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Dear Dr. Roach: When I was 55, my doctor recommended that I have the pneumonia vaccination, and a booster a couple of years ago. I am 72 now.

Dear Dr. Roach: My doctor put me on Norvasc 10 mg to keep my blood pressure normal.

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband has been diagnosed with a lipoma that is located between his heart and esophagus. It is approximately 10 centimetres by 15 cm in size.

Dear Dr. Roach: My brother-in-law is 57 and has pancreatic cancer the size of a golf ball. He is on his second chemo treatment. The doctors first want to shrink the tumour. They eventually want to take out the tumour.

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband of 53 years passed away six years ago. Since that time, I have been unable to cry. I have always cried easily and found it a tremendous help in minimizing sadness, stress and pain.

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote an article on the risk of heart disease with Aspirin and anti-inflammatory drugs. What about acetaminophen (Tylenol)? I have been taking this for many years of pain following spinal surgeries. C.S.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 84-year-old woman, and have always been a good walker. Three months ago, I fell down and could not get up from the floor. I was not in pain, but I could not move my right leg.

Dear Dr. Roach: For a year now, I have had such terrible pain in my pubic area and down my inner thighs. An X-ray (for another problem) showed that I have osteitis pubis. I have read about it online and found that there is no real treatment for it.

Fifty-eight years ago, I made an unfortunate decision. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong Japanese girl. But the problem was not what you鈥檙e thinking. Rather, I was in Tokyo, travelling with my wife and her parents.

Dear Dr. Roach: Does a diuretic like Lasix (furosemide) have any negative effect on kidney function after being taken over a period of 16 years in connection with congestive heart failure? E.T. Furosemide (Lasix) is a powerful drug.