Show t C4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April 15 2004 tany MousweeftoirA? rauatiten t Sugar DEAR ANNIE: My your feelings into consideration but the choice to do this belongs to him and not to yod DEAR ANNIE: Shbuld I warn my grandchiliriother their dren that my 8 1 year-old is likely to die soon and quite suddenly? Mom has a huge abdominal aortic aheurysm that' could burst at any moment Because she is a high-ris- k shrgical candidate and the surgery would be difficult Mom has elected not to qndeigo the operation Three of my grandchildren ages' 16 13 and 8 live with me I would like them to he forewarned but I don't want them to look oddly 1st ' my mother when we visit or treat her like an invalid which they might' Also the girl is very dependent on me emotionally and I know I will go to pieces when Mom dies l don't want to frighten the child but I want the freedom to grieve A person can only be so strong I need some advice quickly — To Tell or Not DEAR TELL: You can certainly inform your grandchildren that your mother is ill and that you are worried about her health They may be overly solicitous at first but that's OK Let them see her oficn and they will treat her as they always have Please consider grief counseling now to ' help prepare you for your mother's death You also might want to enlist some help in caring for the children until you feel more able to do so If the becomes traumatized by your reaction talk to the pediatrician about appropriate grief counseling for her as well -- befriend is a graduate student apd occa$ional- Iylikesto participate iri medical trials While I value the scientific progress that is made through such tests I don't want my boyfriend being a sub- ject Tests monitoring the effects of diet and 'exercise are fine but the more invasive ones bother me such as test vaccinations 'or drug trials that require him to stay iti the hospital overnight I am concerned about whether these experiments may adversely affect his health and damage his body I’m also afraid that if we were to he married it may affect his longevity ' or even his fertility Am I wrong to ask him not to participate in these studies? He doesn't care about the money they offer He just likes “helping out" — Concerned inTennessec DEAR CONCERNED: There are unccrtain- ties related to participating in any medical trial While most such tests screen out known risks it is not possible' to know for sure if your boyfriend will be negatively affected Your boyfriend sounds altruistic but he heeds to be careful about the trials he selects and how often he participates He should take : tt FOR BETTER OR WORSE Medical "trials a concern By Kathy Mitchell A Marcy Creators SyncHcate Inc ' I N0LrrtMCMce great-grandmot- GILBERT HAVE YOU MADE YOUR ' MOTHER PROUD BY BECOMING A MANAGER? HAVE YOU MADE YOUR BON PROUD BY HOSTING A COOKING SH0U ON TELEVISION? YOU COULD CALL THE SHOUI "COOKING UITH TOO MUCH SALT HOW DIO vou GET THIS UWY7 tpotf BUfHt UEVUt MOM lOMMfi KUOWMWHtWUJT&t ' Congestive heart failure gravity Peter H Gott MD Newspaper Enterprise Association By - DEAR DR GOTT: In your column concerning wife who the suffered from breathlessness in bed at night and obtained relief from standing or sitting you answered in a treatise of 320 words that the cause was gravity Gravity? No way the heart is to blame It is suspended by tissues in a sac in such a way that allows it to work best in the Vertical position When in a horizontal position the heart is compressed by other organs in the chest cavity causing stress' DEAR READER: I'm sorry to say I dis- -' agree with you completely Yoiir analysis is ' way off base In the column you read I dis- cussed congestive heart failure (CHF) a car: ' PcU THE DUKE? BUCK CM M rDRfcsarreHWWAWffWPf cf UAZZAfeP T mtfPW yrn ZITS P W&H&OXCW8? VZ'tHNVWVfc irxxM&sm v 1PPHT WRITE CCTN the name wrieor BER3R6THE FENRAK atTCFVI By Bernice Bede Ospt Newspaper Enterprise Association V ' LEO (July 22) -- Vlf you happen to be the one in charge of a social situation today before makingexpenditures on your own ' check to make certain everyone agrees VIRGO (Aug 22) — Be willing to make compromises today if you have any hope of reaching an agreement on an undertaking that's important to you GARFIELD LIBRA (Sept 23) —Someone with whom you had little time to be helpful to in the past might not be available for you today jut when you need this person the most: SCORPIO (Oct 22) — Speculative ventures could have more glittering appeal today than usual yet it may be all packaging and little substance SAGITTARIUS (Nov 21)— Try not to be too restrictive of those in your charge today If you're too confining they could deliberately break the rules you’ ve set n CAPRICORN Dec 19) — Make it'a ' point to personally probe for all the facts today is a matter to that important youconcerning ALLEY OOP 19) r- When it AQUARIUS (Jan comes to financial matters yoii must be realis- ‘ ' nmn md dc and put all wishful thinking aside (we)coulom-vm OOLF OOOA4MP — You PISCES (Feb' won’t 20) or fpieratie anyone bullying badgering running ' ' roughshod over you today 23-A- ug For Thursday April 1 5 2004 v Your birthday There may be a pletho ra of ways'fo generate extra money in the year-aheaallowing you to : 23-Se- pt 23-O- ct be'able to put away something for a rainy V ' GRIZZWELLS - Horoscope ' day’ diac weakness that leads to a fluid accumula- tion in the lungsThis in turn causes difficulty breathing at night because of gravity A failing heart pumps inefficiently As a consequence the body retains excess fluid This fluid leaks out into various tissues causing congestion and swelling This is why cardiac patiehts often have swollen ankles Because of gravity the excess fluid is moved to the iowest portion of the body: the feet and ankles However when such a person assumes a supine (lying down) position the fluid — because of a different effeci from the gravitational pull — tends to leave the lower extremities and pool in the lungs Therefore patients With CHF may have difficulty breathing at night but the discomfort can be lessened if they stand or sit to allow gravity to pull fluid ' out of the lungs and into the lowest part of the body: the feet and ankles The situation is not related to the tissues around the heart' The heart is hot “compressed” by other organs in the chest cavity 24-N- ov ARIES (March 2 i -- April 1 9 —Your ideas ‘ may be grandiose and 'wonderfully imagina- tivc but unfortunately you're not apt to match " them with action 20) —Avoid asso- TAURUS( April dating with those who have extravagant tastes but stingy wallets Chances ‘are just such a type will single you out for your generous nature GEMINI ( May-- 1 June 20) —7 In situations- where a large assignment is at stake you’d bet- ter not drag yoiir feet today or try to push the difficult parts off onto othera — Lies wifi CANCER (June come honk to roost so no matter how tough it may be to tell things like they are it 11 be easi- er than having to deal with the consequences 20-M- ay -- : 23-D- ec 22-Ja- - 20-F- -- eh - t 20-Mar- ch Crossword April 26 Leo mo 27 Clucking model 5 Hypnotized 0 Dangerous j : bear 12 Wonderful Natural ' - ll 14 Foodprpcessor 15 Polite address16 : 55 Squirrel hoard 56 Lox source 57 Yonder 58 Over one's head r'S: ' bulh 'x: 35 Fancy V 36 Young hone FRANK AND ERNEST vT ' ' h I - 42 Opposite Stockholm 19 Sudden prgit of cheer sum-45 23 Riviera Arrogance ' Answar to Pravloua Pifezie c A HH0 BBS DBS manna SB0" — ns0 mnonac aaammD anau nonam nmnoa I HOW MUCH Of - Jey W5 a vat' ' - 6 — Peiice tribe 17 Tote 20 Chiefly 7 Week: : 9 n wAsreo ShoWf Boat 3 Florida port 4 Mare's tidbit 5 Coffee brew- - 12 Wooded ''er t Of IT WILL Spanish lady '2'Ferber ' (vHfN YOU CONSIW Joe ' : 38 Comhusker YOUR PAYMENT I6NT AUL TWAT SVHTAHTlALm : DOWN 37''— to Billie - Building sounds filler - 50 Massaged 53 Remodel ' 30 Rutabaga 32 Rose pest 34 Light : 46 Technical sch mer ACROSS ' 152004 ' 4iOrchestra "member ' 35 Detestable' 37 Dot-Co- items f Edgepmt 42 Holy terror NfiMHhPPEMEDTO 51 Subzero com- - m alternative 40 Furniture 41 ' 47 Specify 48 Pause 49 Decinudbiue' - ’ - THE BORN LOSER 43 Surpiisied cry 31 Wfebsteror: Wyle 33 Rookie socialite ' 21 (Gawked fractions 8 jane Austen' 22Cable :y ' : f channel ' title 9 Cereai grains23 LAX info IB Kipling’ 'Y’M Domain novel v 25 Conse-1- 1 Mainfain quendy 28 KubUi — (2 wds) 29 Position ' ment 52 Vane dir ' 54 Tablet ' 'i - a' vf 7 A I ’ 1 |