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,
My mother learned she had cancer a year ago; it is of unknown origin but it has spread to her liver. The oncologist said she had just months to live. That was 8 months ago.
She is still alive. We called the nearest hospice and the personnel who help her out are really good.
Our problem [...]
Dear Judy,
I know this is a weird email, but you did ask us readers for any question, and this one is important because I don’t want to offend anyone in the family.
Four years ago, Dad died August 2nd. He was kind of a bon vivant, he loved good dining and good liquor (and had liver [...]
Dear Judy,
Our father has liver cancer, which came as no surprise. He had Hepatitis B, most likely contracted from used needles or unsafe sex. He led a pretty wild life, as you can imagine. The miracle is all four of his children (I’m including myself here) turned out well, and that was thanks to our mother. She died [...]
One of my favorite coffin-buying stories was told to me by the television chef Nigella Lawson about her own mother. Year ago at age 49, Vanessa Lawson was diagnosed with liver cancer and given just weeks to live.
Nigella, 25 at the time of her mother’s diagnosis, got the diagnosis from her mother’s physician. That is [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009