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Page 2 NORTHWEST HERALO Section B Wednesday, September 11. W5 Advice -I Seniors need to maintain hygiene ByBurtGarnett Scripps Howard News Service 9 To be successfully, neatly and pleasantly century bound we must become hvgieniealTy in order and no bother to friends and associates. The somewhat unpleasant subject of bedpans and their use is one that keepers of hotels, rest homes and other residences of the very old often must deal with. I am privileged to learn from the manager of the Jacaranda Hotel in Avon Park, Fla., that some of his century-bound guests -- not many, but a few - have made difficulties for the staff by being; to put it as nicely as 1 can, hygienically unclean. And pitifully, some of the old ones simply do not realize how frightfully awful their misuse of a bedpan -- or indeed, doing without one -- can be. Century Bound I came to Avon Park from Key West because I feel that it is time for me to find out all I can about other century bounders, the degree to which they are acceptable to fellow citizens. And, of course, what can be done to help them, if anything. # Hotel Manager Mark Stewart and his partner, Madge Olmstead, to my mind are wonderful young people. They, like oldsters such as we, and are amazingly patient with those of us who present problems. They like running this wonderful old retirement hotel where there are year-round residents as well as transients and the large number of residents who come from the north and live just during the winter months. *. It is largely due to their ability and willingness to make oldsters comfortable, well fed and cared for that the number of year-round residents is on the increase. Addressing my close contemporaries: if you get to the poifit where you feel that you can be much less of a nuisance to your wife or relatives or friends by going somewhere that expects to have such as you, take careful account of your hygienic problems, and find out from your doctor or druggist what you can do to prevent becoming a nuisance. » Incidentally, it is the male century bounder who is the most troublesome. The ladies, my friend Mark tells me, have much better control of their emissions. (Burt Garnett, 96, is a retired newspaperman living in Key West, Fla. He writes a weekly column about trying to live to be 100 years old) Many hysterectomies deemed unnecessary By Mary Powers Scripps Howard News Service She was 33 when her uterus and ovaries were removed because of a complication of pregnancy, ** "One of my major regrets is that I didn't get another opinion. I'm sure my doctor was competent, but I just have this feeling that if 1 had gone somewhere else, someone may have saved the baby. I'll never know. I'll never have another chance. That's i t - 1 . The same year another woman, then 3« underwent the same sur­ gery But for different reasons: She had noncancerous tumors and ab­ normal tissue growth called endometriosis "I feel I made the right decision," she said. These women were given advice most women will hear sometime in t h e i r l i v e s -- u n d e r g o a hysterectomy. Once every 30 seconds, a woman follows that advice. This year an estimated 800,000 women will under­ go a hysterectomy, making it the most common major surgery. And by age 70,62 percent of today's adult women today will have had one. A hysterectomy is the surgical re­ moval of all or part of the uterus and cervix. Often a woman will undergo an oophorectomy at the same time, meaning her ovaries, located on ei­ ther side of the uterus, are also removed. Hysterectomies remain as contro­ versial as they are common. In the 1970s, women's and consumer groups began suggesting that the procedure's popularity wasn't en­ tirely medical in nature. "On the part of some people there is a per­ sonal bias about women, subcon­ scious or not," said Nora Coffey, founder of Hysterectomy Education­ al Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation. The attitude cited by critics is captured in a 1969 paper published by an American gynecologist: "The uterus has but one fuction: repro­ duction. After the last planned preg­ nancy, the uterus becomes a use­ less, bleeding, symptom-producing, potentially cancer-bearing organ and therefore should be removed." Some groups still estimate that up to 50 percent of hysterectomies are unnecessary and that another 10 percent probably could be avoided with alternative therapy. Others, like Dr. Frank Ling of the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, say it is some­ times difficult to determine what constitutes an unnecessary hyster­ ectomy. "The patient ultimately gives you a handle on what is neces­ sary," he said Overall, he said un­ necessary hysterectomies occur no m o r e f r e q u e n t l y t h a n o t h e r surgeries. Southern women and black women are still more likelv to undergo the HYSTERECTOMY - Page 4B EYEWEAR, NO LONGER A NECESSITY? EYE SURGERY WHICH TAKES PLACE WHILE THE PA- TIENT SNOOZES IN AN OUTPATIENT CENTER NOW OFF­ ERS THE REALISTIC HOPE OF REMOVING EYEGLASS DEPENDENCY FOR MANY WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CONTACT LENSES OR WHO SEEK FREEDOM FROM EYEWEAR FOR PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL REASONS. THESE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES, FIRST USED IN THE U.S.S.R. AND IN COLUMBIA, CAUSE BETTER FOCUSING OF LIGHT WITHIN THE EYE BY RESHAPING THE CORNEAL WINDOW. IN THE SOVIET TECHNIQUE (FYODOROV). CALLED RADIAL KERATOTOMY, HALF MILLIMETER-DEEP RA- DIAL CUTS GOING FROM THE PUPIL'S EDGE TOWARD THE WHITE PORTION ALLOW A NATURAL FLATTENING EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL CORNEA TO OCCUR. REFINED IN THE U.S.S.R. SINCE 1973 AND'IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1978, MORE THAN 100,000 KERA- TOTOMIES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED WORLD-WIDE. SEVERAL l.S. STUDIES HAVE RECONFIRMED ITS SA­ FETY AND HIGH EFFECTIVENESS, THOUGH SOME RARE. SERIOUS COMPLICATION HAVE OCCURRED. KERATOTOMY CORRECTS NEARSIGHTEDNESS AND ASTIGMATISM. IN THE COLOMBIAN TECHNIQUE IBARRAQUERI, THE SURGEON USES HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE A QUARTER-MILLIMETER-THICK CONTACT LENS- SHAPED WAFER FROM THE FRONT EYE WALL. THIS PROCEDURE, WHICH HAS A 25 YEAR TRACT RECORD. CORRECTS FARSIGHTEDNESS AS WELL AS NEARSIGHTEDNESS BEYOND THE RANGE OF KERATO­ TOMY. FOR MORE INFORM ATION, WRITE: ILLINOIS CENTER FOR CORRECTIVE EYE SURGERY 214 WASHINGTON STREET DEPT. 5 INGLESIDE, ILLINOIS 60041 DEAR ABB Y By Abiga i l Van Buren Woman uses casual sex to gain 4experience' By Abigail Van Biartn % INS fey Universal Prtu Syndicate DEAR ABBY: I made a big mistake/f going to bed with a man on our first date. We dated for a year and a half, but he never really rejected me because 1 was so "easy" (his words). The fact that I had a master's degree, was attractive and made good money made no difference whatsoever--he treated me like trash.. Fortunately, he wasn't the kind of person I would have wanted a permanent relationship with anyway, so I wrote it off as a good learn­ ing experience. , Women should use men the way men have be e n u s i n g w o m e n f o r y e a r s -- f o r t h e i r o w n f u n and pleasure. They should go to bed only with men they know they could never be interested in, and when they meet a man who really counts, they should hold back the sex in the beginning and play hard to get. That way, they'll have all the fun and experience without getting emotionally involved while they're waiting for the right man to come along. MASTER OF THE G AME DEAR MASTER: Using men for "fun and experience" is no more moral than men using women. The game you propose is fraught with danger. Jumping into bed for fun and ex­ perience can be hazardous to. your health and disastrous for the reputation. Grow up and slow up, sister. • • • DEAR ABBY: Immediately after the death o£my father, my sister parked "Sara," her 30- year-old, unmarried, unemployed, lazy daughter, in my mother's home to keep her company and cheer her up. After four months, Sara, who is supposed to be on a special weight- loss diet, has done nothing but sit around, watch television and gain weight. She's even rejected offers/of employment. . Mom feels trapped in her own home. It is ob­ vious that Sara is doing nothing for her morale. In fact, I know my mother wishes that Sara would go home already, but she doesn't want to offend Sara's mother. What should I do? N O R I G H T A N S W E R S «e "> DEAR NO RIGHT: Wrong! There is a right answer. If you "know" that your mom f&ls trapped and wishes Sara would go home already, encourage her to tell Sara that she ap­ preciated her visit, but the crisis is over and she can go home now. . . DEAR ABBY: Please say something to those people who make unannounced visits to see their friends. Several times ?#week, I change or cancel my own plans because these visits last anywhere from one to four hours. Whatever happened to the old practice of calling first? I would certainly never drop in on a friend and assume'I would be welcome. Please print this, Abby. A friendship is being threatened. TIRED OF COMPANY DEAR TIRED: I'll print it. but I doubt if it will help you. Why? Because "those people" who visit you unannounced are welcomed with open arms while you hide your resentment. Try this next time you have your day planned and company surprises you. Surprise them with: "I'm sorry you didn't call to let me know you were coming; I have plans for the day and it's too late to change them now." Sexual harassment leads to self-destruction By Delthla Ricks United Press International LOS ANGELES -- Women who complain about sexual harassment in the work place face ostracism by both male and female co-workers and often become victims of night­ mares, binge eating and depression, psychologists said Monday. "Sexual harassment is one of the most serious forms of discrimina­ tion, and at least 45 percent of all women and 2 percent of all men experience it to some degree during their work years," Seattle psycho­ therapist Jan Salisbury said. - Salisbury, a panelist at the 93rd convention of the American Psycho­ logical Association, said people who are sexually harassed by their em­ ployers go through stages of psycho­ logical trauma. "Initially, the victim is confused, shocked'and blames herself," said Salisbury, who defined harassment as sexual assault or requests for sex. "But when the emotional prob­ lems go untreated, victims develop deeper emotional wounds." Most emotional problems develop into self-destructive behavior, which is aggravated by co-workers who label the victims as troublemakers, she said. "Many harassment victims devel­ op fears of sexual assault, experi­ ence nightmares and episodes of binge eating," she said. "Being shunned by co-workers is perhaps the most insidious problem because the woman becomes the pariah among people she once trusted." A survey conducted by the Univer­ sity of Washington shows sexual ha­ rassment is also prevalent in the nation's colleges and universities, with female students reporting the majority of cases. "Investigations conducted over the past several years show that women have reported instances of sexual harassment in almost every major university in the country," said panelist Angela Ginorio, a so­ cial psychologist at the University of Washington. She said reported incidences ranged from acts of leering and lewd comments to requests for sex and outright sexual assault. "In 1963, 25 percent of the women at Michigan State University report­ ed sexual harassment," Ginorio said. "And in that same year, .8 percent of the female faculty and .13 percent of female graduate students at Harvard University also reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment." 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