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Mo I0S7 I Lifestyle Treat gallstones with surgery diet DRGOTT DEAR DR While running some tests ulcer the doctor covered that I have gallstones and recommended gallbladder surgery What arc the symptoms attack DEAR READER Gallstones typically cause sharp colicky pain in the right upper abdomen after meals that are rich and greasy However this la not always the case Some pa tlents with gallstones have burning midabdominal pain resembling the discomfort of peptic ulcer Other people with gallbladder attacks expe rience shoulder or chest pain dice gas bloating and digestive abnormalities If your doctor suspected that you had an ulcer and found gallstones In stead your symptoms probably will be relieved by gal I bladder surgery If you choose to postpone surgery fol low a strict fat free diet and sec what happens Sometimes such a diet will reduce Inflammation in the and therefore reduce symptoms The technique of dissolving gallstones with chemicals Is still experimental and not yet available to the public MAIN ST S go SAVE ON OUR INTERIOREXTERIOR PACKAGE RUNNING BOARDS FREE INSTALLATION GET A TIDY CAR SUNROOF Installed while you wait and guaranteed not to leak for as long as you own your car PRICES STILL IN EFFECT Guolph St Georgetown Phono VISA oo DEAR MEG DEAR DR I would like to know the facts How do you get ihem and what do they do to your system What is the cure DEAR READER are white worms about j half inch long that can inhabit the large intestine When the female worms are ready la lay eggs they migrate to the anus where they deposit their eggs This causes Intense itching The eggs arc then transmitted back Into the per son mouth or from person to per son on the hands The eggs are lowed hatched in the small Intestine and then mature In the large intestine where the life cycle starts anew Although adult pinworms can sometimes be found in the anal area the diagnosis usually is made by the cellophanetape test The sticky side of a piece of cellophane tape Is pressed against the anus placed on a glass slide and examined under a ml The eggs arc readily visible eggs are easily spread from person to person therefore pin worm infestation is common In schools and daycare centers The affliction is usually harmless but extremely bothersome It is treated with either pyrantel pamoate vlnlum pamoate or mebendazole Husband erodes her selfesteem DEAR Em and I have been married three years and have a month old son Ernie earns a good salary I don work because Ernie trust baby sitters Whenever ask for money I get the third degree so I stopped asking and have nothing new for myself Er claims I have no responsibilities because I don work but I have plen ty of responsibilities One is months old one Is yean old and the rest is housework Ernie has destroyed my self dence constantly making mi feel Interior because I don I have a college education But the reason f didn t finish college Is that I quit to marry him What do you see for us In the future Meg Hes always been a difficult man LUCY IN THE SKY WITHOUT DIAMONDS PA DEAR LUCY Not much afraid Ernie Is controlling you through the power of his purse strings and the pain of his put downs He an emotionally if not physically man If you thought when you married him hat jour love would help him become a more secure giv person you now know his prob lems run much deeper Ask yourself if you d be better off without him than you arc with him I think I know the answer You could get some valuable input from Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Love Them Bantam by Susan For ward and Joan Torres It about men like Ernie and women like you DEAR MEG I m an executive assistant and I been living with Mai for four years Mai Is an actor and has the disposition to go with it At the beginning our relationship carefree and fun He kept telling me he loved me and would soon getting a divorce but I don he even mentioned divorce to his wife Last month I had my third abortion and Mai wasn even at the hospital He apologized and promised every thing would be like it used to be but he as moody and unreliable as ever I know deep down he loves me and I m determined to make the relation ship work Can you gne me some pointers COMMITTED WASH DEAR COMMITTED Not one dear You re in a dead end relation ship and I see nothing but pain and heartache ahead if you insist on stick it out Denying yourself happiness by clinging to behavior that causing you distress is self defeating Mai love anybody When a played itself out It time to bring down the curtain Write to Meg care of this per Meg can only answer letters that contain a self addressed stamped en velope Questions of general Interest will he discussed in future columns EXHIBITION AND SALE At WILDLIFE PRINTS VALUE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON THIS FAMOUS CANADIAN ARTISTS DRAMATIC SCRAPERBOARD AND PENCIL WORK ROBERT POW SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINTS THE FRAMING CENTrIT 348 Guelph St GEORGETOWN 8777491 ENTER AT BELL GLASS 8776310