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Thursday, March 25, 2004
Destroying
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significance.
someone
sensitive information
Seven-year-old boy stricken with dangerous organ reflux
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Valli plays a captain in the
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is writing
in a diary
These are questions best
asked of his pediatric urol-
ogist, a specialist that
should be consulted with-
out delay. In any case, I
suspect that the issues of
dialysis or kidney trans-
plant are being considered
prematurely. There is prob-
ably much that can be done
before those options come
to the top of the list.
of historical
However, if
doing, but 1 did know several
guys. I mean, they didn't call
me in and say, ‘Hey, this is
what we’re doing this week,’
ya know. There are probably
a couple of them in my char-
acter.”
Some “Sopranos" charac-
ters are so authentic “1 think
back to being a kid and these
guys," he said.
“There’s a lot of familiar-
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tail end of the big band era. I
have grown to like pop."
He also is reviving the
Four Seasons with only Valli,
his trademark falsetto and his
music director remaining
from the original group that
DEAR ABBY: I am writing in
response to the letter about the
man who read his deceased
wife's diaries, written prior to
their marriage, when she was a
teenager. He had been unaware
that she had dated many men,
including one of his best friends,
and that she had hoped to marry
another man.
The man’s daughter urged
diarists to destroy writings not
meant to be read by survivors.
As an archivist, whose job it is
to preserve history for genera-
tions to come, I would strongly
caution against destroying mater-
ial. Diaries are few and far
between today, and offer
glimpses into the past. While that
family may have had a bad expe-
rience, most people treasure
diaries as an intimate connection
w ith someone no longer present.
urinary tract infections, his
parents will have to consid-
er more invasive and exten-
sive therapy, such as cor-
rective surgery.
Again, the pediatric urol-
ogist is the pivotal part of
the equation; he must be a
member of the treatment
team.
To give you related
information, I am sending
you a copy of my Health
Report "Kidney Disorders."
Other readers who would
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fluid balance has returned
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Joining the cast of HBO’s
“The Sopranos,” now in it
fifth season, fulfills a dream
for Valli that began four years
ago when he first read for the
show’s creator, David Chase.
“After seeing the show a
few times, 1 really wanted to
like a copy should send a
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DEAR DR. GOTT: I
suffer from congestive
heart failure for which my
doctor has prescribed
Lasix and aldactone, W hat
herbal remedies would be
safe for me to use for my
problem.'
DEAR READER:
Herbals will not help your
condition. Save your
money and stick w ith the
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be left that those documents
remain sealed until anyone who
could be hurt by the contents has
also passed on. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: To “Sad in
Pennsylvania,” whose 85-year-
old father was distressed to find
his wife's teenage diaries after
her death (and others who might
be in a similar situation), I want
to say, “‘Please don't destroy
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urinary infection, your
grandson was found to
have reflux; urine was
being propelled inappropri-
ately upstream from his
bladder into his kidneys.
This is not a normal situa-
tion. It suggests that urine
from the lower tract (which
may be contaminated by
bacteria) may backw ash up
into the kidneys, which are
normally free of bacteria,
to cause infection.
Under the circumstances,
an extended course of
antibiotics is a sensible
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That man - angry at what he
didn't know — sounds like a
grieving widower who would
rather be angry with his deceased
wife than face his sadness at los-
ing her. We all cope with death
differently, and this might be the
most comforting way for him to
deal with his loss. Ifhe is truly
holding her teenage years against
her, then whether it lasted 62
years or not, it couldn't have
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By Tom Gardner, do it,” he said. “1 just loved
The Associated Press the way David Chase was
these diaries or other writings
after the person dies” I am
the deeply grateful owner of my
great-grandmother's diary, begun
in 1855. It has given me pro-
found insight into American his-
tory, human psychology and my
own ancestry. A vital part of my
life would be missing if someone
had destroyed that book. —
SABRA IN L.A.
DEAR SABRA: You inherited
a treasure. I can only imagine the
changes that occurred during
your great- grandmother's life-
time. When my own dear grand-
mother. Rose Phillips, died at the
age of 103 in October 2002, our
family realized that over the span
of her lifetime she had seen the
rise of the automobile, the birth
of commercial air travel.
Prohibition, women’s suffrage,
the Roaring ‘20s, the Great
Depression, two World Wars, the
discovcry of penicillin, man on
the moon, the invention of the
microwave oven, the fax
machine, the computer, the
Internet, the cell phone and the
birth control pill
Oh. if only she bad kept a
diary!
DEAR ABBY: That daughter
said her dad is upset after 62
years of a "full and happy mar-
riage." That man should be feel-
ing on top of the world He was
the one her mother selected to be
her soul male and nothing that
happened before matters, —
HAPPY HI SBAND, ORLAN-
DO, FEA.
DEAR H.H.: I agree
DEAR DR. GOTT:
Please address the subject
of reflux. My 7-year-old
grandson recently had a
kidney infection, and his
pediatrician insisted on an
X-ray dye study, which
revealed reflux. Long-term
antibiotics have been pre-
scribed, but - the doctor
cautions dialysis or kid-
ney transplant may have to
be considered. It’s scary.
DEAR READER: The
term "reflux" refers to the
backwash of fluid from one
organ to another. Although
most people associate
reflux with digestive symp-
been much of a marriage. I don't
think that is the case, however.
Ills daughter should be ready to
help him through his grief. He
will come around when he’s
ready. — STACEY C.
PEEPLES, RIVERSIDE, N.J.
DEAR STACEY: It did not
occur to me that diaries could be
“It’s the thing I always ting here at this time in my
wanted to do," he said. “1 life with stars in my eyes
never thought in a million hoping that I have another
years that I would end up No. 1 record. I’ve had my
doing pop music. It wasn't share ofNo. 1 records. 1 real-
anything that 1 really wanted ly want to do things that 1
to do. 1 kind of grew up at the really want to do. 1 have
New York faction of the mob, was inducted into the Rock
in the family of Carmine and Roll Hall of Fame in
For the better part of two writing it. He seemed to be Lupertazzi, who has just beat 1990. Most of its hits came in
decades, Frankie Valli rode pleased with my reading, but the mob odds by dying a nat- the ’60s and ’70s.
the pop charts as a hitmaker at the time he didn’t feel as ural death. Valli is allied with “I stopped for a while. It
with such songs as “Sherry,” though the part I was reading the stroke victim's son, Little had come to the point w here I
“Walk Like a Man," “Rag for was nght for me, but said Carmine (Ray Abruzzo), thought I'd had enough. I
Doll" and the theme song he would look for the right Valli said it seems that his found out that 1 hadn’t quite
from “Grease.” thing for me. character will survive to a really had enough. 1 just
Now, he’s joining another "In most cases, that's a sixth season, but added: decided I'm going to be on
brand of hitmakers - as a nice way of making you not “You just never know.” the road less. There are other
bad guy on “The Sopranos,” feel bad about not getting Should Valli the actor be things that I want to do.
hanging out with mob types cast. But David is a man of grimly reaped, Valli the “I'm at a point in my life
similar to some he grew up his word.” singer has a project in the where I've had a lot of hits
with. Valli first appears in the works — a jazz album. It’s not so much that 1 m sit-
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said by phone from his home While the shooting has
in Southern California, wrapped up for this season,
“Growing up pursuing a ya||j said nothing is certain
singing career, all the little on the set of “The
bars and clubs were the Sopranos.”
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Peter you needn’t be concerned
about more aggressive
Gott management. On the other
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toms, such as heartburn and enough with your grand-
gas, the condition can also son's situation to judge
affect the kidneys, as is the whether he will outgrow
case with your grandson. the condition or whether he
Evidently, during an X- may require corrective
ray study of his kidneys to surgery to prevent reflux.
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