LizzieMaine
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My mother was reasonably healthy until she hit her seventies, but then she started to experience a lot of internal problems -- she has no trouble walking, seeing, hearing, or mouthing off, but her internal systems seem to be breaking down like an old car breaks down. No catastrophic failures, just a steady deterioration, and it's wearing on her terribly. That, along with being forced to stop working as a result of these problems, has really diminished her, especially over the past year. She's 76 now, but I don't think she'll make it to 80, and I don't think she particularly wants to.