Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday November 4 2003 — C3 FOR BETTER OR WORSE Holiday getting expensive ' don't meed oy MfctP TAKIMfr A BATH am iej mow Metre To 6er yxi from THfc WALKM T& — The bath If that is still more than you can afford announce tit the entire family that this year your holiday gift will he a donation to charity in the family's name DEAR ANNIE: E very DEAR ANNIE: I am a British woman My Christmas family gets together in daughter was fathered by an Amer-- ’ jean soldier who was then stationed in Gcr- exchange gills with many He has never had much contact with my grandparents aunts 5 uncles cousins and so on daughter although he does pay child support Jg T My daughter "Alice’’ absolutely adores her dad I have taken her to America three times to problem is we arc see him The last visit was in 2(X)2 Since thenr nil expected to buy everyone? RCOT This her father has changed his phone number and isa struggle gift us: It takes-- whoe year tb pay off the crcdIwe cannot get in touch with it card debt from the previous Christmas? feels totally ‘rejected I’m wondering ifpfc S LJE RE NOTLEVEL?Mif if any of his family know or care about&0 1 should bring my daughter back to theStates' idoubt S?our finances"? Most of them live out of towruC to find her father or leave w£ll enough alone) 1t§ ' ily time we sec them my heart to see her so unhappy but f'm nave peen going through this fcirlOliIfncit sure it would be in her best interest to"8’"1 fscarch for him’Anyadvice you can offer gyearsrjOnceV we did not buy his cousinsgifts'i Ai&anii my mother-inda- w IwOuld be wonderful' Mom in Llandudno! them bought presents jorth Wales andputournamepiniheTvardSvMy husband 1DEAR NORTH WALESpSince Alic? Veiy father still pays child support he should IlllAt the last gathering I suggested thaFwe iraw names' but I was ’shot down and fold f feasily traced through the checks or through lawyer who handled the custody agreement gjfstart buying Christmas presents early My hus By Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Creators Syndicate Inc i ijg hini£fSf fpMbrcaks £'fwe 1 2 LWICH BY THE 12Ay NOT' SO DONTf ITRY-TMAKE DIRECTS" EYE CONTACT ‘YOU RE embarrkssedi lwas ' " " " W 0o you have any sugges'-Stressed in Alabama ? DEAR STRESSED: It is ridiculous to buy 35 presents when you Can ill afford it Talk to your husband about putting in erid-t- this and then notify the relatives that things will he different this year Suggestions can include drawing names buying only for children pnder 2 and setting a price limit on all financial situation lions’? WOU COULD UALKUP TO ANY VICE PRESIDENTS OFFICE AND TALK JO IBS tain he remains financially responsible for hisCKp JAWI6 ft IZIfiHT ABOUT OOE daughter If the man strips muinochiM sup- port he can he traced through employment ‘ lGOTMoe&Ex&gCfc& records family members and friends We don’t recommend showing up on his drxirstep Instead phone write or get in touch with him through an intermediary and urge him to resume contact with his daughter? It will mean a great deal to Alice when she grows up to know you made every effort M ' ’ '--r IWM)TATITAUIY' 'AUDUeV&f? GAVE OUT RiF V ' non-sen- se : 1 gifts"' ' Avid Back IHEu l DiDu'T COlMT IWTiVAOiu MWa ASAUACTIVifY' v--f Treating overactive thyroid gland By Peter H Gott MD Why'? I don’t know T Surgery is usually cffeclivc But it — grid is therefore fraught with risks some dictahlc (vocal paralysis infectiori)some Wt Newspaper Enterprise Association DEAR DR- GOTT: 1 'Kvhayebeeri recently diag-- j ndsedwith hyperthymic roidiSm I have been"offered Surgery (riot done) Ifmueh anymore) Wik radioactive iodine? What ?fP? is your Consequently I Q fi nicitf advise against having P S it'is§ whenfe Opinion?:?! READ£RiN(i5 : I pre-j- surgery unless there is a specific reason todo so and the benefits outweigh the nsks?'? RAI therapy is'easy and painless’ But radioactive and I encourage patients to avoid - ¥DEAR the nR77AFI issurgery"iyn”CLLa ' vB unnecessary exposure to radioactivity possible Consequently' you may Wish approsich this option with acritical attitudeS'" tolgl knowing complex Y details of yourcase iVfsJy c jo give an opinion' are thfe? treatment options for an be adjusted ihe medication iycheap Overact! ve thyroid gland surgery radioactive &'safe:' 1 certainly encourage you lo consider dnig $ iodihefRAI j arid medicatii)n? 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