THANK YOU!! Now, whenever I feel like pigging out, I've got the
perfect excuse liao! 
Actually, to tell you the truth, it's very heartbreaking to see the
elderly sick and frail in bed, with a feeding tube in one of their
nostrils, BEGGING you to buy hawker food for them to eat.
Sometimes, they will try to force their money on us
missies to go and buy it for them. Other times, they will cry out
of frustration when we repeatedly refuse and try to explain to them
and they'll wail, "I'm already so old, going to die soon! Why can't
you just let me eat / drink one last time?!" then they will cry and
cry and it's soooooo painful to watch! 
One of my nurse friends will never forget this old man who kept
begging her for a cup of coffee, but because of dietary
restrictions imposed by the doctor, she cannot give him that. One
day, she turned up to work and realised that he had passed away.
She cried and cried because she said all he wanted was one cup of
coffee before he died, and she wasn't allowed to give him even
that!
So, yes... when you're able to eat, EAT!!
