worker, she's been active and healthy her whole life. around the time she turned 60, something changed. she began feeling achy around dizzy. her blood pressure went up and she was so tired. my mother says her family doctor told her, don't worry about it. >> they told you, look, lady if you stop working so hard your blood pressure would come down. so they kind of patted you on your head and said -- >> go home, calm down. >> my mother didn't question her doctor. >> were you an empowered patient? >> no. no, i was not -- i was unempowered in this process. i was an empowered mother and social worker. i was an empowered teacher. i was not an empowered patient. >> did you trust the doctors? >> that's what i was brought up sneed a good girl from the '50ss. >> from the '40s. >> then one day my mother through in to visit me in