Successful Aging: There is no excuse to accept ageism or patronizing attitudes

Q. When I look up the word “old” in the thesaurus, I find the following: elderly, aged, gray-haired, grizzled, past one’s prime, decrepit, doddering, senile and over the hill. I feel I am treated like all of the above. Recently, I asked my doctor how my migraine medication worked? Expecting a scientific answer, he told me that “the medication gives little messages to my brain to tell it to stop hurting.” I also asked why my eyes were so teary. His reply, “Beca