How many times per day do you repeat to everyone around you: “I’m sure I’ve got Alzheimer”. You’re amazed by how many things you forget. Did you just put some perfume? For the life of you, you can’t remember! Did…
Alzheimer, my new obsession
Mirror, Mirror
Our best friend and enemy will remain our dear mirror. As a teen it’s the witness to our first puberty changes, our first unwelcome zits or worse, acne. We wake up one morning and we face our first moment of…
To see or not to see
One of the knife stabs I talked about earlier will hit you in the eye…. literally. You’ll start holding any written paper farther and farther away from your eyes. At first it’s barely noticeable but at some point you’ll be…
Middle age and Menopause – The “Hot Flashes” or “When the Fun starts”
The first time it takes possession of your body you’ll be surrounded by people wearing fancy clothes or a suit. You would be in a meeting in winter or in the middle of a room with an air condition close…
The Mammo
Finally you go through the dreaded door! You’re asked in a monochord voice to remove top, bra and jewelry. Half nude, a bit cold and very insecure, you answer the nurse’s questions about your family’s medical history. She shows you…
The Mammography experience – the wait
Welcome to my world, the dinoWorld (The Mammography experience). We won’t talk now about the sacrosanct yearly visit to the gynecologist. It’s always gruesome and we’ll delve deeper into it after we exhaust some chapters, which are exclusive to the…
Don’t you dare! I’m officially a dinoW
You wake up the next morning with a feeling of malaise then, bitter memories of yesterday’s events at both shops hit you again. Frustration and anger overwhelm you and a rush of adrenalin washes over your body. You’re going through…
To be or not to be a dinoW
“Middle aged” or the first “Hollow feeling“! (Dinow) Let’s start with the first time you felt “middle aged”.You went shopping at a very fashionable youngish shop. The salesgirl (your kids’ age of course) starts by giving you the Maaam here…
DinoW
DinoW is a 40 something lady, give or take a few months or more….. she is perceived by her kids, partner, family, society and everyone breathing the same air as her as belonging to some God forsaken specie, the dinosaurs,…