European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers. After several years of a miserable marriage my wife and i were divorced. Denise had turned into an arrogant greedy deceitful shrew with no redeeming features. At the end of our marriage she was a bitter self pitying mess. Her main goal j life was to turn our children against me and with the help of a Slippery lawyer she did a pretty Ater few years Denise remarried. I was thrilled that she no longer had my name. It used to bother the daylights out of me the Way she went around town pretending that she was still my wife. My euphoria was Short lived however. Her mar Ziaee lasted less than a year. In a matter of weeks i Learned that Denise had dropped the name of her second husband and taken mine Back. I was burned up about this and let her know it. She was her usual Nasty self and told me where to go. My name is very important to me. I value and treasure it. I did not complain when Denise kept my name after we were divorced. I figured that since our children had that name it made sense for her to have it too but after a second divorce this seems terribly unfair if not illegal. Please let me know what you think about this. A Bill from Boulder dear Bill what i think in t important. Ifs what the Law says that counts. I consulted with a Chicago attorney and this is what he said a the Law permits a person to assume and use any name he or she chooses provided it is not used for improper purposes such As evading creditors. Your correspondents complaint of a unfairness is not according to the Law sufficient basis for objecting to his sex wife a use of his  so there you have it Bill. It looks As if you Are going to have to live with this annoyance. Dear Ann Landers five years ago my son was bom with a Birthmark sometimes called a port wine stain on one Side of his face. I now know that there can be More to a port wine stain than just the stain. It is called Sturge Weber syndrome. So urge Weber syndrome occurs in children whose slain is in the eyelid area. Sometimes there Are seizures and glaucoma. Both can be managed with proper medication. The great news is that the stains can now be treated successfully with laser therapy. Please get the word out about a foundation that will Tell your readers where these lasers Are located. Major centers Are at Nyu medical Center in new York City Duke University medical Center in Durham n.c., Urcla school of Medicine in los Angeles Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia Northwestern University in Chicago Boston University medical Center and Massachusetts general Hospital both in Boston. Those who want to know about the availability of laser treatment closer to their Homes should write to the Sturge Weber foundation . Box 460931, Aurora Colo. 80046. There is no charge. A concerned Mother in Edmond okla. Dear concerned i have checked out the Sturge Weber foundation and they will be Happy to Send the information to anyone who sends a Long business size self addressed stamped envelope. I have seen their literature and am sure it will be helpful. Thanks for letting us know. C creators Syndicate a writer disputes medical a improvements frankly 1 would find it very difficult to talk up a career in the military to the youth of today. The time 1 have been in Europe i have seen nothing improve except some facility physical improvements. On the contrary i have seen deterioration in the most important items in a decision to make the military a career a medical care a numbers of medical personnel have been decreasing resulting in unacceptable Waits for appointments. A dental care a there is no routine care for retirees and Active duty dependent care is extremely difficult to get. Where we used to get follow up appointments after the regular appointment now anyone even military must go to the clinic on a specific Day in order to stand in line for an appointment. A optometric care a we have lost the second optometrist in the Stuttgart area thus increasing threefold the demand on the optometry clinic at the 5th general Hospital. Appointments open by Telephone once every two weeks. If one cannot be at a Telephone during the first 30 minutes when appointments Are made it can be months before an appointment can be obtained. Until i see a fundamental change in True concern for the Soldier and his family in resource allocation instead of Mere lip service i could not be a Good Recruiter and talk up the benefits of a military career. A Joseph m. Stehling or. Vaihinger West Germany editor s note a we received two replies to this letter. The first is from maj. Diane m. Flannery chief clinical support division. Bad Cannstatt army medical department activity it is truly unfortunate that 5th general Hospital cannot be staffed with the numbers and specialists required to care for All the eligible beneficiaries within Tim frames acceptable to All patients. Although the army medical department is one of the largest health care organizations in the world it is still not Large enough to provide All services to All beneficiaries. The 5th general Hospital is staffed according to Mission workload and to a great extent availability of providers and must by regulation provide services to the Active duty soldiers first. Family members of Active duty and then retirees and their family members receive care on a space available basis. Champs and other supplemental and private insurance can be used to reduce the financial Burden of those who must seek health care from sources other than military medical treatment facilities. As with All other clinics the optometry clinic must give priority to Active duty patients. Because the clinic services such a Large geographical area they require All patients to Telephone for an appointment. Patients living in Distant locations and patients located closer to the Hospital both have an equal Opportunity to receive an appointment when Only the Telephone is used. The optometry clinic is part of a larger Eye ear nose and Throat event clinic which makes eight different types of appointments with Only one receptionist. The most efficient errorless system is to have patients Call on different Days for the different types of appointments. The clinic closely monitors the appointment system and the numbers of patients who Are turned away each appointment Day. They advise patients of the Best times to Call. We have found that All patients who follow the established procedures do get appointments within several months in All services except optometry. The Active duty workload in optometry is so great that there Are very few appointments for other beneficiaries. All preceding discussion concerns routine appointments. Emergency patients Are seen immediately regardless of beneficiary status usually through the emergency room or by coordination Between the referring physician and the specialist. The second reply is from col. Donald j. Campbell commander 90th medical detachment dental service the writer has identified three problem areas which Are All part of the Issue of Access to dental care. The dental care system in Usa eur is constantly trying new initiatives to solve or minimize these problems. However certain limitations do exist. The requirements for dentists in the army is based Only on the Active duty patient population supported. By Public Law full and unqualified dental care is provided Only to Active duty patients. All other beneficiaries a 40-3, table 2-1 Are treated on a prioritized space available basis. Because of this limitation routine dental care for family members and retirees is limited. While we cannot provide comprehensive care to categories of patients other than Active duty All dental clinics in the bad Cannstatt dental activity will provide emergency care to any authorized beneficiary. Multiple appointments Are frequently required for comprehensive treatment and although we do allocate a certain number of appointments each week for follow up care these appointments Are quickly filled. Additionally we must always maintain some appointments to schedule new patients and treat emergency patients. The last Issue concerning appointment making procedures is a local clinic Issue. My policy is that each clinic should attempt to reappoint Active duty patients As required. However this is not always possible. Each clinic officer in charge has a system to make appointments that Best fits the Community served. The dental activity is currently using some new initiatives to improve Access to care for non Active duty beneficiaries. For example we have quarterly saturday clinics for children at several clinics. We also use sergeants time and the occasions when Active duty Are in the Field for the treatment of family members and retirees. We also use a a a standby system and a a Quick Calls system to fill failed appointment time. Be assured All dentists in Usa eur Are concerned about these same issues As the writer and we Are actively working on solutions. You May Call me any time at ets 422-2835/2754, to offer any suggestions that will help to minimize these problems. Pen pals in a a 25-year-old roman Catholic and would like to have pen pals. A Joey n. Tan 519 Claro m. Recto Avenue 6221 Banawan. Negros Oriental Philippines i m 40 years old and my hobbies and interests Are music Reading travelling air planes ships the Ocean and watching films and to. 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