Sister's illness leads to transplant questions
Dear Sister: You can contact the National Kidney Foundation with questions about kidney disease, donation or transplant, by calling their hotline: (855) 653-2273 or by sending an email to nkfcares@kidney.org.
You can pursue initial information regarding live organ donation without your sister's participation. Then, down the road, if she chooses to pursue a transplant, you will be prepared and informed.
You should not push your sister, but you should be honest with her regarding your own feelings: "I know you are private, and I know our family can be overwhelming, but I want you to know that your favorite nephew and I care so much about you, and I'm waiting in the wings to help you in any way you might want or need, now or later."
Dear Amy: My chiropractor of over a decade recently retired and I'm needing to find a new one.
I found a chiropractor whose techniques I really appreciate.
However, he has an annoying habit of giving overly extensive explanations.
If I tell him about a new symptom that I'm having, he will spend five to 10 minutes pontificating on basic information.
He always includes a disclaimer that this new symptom is not his fault.
As I have explained to him, I have been seeing various chiropractors for over 50 years and so it's not as if any of this basic information is new to me. I'm not blaming him for my new symptoms, I just thought he'd like to know what's going on with me. How do I get him to quit talking down to me and just do his job?
-- Rolling My Eyes in Oregon
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