual can decide. In the same vein when we make decisions like that, good or bad, our loved ones should be taken into consideration.
OK, I'll go back to posting stupid crap now.
