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2:02pm November 2, 2014
It still weirds me out that a tiny dose of dexamethasone is all that stands between me and death. The amount of cortisol your body needs to function properly in ordinary situations is such a small one, and yet without it you just die. Even my current stress dose really isn’t that much when you think about it. My normal dose is 7.5 mL a day, my highest stress dose would be 22.5 mL a day, and lately I’ve been hovering between 12.5 and 17.5 mL a day. Still not a lot, considering. And again, all that stands between me and death is this tiny syringe full of not that much fluid. It’s weird.

It still weirds me out that a tiny dose of dexamethasone is all that stands between me and death. The amount of cortisol your body needs to function properly in ordinary situations is such a small one, and yet without it you just die.

Even my current stress dose really isn’t that much when you think about it. My normal dose is 7.5 mL a day, my highest stress dose would be 22.5 mL a day, and lately I’ve been hovering between 12.5 and 17.5 mL a day. Still not a lot, considering.

And again, all that stands between me and death is this tiny syringe full of not that much fluid. It’s weird.