My doctor called me 'An elderly Lady.'

My doctor did a double take once looking at his computer he said I'm just amazed at your age. That was about 8 years ago ... no one says that lately though. Fine, I'm still happy.

"Elderly" is a horrid word and I refuse to be it. Nothing wrong with "old."

My initial thought was - you were lucky to actually see a doctor. Our 6 are telephone doctors now. I’m seriously thinking of paying £90 for a half hour private gp appointment at a private hospital.

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Same happened to my mum, a few years ago, I think she was 90 at the time. Doctor referred to her as elderly.
When the appointment had finished mum turned to the very young doctor and said, I hope you nappy rash gets better . The doctor just looked at me in amazement. We then just left

I too when receiving the leaflet for the jab, saw the phrase 'for older patients' and thought 'what a sauce'!

I prefer the term Queenager, I'll have you know!

Though I do have a t-shirt which says 'Too old to die young'.

Being called 'elderly' made me think that I'm nearer to God then I thought! Someone mentioned that I was being ageist, but the doctor could be considered that for using that term. Being called an older person sits better with me, In my head I'm still thirty! Health shouldn't automatically be defined by age but how you feel. There are fit eighty year olds and unfit fiftys'. It's also the first time I have been described as such. However, people do give me their seat quite often on the tube, so maybe the doctor had a point!

Sorry, I might be lowering the tone a bit here, but getting elderly doesn’t bother me too much. But the embarrassment of the involuntary bottom burps do, especially whilst out shopping.

Chronologically I'm 68 but in my head I'm 21 so my doctor saying they would be very annoying (Mind you my knees are about 70)

A statement I frequently hear when attending a medical issue is 'you don't look it ' when asked to confirm my age .Should I be flattered {hmm}??????

Remember a doctor referring to me as being an ‘elderly primagravida’ I was 25 !

I had a phone consultation with a doctor at Addenbrooks. She asked me if I could get someone to take me for a blood test. I explained to her that I lived on a nartowboat where there was no public transport and that I was more than capable of driving myself. I will be 70 in three weeks. I may be older but I am not elderly as she seemed to imply.

I agree Venus
As they say it’s not how old you are,
It’s how you are.

MOOMOO haha! And needing a wee Now and can't wait for long!

I’m 40 (joined gransnet for a competition!)

I see 80 and over as bona fide elderly irrespective of how fit, glam etc

From 70-80 onwards... totally dependent on the individual.

When looking for a term to describe the demographic I was hoping would attend a luncheon club we were starting up as a church, I asked my friend. At 92, she was the oldest church member. She said “Young at heart”. It stuck and that’s whom we’ve always advertised it as being for. Sad that it’s been a year now since we held the last one.

I'm 54 and hate being called middle aged lol, when I start to get called elderly I'll probably blow my top.

I was 25 when I had my first baby and was classed as an elderly prim then. I was horrified.

My favourite term for the over 70's is 'chronologically enhanced'.

That said, at 46, I am starting to accept the fact that I am middle-aged. Middle age may be regarded as lasting until general retirement age (65-ish), but I'm afraid once you're over 70 you definitely are in "elderly" territory, whether you like that word or not.

My parents are gone, but my inlaws are in their 80s. They don't always see what everyone else sees. Fraility is definitely a thing.

For teenagers someone who is in their 30s is middle aged and someone in their 50s is elderly!. Because life expectancy has risen about 20 plus years in the last 100 years or so I suppose someone in their 70s would not view themselves as elderly. If you have a facelift it takes 10 years off your face but normally people look.about their actual age! I am 55 but do view people in their 70s as elderly but I suppose it depends how healthy you are at that age.

My doctor shocked me when he said I was lucky to be alive at 68 !(having survived polio as a baby).

In my late 70s I don't mind being "elderly" but I was shocked and rather aggrieved a year ago to be labelled "elderly vulnerable". Then Waitrose told me that they had priority delivery slots for the elderly vulnerable and I happily embraced that category. More objectionable to me is being called "deaf". I have a hearing loss. My DH was affronted to be asked recently if he could manage the three steps down to the doctor's surgery. Mind you he does look quite old with his white hair...

Humm yes, so the elderly will be soon asked to keep working until late sixties?

Nowadays I truly don’t care how I’m referred to - I’m nearer to 70 than 60, live in jeans and Doc Martens and feel young at heart but know that in terms of life span elderly is a fair description.
I’ve definitely mellowed since my younger days though as I was enraged when I was referred to as elderly when I had my first child at 28.

I quite like the word Senior which is what they use in USA. I like being a senior!

It's a blooming cheek and disrespectful. I hope you pulled her up on that!