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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
DUSTIN BY STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER
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Daughter of murder victim being deceived DEAR ABBY: My granddaughter was murdered by her boyfriend. They had an 18-month-old daughter, “Bella.” All three were living together when he shot her, but we don’t know what room Bella was in when it happened. Another family member (I’ll call her Lucy) took Bella into her home, and Bella calls her Mom. Lucy has been taking Bella to the prison to visit her father, but has told her he is her uncle. I told Lucy I thought it would be better to wait until Bella is old enough to understand, THEN tell her what happened and let her decide whether she wants to visit her father. Bella went into the closet one day and came out holding a T-shirt with her mother’s picture on it, asking, “Who is this?” Lucy’s only response was, “You know you aren’t allowed in my closet. Take that back!” She never answered the question.
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I have a framed photo of Bella’s mother on my wall. The last time Bella was here, I noticed her looking out of the corner of her eye and scowling at the picture. I was the only one who noticed. Bella is now 4, and I can’t DEAR accept that thinks ABBY Lucy it’s OK to lie to her. I feel it should Jeanne Phillips be Bella’s decision whether to visit her dad. Am I wrong? How should this be handled so Bella isn’t traumatized any more than need be? Because of these incidents, I’m almost convinced she should have some kind of counseling, but perhaps she’s too young. This
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is why I desperately need advice, in the best interest of the child. — BELLA’S GREAT-GRANDMA DEAR GREAT-GRANDMA: Is Lucy a member of your family or the murderous boyfriend’s? I find it hard to comprehend that a family member of the victim would drag a toddler to a prison to visit the lowlife who killed her mother. I do not think it is healthy to lie to children. This situation will explode when Bella finally learns that the woman she has always called “Mom” isn’t her mother, and the man in the orange jumpsuit not only isn’t her uncle but killed her birth mother. That poor girl won’t know whom she can believe and could have trust issues that affect her relationships for the rest of her life. Does she need counseling now? No. But will she when she finds out about the deception? You bet!
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Rectal exam is uncomfortable but useful but it is not painful unless you have an abnormality in the anus, such as an inflamed hemorrhoid. The exam takes about one to two minutes. The exam allows your doctor to feel the wall of your rectum, checking for unusual lumps, swellings or ASK tenderness. DOCTOR K. In men, the doctor will feel the Dr. Anthony prostate gland the Komaroff through wall of the rectum. He or she will check for suspicious nodules, as well as for abnormalities in the gland’s size or shape. Doctors use the digital
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rectal exam both to evaluate symptoms and to screen for diseases even when you don’t have symptoms. The symptoms that prompt a rectal exam are those that affect the digestive system, genitals and urinary tract. For example, a doctor may do the exam to check the prostate in a man who complains of frequent urination. The digital rectal exam is useful for both men and women. It screens for disease by identifying potentially cancerous masses in the rectum, prostate or female genital organs. Examination of the female organs also requires a second finger in the vagina and a hand gently pushing on the abdomen. The other way the digital rectal exam screens for disease is to test a small stool sample for unsuspected blood. A person can have a small amount of bleeding in the digestive tract that doesn’t
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DEAR DOCTOR K: I’m a healthy man in my 50s. I dread having a physical because of the digital rectal exam. What can the doctor even tell by doing this? Is it really necessary? DEAR READER: The digital rectal exam isn’t fun — I speak as both a doctor and patient. But it is a risk-free way to check for abnormalities of the anus, rectum and prostate gland. Your rectum is the last few inches of your bowel, just above the anus. As you know, during the exam, your doctor inserts a gloved and lubricated finger into your rectum. You may lie on your side on an exam table with your knees pulled up toward your chest. If that position isn’t comfortable, you can have the exam performed while you stand, bent over the exam table. As the doctor’s finger enters, you feel a pressure,
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show up as visible blood in the bowel movement. Small amounts of bleeding are detected by chemical tests of the bowel movement. Many different conditions in the digestive tract can cause bleeding. Some are very serious, such as cancer. Others are not serious, such as hemorrhoids. So finding signs of blood in the bowel movement doesn’t tell the doctor what’s wrong; it just signals that there’s a problem. The digital rectal exam cannot feel most cancers of the intestine: They occur too far up in the large intestine for a finger to reach. Colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and barium enemas (performed less often these days) can see cancers that the finger cannot feel. DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is: AskDoctorK.com.
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