Local events calendar May 12
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Wife reflects on long
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 39 years to a kind, supportive and loving man. We are both retired.
Results from MESA calculator produce paradoixcal numbers
DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column about the MESA calculator. I found the test myself and input my numbers. But I found that I have a higher 10-year risk when I state that I am using a statin; each time I omit the statin risk, however, my score is actually lower. Common sense tells me that the 10-year risk number would be lower while using a statin. Comments? -- G.L.D.
SGLY: Regardless of opinion
“It was my fettuccini alfredo recipe,” she said, skipping the customary introductory pleasantries. I immediately realized that this woman had been replaying a situation in her head long enough that she spoke to me as if I knew the beginning.
Mary Cobine
Mary Cobine, owner of High Thyme Design, is a local award-winning artist that focuses on clay and textile art. While most people are familiar with traditional art mediums like painting and drawing, Cobine enjoys expressing her creativity in an art form that is not as well known.
Make Your Yard A Butterfly Magnet
You can turn your yard into a butterfly and nature sanctuary that is not only beautiful to you but irresistible to butterflies. The most important step into making your yard a butterfly magnet is to plant Native plants if you want to attract Native butterflies and pollinators. Native plants not only attract Native butterflies, but they are beautiful and easy to grow. After all, they are native, so they are acclimatized to Oklahoma heat, drought, humidity, soil, and wind (never underestimate the wind).
Rushing to knee replacement surgery isn’t always necessary
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 80-year-old semi-retired vet who has been having my knees managed with injections for a number of years. The right knee is bone-on-bone, and last year, I had to get what my doctor referred to as a booster, three months after my usual six-month shot in my right knee. The left knee is stable with six-month shots.
Three’s a crowd for single man and his parents
DEAR ABBY: I am a 30-something single gay man. My parents are older and have a strained marriage. They no longer have a relationship but stay together. I live with them because of money issues, and they sometimes need assistance. I do not have the ability to bring friends or dates over, and I feel as if my mental health is being affected because of this, among other things.
Man suffers from episode of delirium post-appendectomy
DEAR DR. ROACH: My 73-year-old husband was just hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy. Pre-surgery, he had a low-grade fever and some stomach tenderness -- symptoms that he thought was a stomachache. He had not eaten or slept very much for a couple of days. The surgeon said he had an abscess on his appendix.
