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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old man. I receive testosterone injections (in the butt) from my provider every three weeks, and have been receiving these injections for roughly five years.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檓 almost 84, and all my life I have had a problem with sinusitis. Never headaches, just post-nasal drip and use of multiple tissues.

Is Grandma鈥檚 doctor slowly harming her through over-medication? I鈥檓 being facetious here, as no doctor wants to injure patients. But remember, today is not the horse-and-buggy era of medical practice.

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column regarding the woman with Parkinson鈥檚 disease experiencing a loss of taste, I was wondering if you have read about the Miracle Fruit.

Dear Dr. Roach : A few months ago, I had routine follow-up thyroid tests, and my results were normal except for a slightly high free T4 level. My doctor decreased my medication dose to 137 mcg from 150 mcg; now my TSH is high (8.

Why would anyone in their 94th year, without consulting a psychiatrist, agree to descend from the top of Toronto鈥檚 City Hall on a rope? My wife thought I had gone mad. Surreptitiously, I momentarily agreed with her.

Dear Dr. Roach: I recently was diagnosed with a benign pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland. My surgeon says that the mass should be removed, and explained many of the risks. The risks terrify me: Frey鈥檚 syndrome, facial paralysis, numbness.

Dear Dr. Roach: One of my sisters died unexpectedly in late January of pneumonia. She did not know she had it. She showed no symptoms prior to her death. She went to work the day before and complained a little to co-workers of minor chest pain.

Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, remarked, 鈥淭here are no boy philosophers.鈥� Fortunately, most of us do get wiser as we age.

Dear Dr. Roach: About seven years ago, my niece was pregnant with twins and developed chest pains and could not breathe well. She was rushed to the emergency room and found out she had blood clots in her lungs.