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[Max(金昌鎬)]

 
 Macho pride  
  

Dear Annie: I am a 36-year-old mother of two. After our first child was born, I suffered four miscarriages, two of which required a D&C, which created adhesions from scar tissue. I underwent two hysteroscopies and an emergency laparoscopy. After all this, we were able to have a second child, delivered via C-section. But I then had another miscarriage and decided enough was enough. I don't want to get pregnant again.

I would like my husband to have a vasectomy, but he refuses. Our current form of birth control is the withdrawal method, which isn't much fun, not to mention it's not the most effective. Frankly, I've been poked and prodded enough, and I don't want to undergo more surgery for a tubal ligation. Birth control pills are not an option, and I have an allergy to latex, so condoms are out.

On top of my medical history, it's cheaper for my husband to have a vasectomy, and the recovery time is fairly quick. A tubal would require a month off work without pay, not to mention the increased risks and higher chance of infection.

My mother-in-law has her boy convinced he'll suffer lifelong urinary infections if he undergoes a vasectomy. I think my husband believes he'll be somehow less of a man, so he is dead-set against it. I would appreciate your advice because I am about ready to file for divorce. -- Southwest Sufferer

Dear Southwest: It doesn't say much about your husband's character that he would put his macho pride above your health. We won't even get into his intrusive mother, who has no business being part of this decision.

For the record, vasectomies are quite safe and have absolutely no effect on a man's sexual drive or masculinity. If your husband is worried about surgery, he can look into non-surgical options. Tell him to stop listening to Mama's hysteria and talk to his doctor.

Dear Annie: For years, my husband and I have been helping our daughter and son-in-law by taking care of their three children, whom we dearly love. When our daughter was working, she paid us a little, although it didn't cover the cost of the children's food or the gas to take them to and from school. Now that she is back in college, she says she can't pay us anything at all.

Annie, we have the grandkids every day. At dinner, their parents stop by to eat with us. Money that we hoped to have for our golden years is slowly dwindling away. How do we tell our daughter that she needs to help us with the cost of caring for her children, or she needs to take care of them herself? -- Almost Broke Grandma

Dear Grandma: You tell her in plain English. She is taking advantage of you because you permit it. We know you love your grandchildren, but this is ridiculous. Inform your daughter that she needs to find other arrangements, because you no longer have the time or money to raise her children. It's her turn now.
2005.01.28

Humor story 025 

   One year Miss Wyatt decided to have a holiday in Italy. She did not speak much Italian, but wherever she went, she was fortunate enough to find people who knew enough English to be able to understand what she wanted, until one day she decided to have lunch in a charming little restaurant in a village in the south of Italy.
   She had seen some nice mushrooms in the market of another village near there and thought they would taste very good, so when the waiter came to take her order for lunch, she inquired whether she could have some mushroom for her meal, but she had great difficulty in explaining to him, because she did not know the Italian word for mushrooms. At last she took out a pencil and drew a picture of a mushroom. The waiter's face brightened at once, and he hastened out to the kitchen. A minute later he returned, carrying an umbrella.

Humor story 026 

   Jean was very beautiful young girl, so she was quite used to some men showing their admiration for her, and to others being confused and shy when they saw her. One summer, when Jean was travelling abroad, she went into a cafe in a small town, sat down and waited to be served. The young waiter was talking to someone at the bar when she came in, and at first he did not pay any attention to her, because he had not looked at her properly.
   Then he turned round and saw how beautiful she was. His face went bright red, and he hurried over to take her order. 'I'd like coffee without cream, please, Jean said. The waiter hurried out, and came back a few minutes later without the coffee. 'I'm very sorry,' he said, 'but we haven't got any cream. Would you like your coffee without milk?'

 <Obituary> Singer Kil Eun-jung Dies at 44
Kil Eun-jung, singer and radio DJ, died Jan. 7 ending a near decade-long battle with rectal cancer; she was 44.

Kil was diagnosed with the disease in 1996 but had been told recently by her doctors that she had no more than six months to live with cancer cells having spread to her pelvis.

Kil initially found fame as a singer, debuting in 1984 with the song ``Precious Person (Sojunghan Saram).'' She later went on to become a popular radio and television personality, hosting shows like MBC children's variety program ``Ppobbobbo,'' EBS' ``Mandurobolggayo,'' and MBC Radio's hit show ``Chongoui Himanggok.''

Up until the day before her death, Kil had faithfully greeted audiences daily through ``Kil Eun-jungui Norae Hana Chuok Tul (Kil Eun-jung's A Song and Two Memories),'' a program which airs on Won-Buddhism Broadcasting System, a local Buddhist radio station.

Kil had a severe vomiting fit the morning of her death before losing conscious at approximately 7:00 p.m. She passed away shortly after in the presence of her older sister, Kil Son-ok.

``She went peacefully, smiling like a doll,'' her sister is to have said.

Known for her angelic smile and sweet voice, Kil is known to have asked to be buried in the pale yellow gown she wore at her 1997 TV concert, ``Big Show,'' rather than traditional cerement.

Aside from reports of Kil's illness, she also made headlines in recent years with a messy legal dispute with Pyon Sung-yob, her second husband of seven months. Kil, along with two of Pyon's former mistresses, sued him for fraud marriage but lost after a two-year fight because the court decided the case was not strong enough.

Kil is survived by a daughter from her first marriage to a television producer.
ejh09@koreatimes.co.kr   By Han Eun-jung
01-09-2005 16:38 

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miscarriages 유산 laparoscopy 복강경검사(수술법) c-section 제왕절개 vasectomy 정관절제수술 urinary 비뇨의 tubal 수란관 (관모양의)

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복강경검사란 난소에 어느정도크기의 혹이 있을때 초음파검사를 한후 혈액수치를 측정하는것을 말하며 혈액검사수치가 기준이상으로 나올때 수술을해야하며 그걸 복강경 수술이라합니다.

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