Ok, before anyone lectures, I'm not asking for medical advice, just opinions on if
this is really something to worry about or if I'm reading too much into it.

My mom is someone who lives a "healthy lifestyle" and has for decades. When I was a
kid, as the medical world began to evolve, we discovered that cholesterol problems
and heart disease were a problem in my mom's family. She ate right, exercised every
day but Sunday, took supplements, etc. She was lucky in that she didn't like alot of
things that are most people's weakness...i.e. chocolate, most sweets, etc.

A few years ago, she had some problems with shortness of breath & dizziness. 2 days
later she was having a quintuple bypass. She recovered very well, and was soon back
to her busy and active self.

My worry is this: Lately, she doesn't like to eat. She used to love breakfast, now
she is not interested. She makes food and goes to restaurants, but eats about what a
small (and I mean 1-2 yr old) child would eat, and not much else. She doesn't eat
anything before 11 am or so (though she's up at 4 am), and has a bowl of soup around
3 pm or so, and if it wasn't for my dad, I think she'd skip dinner altogether. She
mostly wants soup. In the evening, she'll have a cup or tea or coffee, but not much
else unless there's company and she serves dessert, and then she'll have a few bites.
I have recently talked to her about discussing her lack of appetite with her doctor,
but she thinks it's after effects of a long passed gastric episode (6 weeks ago). She
says she just don't like food much anymore. She still takes vitamins and she's on
medication for cholesterol, blood thinners, and something for blood pressure.

Does this sound like something serious? Would you insist on talking to the doctor? Or
wait and see what happens?

Thanks in advance,

kimberly