Lifestyle

Dear Abby: My husband and I met our neighbor “Maggie” one day while she was walking her dog. She has since befriended me via additional meetings on the street and walks about once a week. She’s 68, has been looking unsuccessfully for a job for three years and has financial difficulties. I have given advice to her on job searches.

Dear Dr. Roach: My mother is 82. About two years ago, she was diagnosed with low iron. All tests came back negative. She can’t tolerate an iron infusion and is allergic to iron pills and/or vitamins with iron. She eats foods that are high in iron, like liver, and drinks a little bit of red wine. Her score was 41 mcg/dL, which is a little bit higher then it was last year. She gets tired easily now, but my mother has always been a very energetic, active person. What else can be done?

Dear Abby: My 28-year-old daughter moved back home when COVID hit. She works as an influencer and also has a part-time job as a content creator. She doesn’t pay bills. My husband doesn’t want her to pay rent, etc. I feel it’s important for her to do so. She does pay for her groceries and gas.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a 72-year-old male friend in excellent health. Approximately six months ago, he had difficulty breathing and subsequently had fluid drained from his left lung. He worked with asbestos in his earlier years, so a biopsy was performed, with benign results.

While interning at the Federal Law Enforcement Academy in my final year of undergraduate studies, I went on a snow skiing mini-break with a few colleagues. We stacked our duffle bags from floorboard to headliner in the hatchback, unable to see out the rear window. Even though I was not the driver, I was anxious that the view behind me was blocked.

Dear Neil: How soon after my daffodils have finished blooming can I cut their tops back? I don’t like the browned leaves. As soon as they’re brown you can trim them back to the ground.

Dear Abby Dear Abby: My boyfriend of three years wants me to move in with him. He’s a great guy.

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