[justshe]

I saw an interview with Jerry Lewis re: his weight/steroids. Once you have been on high doses of steroids over a long period of time, you have to SLOWLY reduce the dosage.....VERY slowly over a long period of time. He indicated that will be happening with him. You can't just stop them all at once...or you could die. The steroids, IIRC, are taking the place of the function of the adrenal gland. You slowly reduce the steroids and 'trick' the adrenal gland into reactivating.

It can take from 6 months to 3 years....for the body to readjust to being off steroids...and for the weight gain (ballooning) to be reversed.

If he is lucky (and I pray he is)......his weight gain should reverse.

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

As I understand it, the disease will kill him within two or maybe three years since the diagnosis. At of now, Jerry has perhaps one or two more years. He is happy since he is pain-free from his back pain for 37 years!

He may not make the mext Telethon!