Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 153, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1980 Page: 3 of 14
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health
I Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
Why remove
gallbladder?
hospitals
By Lawrence Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB - Would
you please tell me the differ-
ence between a nonvisual and
a nonfunetioning gallbladder?
I've had X-rays in 1965 and in
1974 and each time several X-
rays on different days. At no
time was my gallbladder visu-
alized. I do not think I have
any symptoms of gallbladder
trouble I have no pain and 1
have no problem with digest-
ing my foods. One doctor
insisted on surgery. I did not
agree to this. A team of doc-
tors at a clinic explained that
a person's gallbladder can be
removed and he wil fare fine
without it but they saw no rea-
son to remove mine. Both X-
rays were on routine physical
examinations. I am now 67
years old.
DEAR READER - The
gallbladder is literally a stor-
age reservoir for bile. If the
gallbladder has been inflamed
or the bile duct (tube) to the
gallbladder is blocked, there
is no way the bile can enter
into the gallbladder and be
stored there. This is a non-
functioning gallbladder.
A common X-ray test to
visualize the gallbladder
involves either swallowing
tablets that contain a dye or
injecting a dye into the veins.
This dye is cleared from the
bloodstream by the liver and
comes out of the liver in the
bile. If a person has a normal
functioning gallbladder, the
bile containing the dye will be
stored in the gallbladder. That
way it can be seen on an X-
ray.
If the opening to the
gallbladder is blocked or the
gallbladder has been diseased
or scarred so it no longer can
function as a reservoir, obvi-
ously the bile containing the
dye doesn’t enter it and it will
not be seen. Therefore, it’s a
nonvisual gallbladder.
There are some technical
problems which can some-
times prevent the gallbladder
from being seen. For exam-
ple, it can contract and empty
the dye,containing bile before
the X-ray is taken. Or if you
took pills they may not be
absorbed adequately and then
you won’t have enough con-
centration of dye in the
gallbladder to see it. If you
eliminate these technical
problems, all other things
being equal, a nonvisual and a
nonfunctioning gallbladder
are the same thing.
I’m sending you The Health
Letter number 4-9, Gallstones
and Gallbladder Disease.
Other readers who want this
issue can send 75 cents with a
long, stamped, self-addressed
envelope for it. Send your
request to me, in care of this
newspaper, P!0. Box 1551,
Radio City Station, New York,
NY 10019.
As discussed in The Health
Letter I’m sending you, there
are differences of opinion
about gallbladder surgery.
When a person doesn’t have
any symptoms of gallbladder
disease and it’s a nonfunetion-
ing gallbladder, some doctors
think it should be taken out
because of the increased risk
of having cancer of the
gallbladder or bile duct at a
later date, or the fear that
there may be complications
from it later in life when a
person is not in such a good
state of health.
The other side of the coin is
the risk of the gallbladder sur-
gery itself which, by the way,
is relatively small in the
hands of an experienced sur-
geon who has done a lot of
gallbladder surgery. The risk,
of course, is also partially
dependent on the general
state of health of the patient
involved.
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Admissions
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ferson.
Mrs. Leeman Cole, Canton.
Audie West, Route 5.
Master Steven Lawrence,
Como.
Mrs. Louis Rice, Klondike.
Master Kevin Bryant, 1339
West Ave.
Master Joseph Riley, Route 2.
Master Ricky Westerman, 516
Connally.
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dustrial.
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Paul Loyd, 512 Church.
Dismissals
Mrs. Oliver Bell and baby
boy, Saltillo.
Mrs. Joseph Coleman and
baby boy, 306—Ms Weaver
Drive.
Mrs. David Frost and baby
girl, Point.
Mrs. William Henry, 304
Radio Road.
Mrs. Michael Berry, Quit-
man.
Mrs. Earl Melton, Route 5.
Morris Turner, Point.
Joseph Cerretani, 1254
College.
Marlin Green, 239 Locust.
Dudley Moon, 222 College.
Robert Anglin, 508 Jefferson.
Mrs. Robert Anglin, 508
Jefferson.
Mrs. M.L. Pope, Mount
Vernon.
Riverboat Ragtime
TVo members of the Riverboat Ragtime Review rehearse their
act of music and comedy from the turn-of-the-century. They will
perform at East Texas State University at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 1
on the east lawn of the Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center.
ETSU photo
out l about) Ragtime Revue
Ramon Froman, who taught a
session on portrait painting to
the Northeast Texas Art
Association at the Civic Center
on April 25 died Tuesday, June
24 in Cloudcroft, N.M. Froman,
71 suffered an apparent heart
attack following his afternoon
classes.
Hopkins County teenagers
are invited to participate in an
“Urban Cowboy” dance
tonight, Friday at 8:30 p.m. in
the Civic Center. The dance is
part of the summer recreation
program and is being sponsored
by Alpha Tau Iota chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi. The cost is $1
per person or |1.50 per date.
COMMERCE - The
Riverboat Ragtime Revue will
perform at East Texas State
University at 8 p.m., Tuesday,
July 1 on the east lawn of the
Sam Rayburn Memorial
Student Center.
The program is sponsored by
the Student Activites Board of
the student center as part of the
“Summer Under the Rainbow”
public entertainment program.
The Riverboat Ragtime
Revue is a group of four
musicianactors. They will
present a show of music and
Easy suicide booklet
soon on shelves?
mer if the society’s lawyer;
decide it is not illegal. This
ET
DEAR DR. BLAKER - I
saw you recently on television
talking about suicide preven-
tion, so I know that you value
life.
What do you think about the
do-it-yourself guide to death
that has been compiled by
Britain’s 45-year-old Volun-
tary Euthanasia Society
(which recently renamed
itself Exit, the Right to Die
with Dignity)?
I understand that publica-
tion is planned for this sum-
y’s lawyers
ill*.
frightens me. How about you?
DEAR READER - Illegal
or not, it frightens me, too.
Although a spokesman for
Exit has said that the suicide
ide is intended primarily
the painfully and incur-
ably ill and the incapacitated,
I am sure there will be no way
to prevent widespread abuse
of its contents.
Deeply depressed people
may be encouraged by the
ease of the methods described
in the booklet (for instance,
overdoses of pills that can be
bought without a prescription)
to attempt suicide instead of
seeking treatment.
Many people who make sui-
cide attempts do not really
wish to die. They are desper-
ate and crying for help. They
are often relieved to wake up
and find they miscalculated
the number of pills needed or
the time when a loved one
would return home.
Their ignorance (or uncon-
scious desire to live) has given
them a second chance. This
booklet could change all that.
The desire of the terminally
ill to die in peace might be
taken care of by widespread
acceptance of the "living
will/’ a document in which an
individual can request that he
choices
pt Karen Blaker Ph.D. __
or she not be kept alive by
artificial means that prolong
suffering in the event of ter-
minal illness.
Readers seeking more
information on suicide pre-
vention can write for my
newsletter “When a Loved
One Threatens Suicide.” Send
50 cents plus a stamped, self-
addressed envelope to me in
care of this newspaper, P.O.
Box 475, Radio City Station,
New York, NY 10019.
DEAR DR. BLAKER - My
daughter and I sent for the
Supersisters trading cards you
described in a recent column.
They are great!
Speaking of female heroes,
my daughter wanted me to
tell you that some “superhero-
inesr’ now have their own
comic books.
She has read some that fea-
ture Wonder Woman, Spider
Woman, the Savage She-Hulk
(cousin of the Incredible Hulk)
and the Dazzler (a blonde
disco singer with the power to
turn sound into light waves).
In addition, Ms. Marvel, Red
Sonja and Tigra evidently
appear occasionally in comic
books of their own.
Did you know about all
these changes?
DEAR READER - I have
an 11-year-old daughter. Does
that answer your question?
Three times more girls are
reading comic books now than
did 10 years ago. It’s wonder-
ful that they have some
heroines with whom to identi-
fy
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THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, June 27,1980—3.
I
Military offers gals
great opportunity
comedy from the turn-of-the-
century.
The music of Scott Joplin,
George M. Cohan and John
Phillip Sousa, along with the
comedy of Mark Twain, re-
create what might have hap-
pened on an old Mississippi
riverboat.
The group is currently on its
fifth national tour and has
played in 23 states in the past
two years.
Ice cream to “make your own
sundae” will be available
during the show.
By ROBERT
WALLACE, Ed.D.
Copley News Service
Nancy, 18. who lives in
Worland, Wyo., has just
graduated from high school
and is thinking about joining
the military She would like
to have the views of our teen
guest writers.
Janet Buckner, 19, from
Ogden, Utah, and Nick
Swan. 18, who lives in San
Raphael, Calif , will do the,
honors.
Dr. Wallare: I graduated
from high school in June
and have been seriously
thinking about joining the
military. My friends have
been telling me not to and so
have my parents.
Would you please give me
your thoughts and, if it is not
too murh trouble, could you
have the guest writers give
me theirs? — Nancy, Wor-
land, Wyo.
Nancy: 1 think the mili-
tary offers a marvelous op-
portunity for young women
to gain on-the-job training in
a preferred field. Travel,
education, and the chance to
“show what you’ve.got” are
exciting incentives. Call or
visit all the military recruit-
ing offices before you make
a decision.
Hi Nancy: 1 had an aunt
who was a Wave during the
Korean War She was a hos-
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pital corps woman and after
she was discharged (I think
she was in the Navy four
years), she became a regis-
tered nurse All of her ex-
penses were paid by the
government.
1 personally would not
want to join the military
because I'm "chicken,” but
my aunt loved it.
P S She met her husband,
a sailor, while she was a
Wave. — Janet, Ogden,
Utah
Hello Janet I think it
would be a great experience
for you to join the military. I
am totally against an invol-
untary draft but 1 totally
support our military.
1 come from a military
family. My dad is a Navy
captain stationed at Alame-
da, Calif, and I’ve had the
opportunity to meet many
female military personnel I
have yet to meet one who
didn’t enjoy what she was
doing
I think this is mainly be-
cause it is something these
young women chose, not
something that was forced
on them. — Nick, San Rafa-
el, Calif.
If you would like to be a
guest teen writer, write to
me In care of this newspa-
per stating your sex and
age.
Send questions to Dr. Rob-
ert Wallace, TwEEN 12 and
2t, In care of this newspa-
per. For Dr. Wallace’s teen
booklet, "Happiness or
Despair,” please send $1
and a 28-cent, stamped, self-
addressed envelope to Dr.
Wallace, In care of this
newspaper.
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It!
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Time's ilwiys room for imprwimtnt.
It's Hit bi|ftst 'oom in the bouse
Whin considering friends, dates, mites
oi business partners choose carefully.
It's hud to soot like an eagle when you
roost with turkeys.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives
of othen cannot hoop it from
themselves.
The difference between a job and a
career is about 20 hours a week.
Then is a tooi word formula lor suc-
cess that applies equally well to
organizations or individuals - Make
yourself more useful.
See you in chuich.
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First Baptist Church
announces...
"Early Bird"
Worship Services
Every Sunday At 8:30 a.m.
Beginning, July 6
Special Services For, July 6
GOD & COUNTRY DAY
8:30 a.m. • Unveiling of new organ
Patriotic Music
Pastor Jack Robbins Preaching,
"A Message From God to
President Carter and
America”.
10:45 a.m. - Jack Price, Special Concert
Dear Friends In Sulphur Springs,
I have talked to many of you during the last few years about
attending our services at First Baptist Church. Many of you
indicated that our church is too big. This additional service is for
members and friends of our church like you. We want to provide a
"Small First Baptist Church" service for all who ALWAYS WANTED
TO ATTEND but believed it was too large, come join us every
Sunday morning at 8:30 A.M.
Yours Sincerely,
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