• Advice

    Posted on April 1st, 2010

    Written by Judy

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    Chemo: Am I Too Ugly to Visit?

    Dear Judy,
    Am I getting paranoid?  When I first had my mastectomy and halfway through chemo, I kept very active, visiting kids and grandkids — and my battle was kind of like that. No big deal.
    Since then, I’ve been laid off work, and the results of my chemo became more physically obvious despite makeup and wigs. [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on March 16th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    My Friends are Deserting Me! Why?

    Dear Judy,
    I don’t want to go into details (too depressing) but I am seriously ill. Very seriously.  Ever since I revealed the news to a number of friends, they’ve been avoiding me. Not all my friends, but a good number. It’s like I’m contagious — which I am not.
    Don’t these friends realize I need them [...]