An Ounce of Prevention
Posted in Health
2 mn readWe have a saying here in England, ‘An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure.’ With this in mind, I felt at my age, it was time to get to my doctor’s and have a prostate exam. I had been putting this off for ages and ignoring constant advice from my significant other. […]
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Backstroke
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6 mn readGerry Herman, 66, wrote this piece when he was in his mid-40s about his father who was 71. He explained that at that point ’71 seemed much older than it does now’.
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I Was Like a Man Falling off a Ferry – I had MS
Posted in Age is No Barrier, Health6 mn readThe next thing was the tests and the MRI scans, until eventually the GP sat me down and handed me the letter he had received from the hospital and said ‘maybe you had better read this.’
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I Hate to Call it a Disorder – finding out I had ADHD at 57
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6 mn readIvan Pope is a writer, artist and long-distance cyclist who lives in Brighton. He originally graduated from Goldsmiths College Fine Art BA.
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What the hell is Tre?
Posted in Health4 mn readTRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises by Dr David Berceli) is a somatic stress management tool I had experienced once, about ten years ago.
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An Unexpected Hospital Stay in the Middle of the Pandemic
Posted in Health, Lockdown Stories
9 mn readFoolish me. I presumed I had it under control at 85. I planned to live for about ten more years and then, in my mid-90s, die of a heart attack.
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Choosing To Live Apart – how does that shimmy down as we get older
Posted in Advantages of Age
7 mn readWe were old when we met. Asanga – Pete, Albert variously – was almost 70 and I was almost 60. And we lived five hours apart by car…
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Return of the Wise Woman
Posted in Age is No Barrier
3 mn readI’m coming up to 68, in a passionate, new relationship, developing several big business ideas, travelling around the world, moving home but not sure where or even which country.
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A Paean to Raving at 53
Posted in Age is No Barrier
5 mn readI’m one of the world’s oldest ravers and I’m still raving. I consider it a radical act of defiance against the fear machine that promotes hard work until retirement, after which you’re expected to tip-toe quietly towards death
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I spent a lifetime trying to be someone else – now I’m free to be me
Posted in Age is No Barrier
3 mn readFreedom… that sweet word which, for me, encompasses everything that sums up what it feels like to be of a ‘certain age’.
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Swimming Lessons
Posted in Age is No Barrier
6 mn readDorothy knew that I wasn’t a strong swimmer, but what she didn’t know was that I really couldn’t swim at all…
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Sex in My 70s – at last, the pressure is off!
Posted in Age is No Barrier, Sex & Intimacy
4 mn readMuch of my life, despite discovering meditation in my 30s, has been about achieving goals – either physical ones in different sporting activities or intellectual ones in my medical career.
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A Feminist Arrives in Nakedland
Posted in Age is No Barrier, Voyages
4 mn readI casually mentioned to people that I was going to Cap d’Agde this September. Most of my friends didn’t know where that was or what it was…
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