Medical Milestone Enthusiast Gifts

Medical school graduation gowns.

'Look, you can only do so much!'

'He's been like this ever since he had his laser eye treatment.'

Cardiac Recovery.

Toy Shops and Educated Children

"You're 5 years old now, Timmy. It's about time you retain an attorney."

Woman crying with happiness.

'Guess what? I won again.'

An old man exercising with hourglasses

Tenacity trumps everything!

'I guess it was a breakthrough - My free-floating anxiety crashed.'

"Enjoy yourself while you can because before you know it, you've surpassed your 'Best Used By' date."

His first conspiracy theory...'Is it a coincidence the first time I walk, they start locking all the cupboards? I think not!'

Thanks to therapy, Bob no longer felt like a nobody. He felt like an anybody.

First Steps

Ogden Nash: 'Middle age is when you've met so many people, that every new person reminds you of someone else.'

Space for Lease.

"It makes you look old."

"I love the equation that describes the slope of your nose."

"You're right, they are statins."

'Have you ever noticed that as you get older, your thin things get thicker and your thick things get thicker?'

'Oh Darling, I'm so proud! I wish I could give you a big hug!'

"Romance"

"Ha! Now no one can call me 'old'! I just overtook a sports car!"

Healthy.

Coffee love

"This birthday qualified him to be tapped as a fossil fuel reserve."

You're only young once but apparently there's no limit on childish. (Published originally on January 15, 2008.)

"Legs up to here!"

'They're young hares, so it's OK for them to be a bit crazy in March, but thankfully, we've grown out of that!'

'Guys, I think this is one of those 'let it go' moments in life when you have to relax and just trust the processor!'

"Good for you for getting your mammogram."

"I owe it all to my pacemaker."

"he's out of the woods and resting comfortably in a sunlit glade."

Two years ago, during a special episode of the Ask Sadie show, our resident octogenarian asked readers for advice about how she can deal with her midlife crisis. Here is an actual reader letter: Dear Sadie, My son just taught me how to use an iPad, so I am writing to tell you that doing so makes me feel young again. You might want to try it. - Nathaniel from Ontario. Thank you for helping me feel young! I may not be as spry as I was back in the old days ... but at least I've never taken two whol