Midlife is full of nostalgia. Sharing memories of friendship,
laughter and school. Remembering the all-night study sessions, the
all-night parties and all the mornings after. Homecoming weekend and
final exams. Your first date, a marriage, your first child -- year
after year of life's greatest moments. Conversations at midlife are
filled with "remember when" and "back-in-the-day."
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It was back in the 1960's when I first became aware of memory loss. I was visiting my cousins in Cleveland. We were watching out the window as our great-aunt Clara drove up.
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One of the longstanding problems on my midlife trip has been how to
get a good night's sleep. When I was a late 40-something moving from
perimenopause into the big "M", night sweats decimated my sleep
pattern. I used to wake up as drenched as if I had just run a
marathon. By the time I finished drying off, changing clothes and
linens it was almost time to get up for a new day.
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Elaine Magee; 839 views
When Denise asked me to write about some midlife topics in the Good Health-athon, I actually wasn't feeling so healthy at the time. In fact, I was trying to figure out how to feel better in light of my persistent heartburn.
My doctor had already listened to my litany of symptoms and suggested a month's regime of an over-the-counter remedy. As much as I like my doc, he didn't talk about nutrition as part of the remedy and quite frankly - neither did I.
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I didn't go out shopping on Black Friday this year but I remember the many times in the past when I did -- running around looking for the latest greatest, must-have, got-to-get-it-now gift for someone on my holiday shopping list. But not once do I recall a Black Friday that included racing around searching frantically for a gift for one of the elders in my family. In fact, they never said "hey I have to have this, that or the other". They really didn't ask for anything at all except to hear from me or, better yet, a nice visit. According to the
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