1 The eyes go next. If you are nearsighted, you'll find yourself taking off your glasses for close work, then needing them a second later, then requiring them off. There's a period where even bifocals don't help. Next comes dry eyes. Painfully dry eyes. You'll have to settle for being at your sexual peak. Your hubby will have to perfect his neck massage technique to stop that headache inducing stress/tension. He may even run out and get you a bottle of Feverfew...I found it works most times.

2 I'm ahead of you: I just got my first pair of reading glasses. I spend a lot of time switching around between the two pairs I'm glad I started T'ai Chi a while ago; I suspect that will help a lot.

3 Those were just memories of my 40's...I've moved along, sigh. For me, things actually got better late in my 40's: I reached a time where my eyesight started improving as I aged. You never do reach that point where you can dispense with glasses altogether, but it gets better. Hang in there!

4 Oh, I shall. Consider the alternative

5 then there is the by the time you get your watch far enough away to see it clearly, it's too small to see it clearly point. or so I've heard at least.

6 5 is not very many, but when you're in pain, it's hard to believe you will ever be out of it. It may be your last migraine, who knows? PS Can your Angels PLEASE take out the horrid Yanks today??

7 Vinny Testaverde, age 41, led the NY Jets to a 14-12 victory on Sunday afternoon. Several hours later, Roger Clemens, age 43, pitched three shutout innings to get the win as the Astros defeated the Braves 7-6 in 18 innings. Ain't nothin' wrong with being over 40.

8 I have the perfect cure. Marathoning. Yep, that's the deal. Start running. When you start running you learn a lot about your body. You meet great people. It's fun. Two pack-a-day Pat started running at age 50. Ran a marathon in 2001. Qualified for the Boston Marathon in 2004. Here's something odd, though. I used to have migraines from my teens through my 20s. I saw a chiropractor and he fixed the problem. Later, the migraines came back. I suddenly realized that they came on within half an hour of eating peanuts. I stopped eating peanuts and, hey presto, no migraines.

9 old age and treachery win over youthful inexperience every time. Try excedrine migraine with a large glass of water. If that doesn't work, see your doctor... they have wonderful new drugs that stop them before they start.