Dear Judy,
My mother has MS. She is 52 and has had it since age 30. You know the disease. It progresses then stops, progresses then stops.
The thing is, she has stopped herself. She doesn’t do much of anything any more and I know she can do some things. She can read. She can talk. She [...]
Dear Judy,
Our first cousin knows everything, especially about my mother, who died recently of a heart attack. Whenever someone in the immediate family makes a decision — or plans a party — or buys an expensive item — this first cousin says, “Your mother wouldn’t have liked that!” or “Your mother would have wanted the rest [...]
Dear Judy,
Our mother was always the most difficult person on the planet, but now that she’s a lot older, it’s gotten worse. If possible.
Everyone in the family pitches in to help her out now that she needs chemo and radiation: she has laryngeal cancer. Two of us — my brother and I — drive her [...]
Dear Judy,
My mother is dying from uterine cancer (Stage IV). I tremble at the thought of losing my mother. I’ve tried to prepare myself for this upcoming loss as best I can. Still, I know I’m not ready.
When my mother has good days, I am able to relax. When she has bad days (pain/suffering) my [...]
Dear Judy,
Our mother has Alzheimer’s. Right now it’s in the “moderate” stage, meaning not too good, obviously, but not the end of the line either. I live a mile away from our mother. I work downtown in a large law firm.
My brothers. though, live much farther away. There are three of us, and all of us [...]
Dear Judy,
I’m writing because my mother is driving me nuts (actually, I’m one of 3 sons, and she’s driving us all insane). She’s 78, in okay health considering, and a few of her friends are dying.
We — her sons — are all middle-aged and are not dying, except figuratively. Every day, our mother calls one [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009