• Advice

    Posted on August 10th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    Crazy Dying Mother-In-Law: Poor Me!

    Dear Judy,

     
     
      I need your help. Or someone’s. My mother-in-law, who has metastasized breast cancer, is obsessed with her son, my husband.  I am the target of her malicious and often vicious attacks.
     
     
      She believes I am not good enough for him.  Actually, I am his 3rd wife and no one before me was good [...]

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    Posted on July 15th, 2009

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    Breast Cancer — What Do I Tell My Teen?

    Dear Judy,
    I’m not sure I should be writing you. I don’t know whether I’m dying or not, but I think it can’t be good. I’ve had one mastectomy. Next Tuesday it will be two.
    My son, who is 15, never knew about the breast cancer. Now that my husband and I are separated, I think I’m [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on April 6th, 2009

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    Can She Predict Her Own Death?

    Dear Judy,
    My wife reads you online faithfully, and she told me to write you, but I don’t really think you can answer this. My younger sister (she’s 35) has recurrent breast cancer — twice so far — and this time it seems to have spread, according to her doctors. She won’t tell me where it’s [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on October 2nd, 2008

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    The Teacher with Breast Cancer is Terrifying My Son

    Dear Judy,
    My son’s in second grade. His teacher has breast cancer which I gather has metastasized. So she’s often absent, and when she is in class, she looks like a ghost. I’ve been to a PTA meeting when she was there, so I know.
    My son lost a grandfather (my father) in May, so he really [...]