• Advice

    Posted on November 12th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    Will He Die Tomorrow?

    Dear Judy,
    My brother-in-law is at home under hospice care. He has prostate cancer which metastasized to the bone. For the past year he’s been in severe pain all over his body.
    However — in the last week he’s had no pain at all!  No meds have been added or changed. He is very weak and tired [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on September 23rd, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    Do We Have to Tell My Mother About Colon Cancer?

    Dear Judy,
    My 48-year-old sister has colon cancer which has spread everywhere; the doctors say she has maybe  nine to ten months left. She is also in pain, which we are trying to get the doctors to deal with.
    The issue is our mother, who suffering from dementia: small strokes in the brain mixed with what is [...]