European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. December 18, 1990 the stars and stripes Pago 11 letters dear Ann Landers your the cent column on the woman whose breast can Cef became serious due to an incompetent doctor prompts this letter. I think it May help other women who have  problem i had a Mammogram two months ago at a local radiology clinic i had a benign Lump removed three years ago and was told that i was prone to cysts. This time the Mammogram was extremely a infant. The technician pressed my breasts so tightly against the machine that t nearly passed out. When 1 complained she scolded me and made me feel like a whiner. I was told that the Mammogram picked up a very Small something or other and 1 needed another Mammogram. When i refused flatly to return to that torture chamber my gynaecologist sent me to another radiology clinic. I can to Tell you How much i dreaded the test but to my Surprise that Mammogram was a Breeze. When i asked the technician Why this Mammogram was paid ices and the previous one was excruciating she said a it s the technician a Mammogram does t have to  so ladies it Isnit necessary to suffer. If it hurls like the Devil Tell the technician to Stop ask your doctor to report the technician and make an appointment at another radiology clinic. No name please. Just sign me a no longer terrified dear no longer thanks for a Tetter that could save lives. In a sure Many women have put off mammograms because of the pain. If they know it does no to have to Hurt they Wilt be More inclined to go. Bless you dear Ann Landers my husband and i adopted a Beautiful Bahy boy after several years of a childless marriage. A John was a Joy and Delight throughout his teen age years. When he turned 20, he became hostile und verbally abusive. After he graduated from College we set him up in business a bit later he married and had a daughter. When John turned 40, he came to us and requested that we sign Over All our assets which he would  we were looking Forward to retirement and wanted to splurge a Little and do some travelling so we declined his offer As tactfully As we knew How. John flew into a rage accused us of not trusting him and has treated us like dirt Ever since a a a a a a. He and his wife turn their backs when they see us at Community events. They will not allow their daughter a our Only grandchild a to visit us. We keep sending gifts to the Little Gir because we feel it is not her fault. She is Only 13. A few Days ago she visited a family two blocks from us and turned her head when she saw me. This broke my heart. / what do you advise concerning the child we once had a Loving relationship and fee that she is being coached by her parents. We done to want to do anything to cause her further trouble at Home but we miss her terribly. To need some guidance Ann. Please help us., searching for answers dear searching a what a heartbreaking Story. The big loss of course is that of the grandchild and unfortunately there a nothing you can do about it. Sounds As if her parents Hove succeeded in poisoning the Well. If you have not told your Clergyman about this sad situation perhaps you should consider it. The Only Hope is intervention by an outsider your son and Bis wife will respect Good Luck and god bless a dear readers the current department of defense interpretation allows mailing religious materials like a single Bible for individual use but not in bulk quantities to our serv ice members in the persian Gulf. A a a. A a c creator Syndicate. Quot a writer urges budget process Reform in most cases. People who practice Eon games end up in jail eventually. But recently the biggest con of All was played on the american people. Then they left town logo Home to run for re elect Iii. Yes i am talking about the . Cym Eress and the Federal budget. When i went to school i was taught in Tiv accounting class that in order to set up a budget one must look at l ones annual income 2, one s fixed expenses and 3. Ones variable expenses. Then if the budget was not balanced in the red so to speak try to Cut the variable expenses re apportion the fixed expenses or try to increase the annual income. The entire Point of this is by definition a budget tells you How you will spend the Money that you get. Unfortunately the budget process in Washington. D.c., has gotten completely out of hand. Whenever there is in excess of 500 people trying to decide one Issue especially one that concerns Money there is bound to be a failure. I am certain that when the found my fathers penned the Constitution they never envisioned the mess that would be created. There Are some Basic revisions that should be made to the budget process and to the Constitution some of these have been voiced before but with the recent debacle they should be re examined. 1. A balanced budget amendment. This would be writer praises maps i think we should take time to consider the magnitude of the Job the Milit Ary postal service m is does for us. Done two take them for granted Quot the mail always gets through a since the time of the Pony express americans have always been Able to depend on the mail system. So you re in Germany and you re upset from time to time because your Magazine subscription is a month Quot late. You probably pay Only the Continental . Sub script Ion rate delivered to your new York Apo. You get what you pay for. Pay the foreign rate and the publishers mail it differently so it arrives sooner. A How about the Holiday Rush How Many times have we Hecard or read the phrase a email Early Quot How Many of us Ever really take that advice and mail Early you Sec so Many people lined up. The lines get longer and the people have stacks of boxes the closer it gets to the Holiday deadlines what about income tax deadlines most Post offices Bend Over backward on the deadline eve by staying open late and pos marking returns right up to Midnight for their patrons. Awesome most of the time you can hear complaints about the Long lines in Post offices. To me those lines mean they re doing a critical and needed Job. Especially overseas and for the soldiers in operation desert shield the maps is doing a Job. Moving the mail helping americans communicate. Thank god for the maps v a Steve Bissell Quot Quot. A a a a a i Heilbronn Germany. All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed we do not read unsigned letters but we will withhold your name on request and protect your privacy. All letters Are a subject to editing. Phased in Over a 5 year period. Such an amendment would Tell Congress that their endless spending spree at the most of the taxpayers is finally Over 2. The Ime Stein veto. The last two presidents have pushed for this item. 1 he need for this is obvious and therefore shows Why Congress aloes a t want it. 1 his would ensure that every Bill stands on its own merits. As it is now members of Congress will put amendments often that have no Merit whatsoever unto Bills that Are otherwise noteworthy just Fogel them passed into Law. 3. Set up a committee of no More than 10 registered certified Public accountants to work on the budget. These people would then keep the pics Dent and con Gress Mlyn sued of their Progress on the next year s Bud a get. A. The Only Way that we will truly reduce the Federal deficit is to have a balanced budget Phis year s budget has been called a Quot deficit reducing budget Quot and while it does pay something like $41 billion on the deficit it also adds $220.4.billion to the deficit. As anyone can see this in t True deficit reduction but a Blind that tin fortunately even the Blind can Sec through it is time for americans to Rinako their voice heard and not allow tins farce to continue. A airman 1st class Douglas l. Thompson. Ramstein a Germany redder shares a letter a a a f a a a 1 1 received this letter below from Niy wife in septem her. My daughter Syble brought in Home from school i Don t know Tony but. I feel he sure says a lot in his letter. It May Lake some deciphering at some Point hut 1 feel Tony got ins Point made. Your readers might enjoy Reading the letter. I carry a copy around with me. �?1st sgt. Dennis Ruder operation desert shield l Daci a a a a a Al my Toje  Loko i a to Rrt c. 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