Keith, It wasn't the Doctor's diagnosis of disease from Second Hand Smoke, it's mine. She had recurring bouts of pneumonia over several years and shared an office for 20 years with three women who smoked heavily at their desks. She ended up with emphysema, clots in the lung, and a stroke. Regards, Bob S.
On 12/29/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
