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[quote=Anonymous]My mother is 70.  Has some ongoing problems from a back injury and a slew of other fairly normal health problems, but nothing major and nothing fatal.  Her mother lived to be 92, my grandmother lived to be 94.  All my mom can talk about is illness, doctors, and death.  She literally took about 50 minutes of our 60-minute conversation to discuss her health and dying.  She told me during my last visit (when she was in bed for at least 12 hours a day, sometimes 16 hours a day) that she is probably dying and that's why she's so tired.  She and my dad live in the house I was raised in (they like it) and have plenty of money.  My dad is doing well -- plays tennis three days a week and is happy.  I understand that aging is difficult and that chronic small health problems that interfere with her life are difficult to manage, but this level of depression and focus on death seems ridiculous.  I have begged her to get an anti-depressant and she told me I just don't understand - that this is what people her age are thinking about - death and sickness.  i assume this is totally abnormal and she is just desperately depressed, right?  [/quote]

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