European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 21, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 19 positive tests Are Ann Landers dear Ann Landers this is for the 72-Yeaf-Otd grandmother in Miami who told you she had tested his positive. You reeled off statistics on the incidence of transfusion related infections. But you neglected to Tell the woman the most important thing get tested again. False positives occur More often than you think. People who have been told they were his positive and have suffered through the agony that accompanies such a revelation have later discovered that the diag Nosis was in error. I remember Reading about a woman who committed suicide after having been diagnosed his positive soon after her death the family Learned there was a mix up of paperwork and she was not his positive after All. My heart goes put to this 72-year-old grand Mother but i would advise her not to accept a single test result. She should be tested twice More at Dif Ferent laboratories. And May god go with her. Concerned in Okeechobee Fla. Dear concerned How right you arc. Thanks for the input. Keep Reading for yet another Angle "-,.- _ dear Ahja Landers this letter i for the stunned grandma age 72, whose doctor told her she is his positive. She had t had sex since her husband died in 1981 and assumed that she got the aids virus from a blood transfusion. Please ask the poor dear if she had a recent flu a flu shot will produce a false positive. The woman should ask to be retested. An . In Michigan . 1 appreciate the reinforcement. Please grandma if you see this column let me know you followed through. I la be greatly relieved. Dear Ann Landers / since i am freshly divorced it is very easy for me to. Remember that i shelled out $35,000 for my wife s col lege education while my salary paid the $56,000 i household expenses including a cleaning woman As Well As 70 percent of the grocery Bills the payments forthe sports car she drove the insurance and the Mort Gage. Whenever we ate out i picked up the Tab. Being a Southern gentleman i wanted to do the right thing during our eight year marriage. Considering that she made almost As much Money As 1 did i assumed she had a Nice savings account. Well she did not. I still Don t know what she did with All her Money. Of course with our crazy divorce Laws she was entitled to half of everything and i had no recourse. If i Ever get married again you can be sure the pre nuptial agreement will cover everything. I will Wash half the dishes and she will mow half the Lawn i will clean the Bathtub and she will change theol in the cars. I will stay at Home with the children and she will make the living. I will take the kids on vacation while she paints the last but not least if i should decide to divorce her she will not get half of everything my Grandfather my father and i worked for All our this letter May seem strange to some it is not a joke among Southern gentlemen who have been there. " _ . Dea Magee. ,.-"."".some Northern gentlemen have been there too but every study i have seen shows that women not men end up poorer after divorce. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to Hor at . Box 11562, Chi Cago. Ill 60611-0562 c oreator3 Syndicate of cos hoc off some in sconce of on Dea Abb to teach elementary school in Rural Wisconsin and i have found that head lice Are fairly common in schools one third of my class was infested with the because kids share Combs brushes an hats with their friends. Lice do not jump from person to per son. ". The students were All sent Home for treatment and under the direction of the school be they All returned the same , october is National head lice month so the kids in my class did some research and Learned that they cannot get lice from or give them to their pets.". -.,-. One boy made a headband with feelers on it for quibble dear Abby the nurse to Wear during head lice checks. The kids even came up with a Cootie cheer to scare thelic away. The family who shunned their relatives Over lice were Lousy relatives. Kathleen Cook dear Kathleen my what a graphic Letteri could barely get through it without scratching my head half a dozen times. Thanks for advising me that october is National head lice month. It was news to me. Tetters Tor this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris Iii. 61054. C Universal press Syndicate today s crossword 1 across 38 Disney film struck 22 red sea 1 Jeff shh 40ccx Down Pensula . 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