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Dear Annie: Can’t get a word in with long-winded friend

Dear Annie: I have a friend I've known for more than 30 years. He is a good person, loyal and generous, and we share a lot of history. The problem is that he has absolutely no sense of when he has lost a room. At dinner parties, he can take over the entire conversation with a story that ...

Hints From Heloise: Lift chair enables reader to bathe

Dear Heloise: I read the letter about the reader in The Villages, Florida, who can no longer take baths. I have been in a wheelchair for 25 years and have a solution for her. She can buy a bathtub lift chair online. This powered chair lowers you gently down into the water and brings you up ...

Dear Annie: Stop putting life on hold

Dear Annie: I have been married for 45 years to a man who has never wanted much adventure in his life. His idea of a big night out is taking a short drive, finding a supper club, eating dinner and coming straight home so he can settle into his recliner. For years, I begged him to travel with ...

To Your Good Health: Woman weighs peritoneal dialysis against hemodialysis

DEAR DR. ROACH: My daughter, age 44, has had chronic kidney disease since she was 10 years old. She had a renal transplant at 23, then another at 32. The second graft started gradually failing a year back. In January, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. This past month, she had a total ...

Hints From Heloise: Hotels need wood flooring options

Dear Heloise: Pets in hotel rooms are such a problem. I had to give up staying in hotels due to this reason. Not everyone can use medication to overcome this. Hotels, please create rooms without carpets! A famous hotel brand claimed to have the flooring technology to make solid flooring work ...