Being told at 68 that it was just age

Something practical: I take a written list of everything I take to every appointment, because nobody's system has it right.

I asked directly what the evidence looked like for people my age and got an honest answer about how thin it is, and I respected that.

This is the honest version, and the honest version is harder to write.

Olly — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

Bone health was my first question and I had to ask for it. It was not offered and it was entirely reasonable to want.

What I found is that the guidance assumes a body with more margin, and going slowly was not caution, it was the sensible plan.

My medication list is long and getting a proper review of all of it together was the most useful appointment of the last three years.

I found the online material almost entirely aimed at people thirty years younger, which is why this circle matters to me.

What helped was one clinician who took a view of the whole of me rather than four people each managing one thing.

What surprised me was how much I have enjoyed the strength work, having never done anything of the sort in my life.

Bookmarking this. Thank you.

Something practical: everything is in one place with a written note of what it is for, so that anybody could pick it up and understand it.

My appetite change was welcome in some ways and worrying in others, and my GP watched it more closely because of my age, which was right.

The bloods I asked for turned up a deficiency that had probably been there for years, and correcting it changed how I felt more than anything.

Somebody here said that the aim at our stage is capability rather than anything else, and I have used that framing at two appointments since.

Building on what Lucas wrote rather than answering the original question.

I would gently say do not accept everything being attributed to age. Mine was, twice, and something specific was found both times.

My experience is that this has been straightforward and that it needed more careful setting up than it would have at forty.