Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
Part 1 Broad Mentality
Our Broad Experience 3
You Are Not a Number 5
Eliminate the Negative! 9
Your Marvelous Machine 11
It's Been a Good Long While 15
Wisdom 19
You're a Guru 21
Part 2 Broad Life
O Tempora, O Mores (Oh the Times, Oh the Customs)-Cicero 25
Friendship Through the Ages 29
Dress Like a Broad 33
Dating (An Entirely Different Subject) 37
Dating (Another Take) 39
Sex Over Sixty? 45
Is There Life After Jimmy Choo? 49
Girdles 53
Excursions 57
Part 3 Broad Bones
The Aches and Pains Hour 63
Patients as Junior Partners 65
Four Ears Plus One Notepad Equals a Winner! 69
A Visit to the Doctor: Never a One-Way Street 71
Fear of Surgery from a Surgeon's Point of View 77
Medical Second Opinions 81
Getting Choosy 85
Fear of Anesthesia 89
Don't Get Ripped 91
You and Your Ears 97
Dental Phobia 101
Part 4 Broad Well-Being
How to Train Your Keeper 109
Inactivity: The Enemy 113
Don't Get Out of Bed So Soon 117
Senior Skin Care 123
Sports and Physical Activity 127
Living in the Past 133
The Time I Ignored My Own Advice 135
After the Fall 139
Medications: Take Full Control 143
Self-Examination (Yes, I Do Mean Yours!) 151
Part 5 Broad Shoulders
Am I Losing My Mind? 159
Nodding Off 163
An Approach to Your Will 169
Let's Talk About Attrition 173
Breaking Medical News 177
Crotchety with Charm 183
Part 6 Broad Insights
Lists Are Your Friends 187
A Morning Prayer 189
Who Are You Calling Eccentric? 191
The Sunday Comics 195
Grow Old or Grow Up? 197
Battle Hymn of the Republic 201
An Evening Prayer 203
Vale Dicta (Last Words) 205
Broad Encore 207
Epilogue: In Memory of M. E. Hecht, MD 209
Acknowledgments 211
Index 213
About the Authors 221