Dear Judy,
Our father is dying, and it’s getting difficult to see him. The problem? The woman he married after our mother died.
She is two decades younger than him, so I’m sure you get the picture. No, we didn’t approve and I guess it showed. He married this younger woman three months after our mother [...]
Dear Judy,
The man my mother married when I was 13 is now dying of lung cancer. My mother has just informed me I have to spend time with him at least one evening or afternoon a week. (So does his grown son, but that guy is a blood relative. I’m not).
My stepfather was always perfectly decent [...]
Dear Judy,
My first cousin has Stage 4 lung cancer. In her place, almost any sane person would make final preparations, plan the funeral, and re-draft the will, if necessary. Instead this cousin and her husband are running around to practically every doctor in the universe, trying to get a better diagnosis, or at least better [...]
Dear Judy,
The bastard who dumped me without warning 11 months ago — after a 7-year relationship, thank you very much — recently learned he’s going to be jumping the queue on the checkout line. Lung cancer, and he’s only 46.
My bet is he has the next life on his mind, because after practically a year of [...]
Dear Judy,
When someone dies from lung cancer, is it OK to ask the family if the dead person was a smoker? It might help to prevent further deaths, in my opinion.
Harry in Denver
Dear Harry,
Help prevent further deaths — how? I promise you, the deceased is no longer polluting anyone’s air.
What you’re really saying when [...]
Dear Judy,
My father’s condition is terminal — he is 73, with Stage 4 lung cancer — but he continues to talk as if he were going to get better. Should the family tell him what the reality is?
My siblings and I disagree about what our responsibilities are, and my mother never has dealt openly with anyone in [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009