Dear Judy,
I personally believe my father died because of an incompetent anesthesiologist. He had malignant melanoma, but died under anesthesia. And I think the whole family should sue for malpractice.
My problem is my stepmother who doesn’t want to sue. She says she’s too tired and sad to do anything legal like that, and also it [...]
Dear Judy,
I am 34 and my fiance is 66. I know that’s a big age gap, but we are in love, this will be my first marriage (his 3rd), and we are planning a September wedding.
The problem is, family and friends. Maybe you’ve heard this before: They tell me my fiance could “die at any time” because [...]
Dear Judy,
Our mother died 2 weeks ago at 56. We loved her very much (there are 2 of us, both sisters in our late 20’s) and we are both writing you because we don’t know what to do.
She was very happily married to our father (we thought). He is 70. Her death made him cry [...]
Dear Judy,
For the past 10 years I’ve had breast cancer (first one, then the other breast, and there’s been some metastasis even after the mastectomies). I think I’m not going to be okay forever, maybe not even next year. But for the moment, I’m holding steady with chemo.
I have no hair. I do wear a [...]
Dear Judy,
I’m writing about myself, unlike most of your email writers. I happen to have a brain tumor, malignant glioma, and an intrusive neighbor and I don’t know which is worse.
I know I am not going to get any better. This neighbor keeps asking me, in the elevator (!!!!) with other people I don’t even [...]
Dear Judy,
What do I do about a dying sister who refuses to admit she’s dying? She has liver cancer which has spread all over (in her lungs too now…), but she keeps planning trips, cruises.
Sometimes she says, “When I get well, we’re going to…” and then she expects me to say yes, I am going [...]
Dear Judy,
I don’t understand something and maybe you can help. I have ovarian cancer, Stage IV (it got discovered very late), and a best friend who, while not really the picture of health, at least isn’t dying. She has some stomach issues and some arthritis, that’s it.
Every time I tell her about how scared I [...]
Dear Judy,
I am a 32-year-old paralegal. For years there’s been this lawyer in the firm (it’s a big one) who’s been down on me, always criticizing anything I do, and I know when I asked for raise, he was the one who stopped the firm from rewarding me last year.
Anyway, turns out he now has [...]
Dear Judy,
Last week I got a bad diagnosis. I have esophogeal cancer. I figured it wouldn’t be good, so I am not that surprised.
But the problem is my wife of 3 years. She is very dependent. I think maybe I chose her knowing that and even liking it. My last wife was bossy, dominant and took [...]
Dear Judy,
My brother’s wife died of ovarian cancer 5 days ago. Their son is 3 1/2 years old. My brother’s mother-in-law has advised my brother not to tell the kid about the loss.
What do you think? What should I tell my brother about this? When is the right age to tell a child his mother [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009