Nexis wrote:

> 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 happen

Has she admitted to or have you noticed a weight loss? What exactly was
the gastric "episode" she experienced weeks ago?
Otherwise, anorexia could obviously be a sign of many problems. I would
suggest a visit to her GP.