I didn't consider my surgeon's remark that I was "72 years young" as a joke when I discussed, with him, having my aneurysm coiled. Not in the least. Perhaps because I didn't regurgitate the entire conversation one could interpret it that way. My neurosurgeon knows my health history, knows that I did quite well after a craniotomy at age 71 last year, knows that I am an active septuagenarian. He answered all of my questions, of which the age issue was only one, concisely and professionally. I feel that I am in good hands.