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    Posted on September 8th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    Too Much Concern for My Dying Friend?

    Dear Judy,
    I just learned a really good friend who lives in Baltimore has melanoma. She is just 41; we’ve known each other since freshman year of high school, and we keep in regular touch because we’re both single, and happily so.
    Actually though, it was her ex-husband who contacted me at my email address about my good [...]

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    Posted on September 25th, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    I Have AIDS: Why Should I Have to Make Excuses?

    Dear Judy,
    A few weeks ago, a good friend and co-worker died of malignant melanoma.  In fact my only good friend at the company where I work.
    I didn’t visit her in her last months for a lot of reasons, the most important being she was constantly in and out of the in-patient unit of our local hospice, [...]