The Bluffer's Guide to
Middle Age
By Antony Mason
 
Extracts from the book

 
Facing facts
In middle age, feeling beleaguered on all fronts is a way of life - not all of which is visible.
 
Always look on the bright side of life
Middle age is a fertile arena for the bluffer's talents. And what makes it satisfyingly easy is the fact that, against all the evidence, most people in middle age are only to willing to believe there is a bright side.
 
Testing
Testosterone occurs naturally in both sexes, and it appears that a post-menopausal woman who takes a testosterone supplement can revive a flagging libido and even match the increased vigour of her TRT-powered partner - without getting a hairy chest.
 
As time goes bye-bye
The middle-aged are only too aware that time is slipping by. Not only do they have a sharpened sense of mortality; they also have an accompanying concern about their impending old age. They are reminded incessantly about it -by the government, by insurance companies, by their doctors - and implored to plan for it. But in planning meticulously for old age, many people run the risk of allowing middle age to pass them by. Doris Day expressed this fear when she said, 'The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.'
 
Forget me knot
A familiar condition of middle age is to be struck by amnesia and deja-vu simultaneously, in which case you will have the uncomfortable feeling that you have forgotten the same thing before.
 
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Table of Contents
Introduction

Decline and Fall
The Forces of Gravity
The Grim Facts
-Eyes
-Ears
-Teeth
-Skin
-Hair
-Digestion
-Muscle and Bone
The Danger Zone
Lapses and Delusions
-The Brain
-Self-Deception
The Flight of the Hormones
-Menopause
-Andropause
-Hormone Replacement
First Aid

Grumpy, Crusty, Crabby
Blaming the Young
How to Spot the Types

Tricks of Time
Christmas Again?
You Are History

Mid-Life Crisis
Been There, Done That
Sex, More or Less
Spotting the Crisis

Getting Psyched Up
Crisis? What Crisis?

Use It or Lose It
Body Maintenance
-Complete Refit
-Respray
-Regular Servicing
Ageing Gracefully
Medicine to the Rescue
-Cells
-Hormones
-Genes
The Time of Your Life
Playing the Long Game

Things to Know about Middle Age

Glossary

 
Author: Antony Mason
Format: 64 pages, pb
Published: 1/10/2006
Updated: New Title
Price: £4.99
ISBN-10 & ISBN-13:
1-903096-99-5
978-1-903096-99-4
  
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