Dear Judy,
Our good friend, a prominent local politician, died yesterday (no surprise: he had emphysema). And in both the death notice and the obit the family stated that instead of floral tributes, they’d appreciate it if friends and mourners would send a contribution to some charity I’d never heard of.
So I googled it, and it [...]
Dear Judy,
I’m sure you don’t get too many emails like this. Our mother died on Sunday, supposedly of emphysema and heart disease, but I think of malice. We are burying her this week. She always said she wanted me, her only daughter to give the eulogy. I don’t know what to say that would be [...]
Dear Judy,
My elderly father-in-law is pretty wealthy and in very bad health. He has emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and it’s getting worse every day. He’s a really nice gentleman of the “old school” and I think he would be very shocked if he knew about his younger son, my husband’s brother. Maybe more than shocked.
Basically my brother-in-law has [...]
Dear Judy,
Please solve a dilemma. My husband and I are quarreling constantly.
We have three grandchildren, all in their teens, and our Will makes ample provision for all their (prospective) college and grad school educations.
Personally, I imagine I will be dead within 2 years; I have emphysema and a bad heart. My husband’s health is also [...]
Dear Judy,
What can I do about my mother? She has emphysema. We live in a large city where it’s illegal to smoke in office buildings or hotels. Every time I take her out (which is a big deal, as you can imagine…) and she sees someone taking a drag in front of a building, she [...]
Dear Judy,
My mother is dying of breast cancer. This is her third bout, and on top of it she has emphysema and COPD from 40 years of smoking. She is living with me until she passes.
When she was first diagnosed she had a doomsday attitude, twisting every word the doctors told her. For instance, telling [...]
Dear Judy,
In the last 18 months, my mother-in-law has lost her husband, an older brother, and a son who was killed in a car crash. I can’t say that the deaths of the first two — my father-in-law and my husband’s uncle — were total tragedies. They were pretty old and both had been sick for [...]
Dear Judy,
All right. This isn’t really a question about dying, even though my mother-in-law is expected to pass away at any minute (severe dementia and emphysema). But I hope you’ll help us out anyway.
The question really concerns her jewelry. To be blunt: it’s very valuable and she has a lot of it. In particular a gorgeous ruby choker from [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009