Bob Sullivan wrote: > This discussion is so silly. > My mother died from 2nd hand smoke.
I'm of the opinion that the doctors call it that when they can't come up with some other convenient and plausible cause. > She was never a smoker. My mother died of complications of cirrhosis of the liver, and she was not a heavy drinker. "Light social" is more like it. So, the doctors called it "Non-alcoholic cirrhosis." What they mean is, they don't HAVE a rational cause when a non-smokers and a non-drinkers die from what are otherwise "typical" addict's maladies. > My father quit in his early thirties. > She spent the last years of her life with a big oxygen bottle at her side > 24x7. > Bob S. Yup. I understand that. Been there... Sad, but part of the mystery of medicine, which is appropriately called a "practice." keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
