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16 Mar 2017, 9:36 pm

With my Mom continuing her post-hospital treatment (and headed to Boston early next week for a consultation/battery of tests for further treatment), I may have to go outside of my immediate family for advice, guidance, or just a sounding board. I have my sister and her husband, but I feel as though I could take the latter's advice with a grain of salt. I have one good friend at work, but have never asked anybody in my friend circles for advice. Are these good ideas, or any other people to ask?


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16 Mar 2017, 10:52 pm

Who can you trust?



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17 Mar 2017, 5:29 am

the_phoenix wrote:
Who can you trust?


I can trust my aforementioned friend and my sister, but I mostly keep things bottled up around friends, and thus I don't really open up unless circumstances warrant on my end.


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17 Mar 2017, 5:48 am

Sounds like now is the time to open up.



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17 Mar 2017, 6:32 pm

the_phoenix wrote:
Sounds like now is the time to open up.


You're right; I haven't told my supervisor or anyone in a position of intermediate authority. I did find out recently that the mother of someone in my Meetup circle is going through the same deal. My sister has asked that I keep all this off social media, BTW.


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17 Mar 2017, 7:32 pm

NYAspie wrote:
the_phoenix wrote:
Sounds like now is the time to open up.


You're right; I haven't told my supervisor or anyone in a position of intermediate authority. I did find out recently that the mother of someone in my Meetup circle is going through the same deal. My sister has asked that I keep all this off social media, BTW.


Your sister has a good point about keeping delicate family business off social media.