Dear Judy,
I notice you have a number of letters about ovarian cancer lately. They hit home. Our mother was recently diagnosed with the illness, in an advanced stage.
I know that there’s sometimes (often?) a genetic component to the disease. I have a sister who’s had breast cancer. I am 33 and I want my ovaries removed.
My [...]
Dear Judy,
I hope what I’m emailing doesn’t make me sound callous. My sister-in-law who is very devout and religious is in a very bad place: she has very advanced ovarian cancer, and is undergoing chemo, but with little hope of longterm survival.
Every time I visit her with my wife, she tells us, “Please pray for me!” [...]
Dear Judy,
My mother-in-law is in the last stage of ovarian cancer. She never wanted her son (her only son) to marry me, and made that clear during our courtship. But to give her her due: after the wedding she more or less came around and was at least civil to me.
Now that she’s dying, all [...]
Dear Judy,
I feel like a major tool writing this, but since I know you won’t use my name, here goes: My mother is dying of ovarian cancer, Stage IV. She is preparing her will, and has told me that when she dies, she’s leaving the bulk of her estate to my older brother who is 29, [...]
Dear Judy,
I have Stage IV ovarian cancer, and my doctor told me I have one year left. I also have a mortgage, and I can’t imagine being able to work much longer. Do I notify my mortgage company of this fact? And if I don’t, what is the best way to put them off as [...]
Dear Judy,
I have a 17-year-old son whom I never met. (Well I met him, but only for a few moments when he was born; I gave him up for adoption, and it wasn’t an “open” adoption).
Nonetheless, I happen to know where he lives; and I also know the names of his parents. I won’t go [...]
Dear Judy,
This may sound like a ridiculous or maybe petty problem to you, considering the rest of what I’m about to describe, but to me it’s not. My friend, who has always had a difficult relationship with her mother, begged me to accompany her on a recent visit — her mother, whom I’ve know since childhood, is dying of [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009