Dear Judy,
I’d really appreciate it if you wouldn’t use my real name or even where I’m from at the bottom of this email. I’m a 60-year-old woman who’s just been through surgery for tongue cancer. I think I’m okay and the surgeon got whatever he needed to get (mainly part of my tongue). I have difficulty speaking as a [...]
Dear Judy,
Six years ago, when my best friend and I were in our late 20’s, she noticed a pair of diamond-and-seed pearl pendant earrings in my jewelry box, and tried them on. They were really beautiful, appraised at $4,000, but I told her to keep them. I know that sounds odd, especially since they were left [...]
A reader writes in with a pretty common dilemma: her lawyer has told her to write a Will (smart lawyer!). That isn’t the dilemma, however. The reader is single, childless and 55 years old (meaning she should have written a Last Will long before this). She wants to do right by her two nieces whom [...]
I can’t stress this strongly enough: Whenever you are about to discuss bad news with medical personnel, make certain you have someone along with you — someone rational who comes equipped with a notepad and an excellent memory. Don’t leave home without this person.
Why? Because however intelligent you are, however stoic and philosophical, [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009