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 friend is dying of esophogeal cancer. I visit, call on the phone, bring food to her spouse.
I feel guilty because I feel like I should go see her more often (she lives an hour away). I am going tomorrow.
I truly don’t know what to say any more. She can barely talk. She is [...]
Dear Judy,
Recently, a good friend from my college days told me he had esophogeal cancer. And I was at a total loss for words, I’m ashamed to say,
How do I respond to such bad news? “I’m sorry” seems pretty lame. If I ask about the prognosis, it makes it seem like I’m asking, “So how [...]
I was lucky enough to tune into NPR and listen to a person I never heard speak before — a Unitarian minister who, as it happens, never imagined after his first operation that he would speak again. His name is Forrest Church, he has esophogeal cancer (his second bout), and he will almost certainly die of it.
“There’s a [...]
Dear Judy,
This will seem like a very weird question. My brother died last June of esophogeal cancer. We all were very upset, but at least we knew it was coming (my brother too), so it wasn’t a surprise.
The problem is my sister-in-law who has kept his announcement on her voice mail. Every time I phone [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009