"MOMPEAGRAM" > wrote in message
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> "Nexis" > wrote in message
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>> 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?
>>
The three things that occur to me....
some new medication affecting taste or something
depression
or
some side effect of eating such as nausea or diarrhea or even angina that
she hasn't told you about.

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