Vasectomy can be reversed in vasovasostomy

Dear Doctors: I am 40 years old and the father of three boys. My wife and I don’t plan on having more children.I’m considering a vasectomy, but I worry about what the surgery is like and how permanent it is. Is surgery to reverse a vasectomy difficult?

DO JUST ONE THING

• Do you know what the No. 1 most recycled product is? It’s not what you might think: It’s car batteries. Almost all of the car battery is recyclable. Sixty percent of it is lead, which can be recycled and used for other metal products.

Father looking for love for his son

DEAR HARRIETTE: My mom’s friend is on the hunt for a nice wife for his son and thinks I’d be a great fit. This matchmaker is an older man I know from church, but I’ve never met his son before. My mom asked if I’d be open to hanging out with him and his family just to meet the son and see how I feel.

Boyfriend seems shady about ex-girlfriend

DEAR HARRIETTE: Before my boyfriend and I were an item, he and his childhood crush dated for almost 10 years and had two children together.Eventually they parted ways, and she moved out west. Since they grew up together, he is still close with her family.

‘Dirty dozen’ lists produce to help clean

Dear Doctors: A vendor at our weekend farmers market was telling his customers about something called the “Dirty Dozen” list. Apparently it has to do with pesticides and shopping for produce?I would like to know more about this, and I wonder if you think it has merit.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGO• Females ruled the 1995 class of eighthgrade students who promoted into Clinton High School. This included Clinton Middle School valedictorian Monica Ruyle, and cosalutatorians Peyton Stovall and Stephanie Simon.

Even though we have a new pope, the message remains the same

Once Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the news anchors and reporters and podcasters – and anyone else with an excuse or a budget to go to Rome – have gone home, there will still be a market for details about the new pope.

H. Pylori infection can cause ulcers

Dear Doctors: I was having stomach pain and some nausea. The doctor found bacteria in my stomach, and I was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer. Now I’m being told that I should get screened for stomach cancer.Is that really necessary? If I agree, what are the tests I will need to get?

Girlfriend chooses not to invite partner

DEAR HARRIETTE: I overheard my girlfriend on the phone with someone discussing an important work event she was meant to attend. Her colleague, whom I’ve met a few times, said they’d given her a plus one and mentioned that my girlfriend would probably want to have me there, too.

Certain logic in resistance to presidency

There has been a certain escalatory logic in the resistance to Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency. In the very beginning, when few took him seriously, they laughed at him. Then they tried to defeat him in the 2016 election.