it's still freaky that it's a damn cancer drug.

About the way I felt when Hubby's heart condition was being treated with Warfarin. "Rat poison!" I actually yelled in the doctor's office. "You're giving my husband rat poison??" The doctor blinked in offended medical dignity, and Hubby, knowing my reactions to people attempting to poison him, talked me down very quickly with quick references to therapeutic doses and Nobel's discovery that nitroglycerin was good for hearts etc. Finally he had to ask me not to go with him to that particular doctor, because I tended to glare at people who gave my husband rat poison.

Well, it's not uncommon for biologically active compounds to have a variety of uses. Rogaine started life as an oral medication for cholesterol, but people who took it got hairy.

I had a student who was taking methotrexate for an autoimmune disorder and she said it was a lifesaver. Anecdotal I know, but encouraging.

I totally need to hear stuff like this! That's awesome.

In the doctor's defense, warfarin in medicine is called coumedin, so only pesky people who read labels know its dark secret and the one weird trick doctors don't want you to know (reading too many Internet ads).

ND, how long did she take care of your Mom? If it was, like six weeks, then she is nuts. If it was a a year or two, then I understand why she might be entitled to a BIT more, but not everything. And the division of the estate should have been DISCUSSED, not just her grabbing all the marbles.

Jeez, makes me glad both Jason's and my parents are broke and won't have anything to leave us.

warfarin in medicine is called coumedin

Warfarin is the generic name for Coumadin, like ibuprofen and Advil. So the doctors aren't pulling a fast one; they're just calling it by a brand name.

its dark secret

To be fair, it dissolves blood clots so people don't die. That's actually pretty awesome in my book.

ND, how long did she take care of your Mom? If it was, like six weeks, then she is nuts. If it was a a year or two, then I understand why she might be entitled to a BIT more, but not everything. And the division of the estate should have been DISCUSSED, not just her grabbing all the marbles.

It was 8 years, and I had no problem with her having a much larger piece of things. She frames it as she ruined her life to come out and take care of mom, so she's entitled to the house. However, she made her choices, and she also lived in the house rent free for 8 years, and she was managing things, not doing the front line caregiving, we had in house caregiving staff hired in for that part. That's how she went through around $850,000 in 8 years taking care of mom. She also didn't work for most of that time, she's got a small part time job now.

She got the will and trust changed so that it goes to her, then my niece, then her husband, then me. The main asset is a house worth about $650,000. There's a line of credit against it, but even after that she's going to net hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I would have been happy giving her the lions share of that and maybe getting enough that Pix and I could have had downpayment on a house. I tried to have that discussion with her, but it was not on the table, she feels she is entitled to moms house, free and clear with no mortgage, and if I take her to court to contest it most of the estate will get used up fighting in court.

So yeah. She thinks we'll still have a relationship, but I don't feel a need to see her again. I'm sure I'll hear from her the next time she runs out of money.

She got the will and trust changed

I was going to ask if that's even legal, but then you said this

if I take her to court to contest it most of the estate will get used up fighting in court.

so I assume that what she did isn't legal but not worth fighting. That's so lousy, ND. I'm sorry.

That is so shitty. I volunteer to be your adopted sister.