I get worried about my dad as well. He had colon cancer 3 years ago and his stomach is all cut up. He has a hernia and I know that people can die from hernias. He's overweight and still working in Mexico. I don't think he'd survive COVID because he's had pneumonia before. Apparently there's scar tissue in his lungs or something.


My mom has a very severe heart condition and breast cancer last year - So far it hasn't spread. My mom had to go to the ER last year and get steroids because she couldn't breath due to the flu - She has some type of asthma.


I get worried going for a hike tomorrow because last year, my mom did collapse on the kitchen floor and told me to call 911, then she was fine because her beta blocker kicked in. I have to remind her to take her beta blocker twice a day.


It's normal to worry about people that are old - But don't get too much anxiety about it it's ok to be sad. Very normal. I used to have bad OCD about my parents dying which made me cry and that was years ago. They're still alive and we have to live in the moment and enjoy every bit of it. We can try to help but theres some things that are out of our control.