Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1980 Page: 3 of 18
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THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, May 2,1980—3.
f?_ health
Lawrence E.Lamb, M.D.
A closet hypochondriac
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Can t remember
DEAR DR LAMB - 1 am
63 years old and 1 have a very
short memory. I forget Very
easily but everything in time
does come back' to me. In the
past two years I have had a
lot of bad luck, including los-
ing my wife to cancer after
having been married for 40
years. 1 was wondering if all
of these happenings plus liv-
ing alone are contributing to
my short memory. Please tell
me if there’s a medicine that I
could take that would help me
and how do I go about obtain-
ing it.
DEAR READER - Inabili- '
ty to remember events is
common as people get older
It also occurs in people who
are not so old. It’s one of
many symptoms we attribute
to the aging process, but you
have to be careful because
these same symptoms can be.
caused by a number of medi-
cal problems
One of the medical prob-
lems that is confused with
aging, particularly as people
get older, is depression. Los-
ing your wife and living alone,
it would be very easy for you
to have a depression, which in
turn would affect your mental
functioning as well as your
total reaction to life.
A depression can often be
successfully treated. For that
reason, I think anyone who is
having symptoms that might
be attributed to aging
deserves a careful medical
evaluation, including a psychi-
atric evaluation to be sure
that an unrecognized depres-
sion isn’t the real cause of the
difficulty.
I’m sending you The Health
Letter number 14-2, The
Aging Mind.
The memory ha& to be
trained just like muscles have
to be trained And if you don’t
•use yoyr memory system it
quits working efficiently just
the same as you lose the
strength of your muscles if
you don't use them. The old
rule, ‘ If you don’t use it, you
lose it," applies to both the
mind and the muscles.
DEAR DR LAMB - I'd
like some information about
using calcium tablets, which
* have been recommended to
me for leg cramps and sciatic
pain,'-Are there any harmful
effects from using calcium
tablets’1 Do I need a prescrip-
tion'1
DEAR READER - Your
letter suggests to me that this
recommendation did not come
from a physician. Anyone who
. is having leg cramps,and leg
pain should have a medical
examination. Proper treat-
ment depends on what the
actual cause is. If you happen
to have poor circulation in
that leg, you'll need an entire-
ly different kind of treatment
other than calcium.
Aside from that, I can say.
that there are some people
who benefit from using calci-
um for leg cramps. But I feel
that it's important to haye it
prescribed by a physician so
that you’ll have an adequate
examination and make cer-
tain that you don’t have a
more serious problem that’s
being ignored. There are a
number of other medicines
that are used successfully in
some cases for leg cramps as
well
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN)
DEAR DR BLAKER -
Every day for the last 15
years, my husband has spent
opr" entire breakfast com-
plaining about his physical
ailments. He is convinced tha
they all add up to a seriou:
chronic disease.
At first I was frightened^.
But he still looks well, so now
I merely acknowledge his
comments and go back to
reading the paper
Another problem is that he
hasn’t visited a doctor in
hospitals
IS MEL MOONLIGHTING’1 Vic Tayback, who plays the
gruff cook in the "Alice” television series, was recently
seen dishing up “Coneys” at a Detroit eatery. He was there
to promote the new cookbook “Recipes for Busy People,"
out &
about
Faniilies are invited to attend
the Full Gospel Businessmen’s
Fellowship Dinner to be held at
the Ramada Inn in Greenville
May 3.
Miss Karen Boles of Sulphur
Springs has been released from
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paris.
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12&20
Mr. and Mrs. John Caruthers
were in Tyler Thursday to visit
their daughter and first-born
grandson.
A cop-out to blame problems on parents
Bv ROBERT
WALLACE, Ed.D
Copley News Service
Dr. Wallace: I am If and
overweight and 1 know my
problem is psychological. I
spent many agonizing years
with my parents during my
childhood. My mother was a -
battered wife and my father
an alcoholic. (Things are
better now with them.)
My escape during this
horrible tiipe was to
overeat. Now I can lose
weight but I can’t keep it off
because my parents are a
constant reminder of my
nightmare.
I realize that I need help
but I don’t know what. Can
you help me? — M.S.,
Mount Pleasant. Texas
MS.: Professional gui-
dance and assistance would
be the best solution but, nat-
urally, this involves
finances.
You can help yourself if
you set goals and reaUy
want to solve the problem.
Give yourself a reward
every day that you stay on
your diet.
Always remember that
you and only you are respon-
sible for your actions. You.
cannot blame what your
parents did for your
overeating. If you do, it’s a
cop-out and deep down, you
know it.
When you set your goals
and rewards, please write to
me and let me know what
they are.
Dr. Wallace: I’m a 15-
year-old guy and I’m'
confused. Last week I had a,
really neat dream that I fell
In love with a beautiful girl.
Now, all I can think of is this
girl.
I know It’s silly but I feel
stupid thinking about a girl
who does not exist. Please
tell me I’m normal. —
Brian. Wbrland, Wyo.
Brian: You are normal
and 1 might add, very for-
tunate. Your dream was
muph better than the night-
mares so many have.
Before long, a cute mortal
Worland female will make
you forget all about your
“dream girl." In the mean-
time. enjoy her.
Dr. Wallace: I have start-
ed to write to you several
times but each time I be-
came confused and never
finished tbe letter. I hope I
can finish this time.
During my senior year in
high school I was really into
drugs (mostly pot and
speed) and alcohol. I was
into this stuff because I
didn't want to graduate. I
didn't want to leave my
friends and trusted teach-
ers. I was afraid to face my
future.
I tried to commit suicide
four times. On three of the
occasions, I wrote wills and
prayed to God to help put
me out of my misery.
But now I have solved my
problem.
I realize that life is like a
treasure box. What you put
In it is what you get out of it.
Every time I see someone
with a frown on his face, I
beam a smile and try to
cheer him up.
I am presently attending
a community college and
have made many new
friends. I’m a new person
and still pray To God, but
now I thank Him for He Is
now my master.
I know you can’t print
every letter that yon receive
but I feel so much better for
putting my thoughts on
paper. — F.E., San Mateo,
Calif.
F E.: Thanks for sharing
your experience witfi us.
Write to Dr. Robert Wal-
lace, TwEEN 12 and 20, in
care of this newspaper.
Please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
Mr. and' Mrs. Kenneth
Woosely of Abilene and Charles
Woosley of Los Angeles have
returned home after being here
to attend funeral services for
their grandmother, Mrs. Minter
Smith.
Admitted
Rickey Clayton, 116 Calvert.
Mrs. Tolbert A.-Valentine, 103
Sherry lane.
Mrs. .Raymond Miller,
Pick ton. ;
Mrs. Lawrence DeWitt, 308
Iae.
Kerry Burton,- 702 Carter.
Jerry Painter, Greenville.
Mrs. Janies Ross Sr., Cumby.
Mrs. Beth Connally, Route 3.
Amy Wilhite, Saltillo.
Chris Wilhite, Saltillo.
William Allen, 422 N. Davis.
Mrs. Gussie Rushing,
Hopkins County Nursing Home.
Mrs. Iau Edna Palmer, -724
Church.
larry Looney, 601 Pampa.
Mrs. Jerry Jackson, Mineola.
Nicholas Glenn, Star Route.
Mrs, Jess Tomasek, 228
Morris.
Bob Davidson, Evansville,
Ind.
Dismissed
Claude Tilley, 143 Lee.
Mrs. James Rogers, Quit-
man.
Mrs. C.F. Morrison, 1215
Carter.
Levi D. Baker,'Route 5.
Mrs. Albert Kelley, Point.
John D. Ussery, 917 Main.
Mrs. Gerald D. Wilhite, Star
Route.
Mrs. Ora Mae Hedrick, 1036
N. Davis.
Aaron Bearden, 230 Texas.
Hazel Ferrell, Route 4.
Jeral Taylor, 925 Putman.
Mrs. Tommy Stretch and
# baby boy, Sulphur Springs.
Jason Heddens, 404 St.
James.
Mrs. Maurice Kelty,
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
Mrs. Jimmy Gilbert, Mount
Vernon.
Clyde Barton, Como.
Mrs. Curtis Johnson, 1606
Church.
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P.O. Bax 588, Sulphur Springs, Tx. 7S4B2.
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years. Sometimes I worry that
his health ipay be failing in
' ys totally unrelated to his
ymptoms ” It would make
act out the full drama by over
involvement with and over
reliance on doctors, some, like
your husband, have only one
choices
|p. Karen Blaker Ph.D. _________
me feel better if he had a
checkup
DEAR READER - But it
might make him feel worse.
It seems unlikely that he is
really suffering from the dis-
ease he feels is ravaging his
body The doctor would tell
his as much. His fantasy,
wopld be disturbed
Your husband appears to be
ill, but not physically He
needs to be treated for hypo-
chondria, which has been
defined as “that state of
anguish due to a pathological
change in self-experience, in
which the patient’s attention
is continually or principally
directed toward.his own phys-
ical or mental state .” .....
Hypochondria is not fear of
illness, as many believe.It is
anguish about an illness one
feels one already has
While most hypochondriacs
confidant. You are playing
that role. •
This unconscious use of ill-
ness to express low self-
esteem usually has its begin-
nings in a childhood dominat-
ed by sickness and-or by peo-
ple who made much of it.
I hope you can persuade
your husband to get some psy-
chological treatment
Shy" Write for Dr. Blaker’s
"Shyness” hotline Send 50
cents and a stamped, self-
addressed envelope to Dr.
Blaker irtcare of this newspa-
per, P O. Box 475, Radio City
Station, New York, NY 10019.
Write to Dr Blaker at the
above address. Volume of
mail prohibits personal
replies, but questions of gen-
eral interest will be discilssed
in future columns.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
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With mi) right then also emtj i
wpontibility to tioreiM that right.
Tha moot powerful force in {oeomment
it the power of tho ballot. The people
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only happen when that into tor the
candidate of their chetci. Go to tho
polh and iota tomorrow.
Come to tho Womans Building on tun
day nights and hoar tha Bibit taught
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ol prophecy written thousands of yean
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Sou you at TOO Tuesday.
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Be informed.
The Texas Railroad Commission is far too important to the
proper conservation and management of Texas energy re-
sources to elect a Commissioner on the basis of vague infor-
mation, mistaken identity or a general "feeling" about a
candidate.
Make sure you know the facts before you vote!
Did you know Jim Nugent:
• Is uniquely qualified to handle the Complex technical and legal matters
that come before the C ommission, thanks th h ^background in law and
engineering
• Idas almost 20 years of service to Texans, first as a State Representative, 9
now as our Railroad Commissioner. «
• Successfully introduced and passed the first “ethics laws” for elected
Texas officials . . and completely revised the state's penal statutes
improving criminal prosecution procedures without violating individual
rights.
• Is supported by a broad cross-section of conservative, moderate and
liberal Democrats who know he's the best man lor the job!
• As a member of the State Legislature and as our Railroad Commissioner,
is respected and known as a tough, independent and dedicated public-
servant who has consistently fought for the rights of Texas consumers.
Did you know that Jim Nugent's opponent,
Jim Hightower:
• Has tin qualifications to serve. His only background is having vJorkettast
editor of a radical left-wing newspaper (he calls himself an "investiga-
tive reporter”) and working for a former liberal senator.
• Is the candidate of Ralph Nader, George McGovern, labor organizer
Caesar Chavez and a group of Northeastern liberals intent on buying
a seat on the Railroad Commission so the Northeast can continue to
buy cheap energy from Texas.
• Is basing his campaign on hopes that the electorate will confuse his
name—- Jim Hightower—with well-known conservative Congressman
Jack Hightower.
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Don't make a mistake.
Vote Informed.
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Vote Nugent!
lint Nugent has been endorsed by major newspapers* throughout
the state. They have carefully considered qualifications of the two
candidates, and have chosen lim Nugent as the best man for the
job.
‘Jim Nugent has been endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman, !
Antonio Light, Houston Chrofiicle, Dallas Morning News and the ba
San
Antonio Light, Houston Chrorlicle, Dallas Morning News and the Dallas
Times Herald. As of April 22, no major newspaper in Texas has endorsed
his opponent, Jim Hightower!
A Railroad Commissioner for Texans!
Vote Saturday; May 3
in the Democratic Primary!
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