This happened to my grandparents. My grandmother was a kind of hypochondriac who had been claiming she was on the verge of death for 30 years. But she wasn't wi

This happened to my grandparents. My grandmother was a kind of hypochondriac who had been claiming she was on the verge of death for 30 years. But she wasn't without health problems -- overweight, diabetic, smoker. But she kept going, nevertheless. Then my grandfather died, and she followed about a year later. I really can't help but think he was keeping her going at the end.