Dear Judy,
One of my oldest friends was recently told he had melanoma which has metastasized. He told me about it, and we discussed certain options (chemo, hospice care, palliative drugs, an early end).
That was 6 weeks ago. Now none of my calls are returned. When I stopped by his house last Saturday, before Thanksgiving, his [...]
Dear Judy,
My best friend has melanoma, and it looks like the cancer has spread. She lives more than 150 miles away from me, but I am ready to help and to travel – any time. And to be with her.
I text her. I email her. I phone. She has asked me not to phone. She says [...]
Dear Judy,
I bet you don’t get too many emails asking for answers to this type of question:
I have been working as a substitute nanny for a family in Illinois whose longtime care-giver has terminal melanoma.
The children — 5, 8, and 13 — are understandably upset. They are extremely angry, fairly aggressive, and definitely suffering in her [...]
Dear Judy,
My grandmother who’s suffered from recurrent melanoma, which has spread, has written a will which – I happen to know – leaves some prime property in northern Virginia to her three grandchildren, provided none of us smokes and all of us go regularly to church. I’m one of those three. I’m born-again, a church-goer and I never [...]
Dear Judy,
My wife died two months ago. She had melanoma, but by the time it was caught the cancer had spread, then it recurred — 3 times — and she was in great pain for part of the time. All our friends knew this, and it was awful. For her it was worst of all [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009