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    Posted on January 8th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    Multiple Myeloma: Shouldn’t We Be Well Rewarded?

    Dear Judy,
    My husband’s older brother, who was very wealthy and childless, relied on us — my husband and me — for almost everything in his last months of illness. He had multiple myeloma, and as things got progressively worse, my husband and I, who live nearby did our best to keep things going.
    To give some [...]

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    Posted on July 17th, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    Who Gets to Decide?

    Dear Judy,
    As though my father’s advanced dementia weren’t enough, now he’s just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma — and the oncologists are telling us that dealing with it in some half-assed way (there is no cure) involves chemo with really tough drugs.
    I personally think there’s no point putting my father through this ordeal. The problem is: my mother. She thinks [...]