Question: My mother is 68 years old, 5'2", 105# right now (her weight in recent years has held steady between 115# and 118#. She was hospitalized with E Coli last year, and while she has had bouts of digestive distress since being released, in recent months it has seemed like she was on the mend. She was still having issues with diarrhea and the like, and she saw a commercial for some sort of probiotic supplement. Apparently the whole diarrhea has settled down, but she has begun to suffer from a serious and pretty consistent lack of appetite and active revulsion at times regarding food, as well as cripplingly low levels of energy (sleeping 16-18 hours/day, sometimes). All she has in the way of health care is Medicare, and apparently where she lives doctors seem to be reluctant to take on patients with no supplementary coverage. I'm worried about her, and she's worried too, and I wonder what the first steps she could/should take to begin to get herself healthier again.