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Skriven 2012-03-25 08:03:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
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 NB> I suspect that some of those top causes might actually include more
 NB> than just the presenting illness... by the time one is 70, 80, etc,
 NB> there are lots of things breaking down anyway, even in the relatively
 NB> healthy... so while there are actually multiple causes, usually the
 NB> precipitating one (like pneumonia) is the only one listed...

They are always there, those multiple causes, and death
certificates are designed only to have room for the pithy
one-liners - heart failure being the catchall of catchalls.

 NB> Plus, there are more subtle ways of suicide, like just not quite
 NB> eating enough to thrive, doing what you can to "catch your death of
 NB> cold", refusing standard treatment when you do get sick...  None of
 NB> those would hit the charts as suicide... probably fly right under the
 NB> doctor's radar, too... 

Altogether true. Sort of systemwide voluntary apoptosis.
Not always a good idea, but not always the worst choice either.

Here's a good way to die-

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Chocolate Fudge Cake (A. K. A. Death By Chocolate)
 Categories: Chocolate, Cakes/choc.
      Yield: 6 servings

     10 oz Baker's semi-sweet chocolate      1/2 ts Vanilla
           -(do not substitute)                     Butter and powdered cocoa
    1/2 c  Lightly salted butter                    -for the pan
      6 lg Eggs, separated, at room                 Frosting:
           -temperature                        1 c  Sour cream at room
      1 c  Granulated sugar                         -temperature
      2    To 4 tsp creme de cacao,           14 oz Baker's semi-sweet
chocolate
           -Kahlua or dark rum                      -(do not substitute)

  Cake:

  Place oven rack in lower third of the oven, and preheat oven to 375
  degrees.  Butter an 8 inch springform pan, and coat with powdered cocoa.

  Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler over hot, but *not boiling*,
  water. (don't rush this step, chocolate burns easily)

  Beat egg yolks in a lg mixer bowl at high speed, gradually adding 3/4 c of
  the granulated sugar.  Beat until yolk mixture is pale yellow and thick, 4
  to 6 minutes.  Add melted chocolate mixture to the yolk mixture. Beat until
  completely smooth.  Add vanilla and liquor of your choice. Beat until
  blended.

  Beat egg whites in mdm mixer bowl at high speed until soft peaks form.
  Gradually beat remaining 1/4 c granulated sugar into whites; continue
  beating until stiff but not dry peaks form. Fold whites *gently* but
  thoroughly into chocolate mixture.  Pour batter evenly into pan; smooth
  top.

  Bake 15 minutes.  Reduce oven to 350 degrees; bake another 15 minutes.
  Reduce oven temp to 250; bake 30 minutes longer (total baking time is 1
  hour).  Turn off oven; prop open oven door and allow cake to remain in oven
  for 30 minutes.  Remove cake from oven and cover top with damp paper
  towelling; let stand 5 minutes.

  Remove towelling and cool cake completely.  Dome of cake will crack and
  collapse; this is normal - press top of cake down lightly to smooth top.
  Remove springform and transfer cake to serving platter.

  To make the frosting:

  Melt chocolate in double boiler over hot but not boiling water. Using a
  wooden spoon, mix in sour cream.  Pour over the cake. Let cool and harden.

  Source unknown

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 ML> last week. They're talking Avastin now, another famously
 ML> expensive drug that lengthens life by only a short time, so
 NB> (I am SO far behind... and still no end in sight)  I'm sorry to hear
 NB> that... any changes since...?
 
Yeah, his condition has gotten precarious enough that they
considered Avastin, nixed it, then decided to go back to
5FU, and now Avastin is back in the picture, potentially.

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