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Asking Eric: I Enjoy Being an Ambassador for a Drug that Changed My Life. But My Daughter Calls Me a Shill

Recently, a woman in her 60s with a crippling disease says her daughter is angry and wants her to stop traveling, refusing to support her efforts due to concerns about recovery, alleged 'shilling for Big Pharma,' and leaving her to cope with a recalcitrant teenager.
This year, manufacturers invited her to serve as a patient ambassador after the drug's approval, paying a stipend for short trips every other month that accommodate her needs.
Grief and rearranged responsibilities have complicated decisions about travel and caretaking as the daughter moved back after her sister's suicide, and advisers urge revisiting early choices once shock subsides.
Advisers say pause the fights over travel and focus on family adjustment, urging family therapy to process grief and align the mother and daughter’s shifting goals.
Columnists note much of the adjustment falls to the daughter and should be revisited over time, as family conversations and compromise help after the initial shock period after bereavement.

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Asking Eric: Now that I’m physically able to travel, my daughter wants me to stay home

Dear Eric: I’m in my 60s and have a crippling disease that kept me housebound for nearly five years. My daughter moved back home around that time after her sister took her life and left behind a young son, whom we have been raising together.A new medication for this disease was recently approved. I’ve been taking it for two years, and it has led to incredibly impressive improvements. I have a new lease on life!

3 days ago·Harrisburg, United States

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