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Dear Dr. Roach: I am 59 years old and am having problems with my lower abdomen. After colonoscopy and ultrasound, my doctor called to say I have a fatty liver. When asked what that means, I was told to lose weight.

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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a healthy, trim and physically very active 65-year-old with excellent EKG results and no family history of either stroke or heart problems. I was put on Lipitor about two years ago for high cholesterol.

Dear Dr. Roach: To detect a hernia, I had a CAT scan. It revealed something mysterious on my liver. The doctor then ordered an ultrasound and pronounced a simple cyst, not cancer.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am eight weeks pregnant, and I had migraines before I was pregnant. (I was on prescriptions until I started family planning last year.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am in my 60s. About 40 years ago, I had a case of shingles. Can shingles reoccur, or having once had it am I protected from having it again? I've been given conflicting information about whether I need to be vaccinated. M.F.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old man with high blood pressure. I take a calcium-channel blocker and a diuretic to control it.

Dear Dr. Roach: In December, 2013, I had a blood clot in my left eye. It blocked my vision and then passed after about 25 minutes. My doctor had many tests done, and one indicated that I have plaque in my right carotid artery.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 66-year-old white male. About 15 years ago, I was diagnosed with adult-onset indolent systemic mastocytosis. I probably contracted it at least 10 years before that. Few doctors even know what mastocytosis is.

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