Baby boomers: menopause is not a disease

Many people fear the process because it seems to be the benchmark for aging, as soon as you reach 50 or thereabouts and are starting menopause you acquire the title: "middle aged". I must say that I didn't relish being described as such, middle aged somehow has quite a few negatives attached to it: old, frumpish, overweight, grumpy, passed it...
Have you heard the saying: women age and men become distinguished? and like me does it make you a little angry?
The best way to approach this would be to look at this time in life and realize all the advantages of being older, wiser, wealthier and and less inclined to conform to peer pressure as we did in our younger days when it all seemed so very important.
Menopause need not be the beginning of the end but it is the beginning of the second half of your life.As 50 to 60 year old baby boomers, most of us still have a good 35+ years to enjoy, it is up to each individual to make the most of it.
Let us not forget, we all get older, it is an unavoidable fact, I just want to make sure that generations X and Y are aware of that fact.