For a doctor to say "at my age these things happen" is not only annoying but it doesn't make sense to use age as the only criteria for a diagnosis. When I was in my 50's I had gone to one of those walk-in clinics about something very minor. When I told the doctor how old I was, his mouth fell open as i did look younger than I was (not anymore tho'). When my health insurance was cancelled a short time later, I found out he had written "diverticulitis" on my file. When I questioned the doctor why he did that he said that "At your age people usually get that". It all worked out with the Insurance company after they investigated and I got my health insurance back. But it was annoying. I found out later that particular doctor was no longer at the walk-in clinic.