She's 17 and this is the only illness she's ever had. Otherwise, she's in excellent shape and seems much younger, according to the vet. her kidneys are wearing down a bit, but she's naturally drinking a ton of water to counter that. the vet recently diagnosed her with TMJ and lockjaw, rendering it difficult and painful to eat. She's taking half of a steroid pill daily. the vet wanted to cut it down to half a pill every three days, but she had a lot of trouble cutting down so we're back to daily. This has been going on for about a month. On a daily dose, she eats full meals but is very sensitive about it and will leave her bowl multiple times. I've had good success by sitting with her and re-placing her bowl in front of her, wherever she's moved. I'm concerned that she's taking so many steroid doses, however, especially since she's still not at 100%. are there any natural remedies I could be using to help alleviate her discomfort and potentially cut down on the steroids (with the vet's consent)?