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DEAR AMY: I was Once they got there, DEAR CONFUSED: 22) — Money matters and Ask Amy snooping in my son’s basethey realized that you You did the right thing. medical issues will surment and discovered he can’t bring snacks in to the These troop leaders volface if you don’t take good is growing weed. Should facility (understandable), unteer their time to help care of your health and I confront him? He could so one of the troop leaders supervise the girls, and investments. Don’t trust lose his job, house, reputapurchased popcorn buckets in addition to spending anyone but yourself to tion and shared custody of for each girl. their time, they willingly look out for your interests. his daughter. All the other girls spend money on all sorts LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. I am a nervous wreck brought money and were of little (and large) things 23) — Disagreements thinking about how to apable to purchase their along the way. It was kind proach him. My husband own drinks to go with the of this troop leader to pur- will not be in your best interest. If you harbor Amy Dickinson would have a stroke if he popcorn. chase this treat for your found out. I know I should My daughter did not daughter. You can assume differences, back away and give yourself time to do something, but what? this sort of secret could be have any money with her, that she did so very hapconsider your options. — Sad Mom ruinous for their relationso her troop leader bought pily and does not expect Choose to do what’s best DEAR SAD: Here’s ship, and disastrous down her a drink with a souvenir to be reimbursed, since for you. what you should do: Stop the line. cup. My daughter thinks it this was an unanticipated SCORPIO (Oct. 24snooping in your son’s State laws regarding cost around $15. I emailed expense. Nov. 22) — Take care of basement. marijuana cultivation seem the troop leaders and asked Of course you should legal, contractual and Unless he has a sophisto be quite convoluted. If how much the souvenir/ acknowledge this and (if financial matters on your ticated commercial marihe doesn’t have a license drink was and offered to you’re able) offer to reimown. Keeping secrets will juana ranch down there, to grow and is caught (by reimburse them for it. burse her. You can expect you should assume this is someone other than you) I felt like this was the her to turn down your offer, be in your best interest. Make changes at home for his own use, and leave the consequences could be right thing to do. However, but your gesture is a nice it alone. extreme in proportion to my husband disagrees. He way of acknowledging her that will allow you to live life your way. If you absolutely cannot his crime. feels as though I shouldn’t kindness without making SAGITTARIUS (Nov. stand it and must confront DEAR AMY: My have offered, since we basi- specific assumptions. She 23-Dec. 21) — Romantic him about this, you will daughter, 9, is in Girl cally followed their initial was being nice, and now relationships will lead to a have to tell him the truth Scouts. She loves it. I offer instructions. you will be nice in return. happy home environment about your own behavior. a lot of my time helping I know this is a small That is the social contract One natural consequence of out the troop. Today, they problem but every time your husband doesn’t seem and greater personal security. Working as part your admission would be went to an ice show in someone purchases someto understand. of a team will encourage for him to stop trusting you. which the troop paid for thing on my kids’ behalf You can contact Amy If you are ready to make the tickets, so this was not without us asking, I feel Dickinson via email: aska- long-term plans. CAPRICORN (Dec. this sacrifice, you should an out-of-pocket expense obligated to at least offer my@amydickinson.com. 22-Jan. 19) — Problems only urge him not to expose for us. to reimburse them when Readers may send postal his child to his marijuana The parents were asked I have the funds. I know mail to Amy Dickinson, c/o while traveling or trying to relay important informagrowing and weed use. to either provide a snack they can answer, “No — Tribune Content Agency, tion will arise. 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DR. ROACH: In 1966, my husband was in the military, assigned to artillery for a period of three months’ training. During this time, he and his fellow soldiers were exposed to close-range cannon fire. At the end of and during each operation, his ears would be buzzing. Ear protection was not provided. My husband was 19 years old at that time, and since then he has continued to experience buzzing in his ears off and on. He was never exposed in civilian life to any loud noise, as his occupation was outside sales. In 2013, the noise level in his ears (ringing and buzzing) increased, becoming constant. He also started to experience dizziness and imbalance. He saw an ear doctor for that issue, who tested his hearing and discovered that he now has a 10 percent hearing loss in both ears and also diagnosed mild vertigo. Could his exposure to artillery noise manifest years later in his loss of hearing, ringing and buzzing in his ears, and vertigo with dizziness? — J.S. ANSWER: Although loud-noise exposure clearly is a major risk factor for hearing loss, the effect of loud noises on dizziness is controversial. A 2001 study was done on male military personnel who had been heavily exposed to intense noises, and those in whom the hearing loss was asymmetrical (one side worse than the other) were likely to have symptoms of damage to their sense of balance, such as dizziness. The combination of hearing loss and vertigo is suspicious for Meniere’s disease, which can be worsened by loud noises. That’s one possibility. Since your husband’s hearing loss apparently is symmetric, I don’t have enough evidence to say that the military noise exposure was a factor for the vertigo, but it almost certainly was for the hearing loss, even if there are multiple causes. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 83-year-old man with chronic myeloid leukemia since March 2013. I take 300 mg Tasigna daily. I am considering having knee replacement on both legs. My concern is being 83 years old and having leukemia. Is it a good idea and safe to have the surgery? — J.H. ANSWER: A person considering elective surgery needs to look at both the potential benefits and the risks of surgery. In general, the older someone is and the more serious the diseases or conditions he or she lives with, the more risky a procedure is. A patient of any age can be considered for a joint-replacement surgery, but risks do increase.
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