Dr. M.E. Hecht

I did not feel comfortable with the title. "two old broad..Stuff You Need to Know That You didn't need to know". Maybe, it is my midwest upbringing, but I would never feel comfortable calling myself an old broad. I think of myself as a senior woman instead. This book was written as advice to a woman in her sixties. Whoope Goldberg the co-author is in that age range. I was disappointed in the very little comment that she added to the different topics. Her comments were sparse, seemed honest but too little. My two cents was the title of one of her comments.

The advice that M.E. Hecht gave in her book, was frequently correct but I thought it that it could have been, more in depth. I would have liked to sit in with the two authors and ask in depth questions. On the chapter about You and Your Eyes, I felt that she was dissuading older women from getting a cochler implant. She said that operation was reserved for the "very, very young". I am friends with a woman is much older than me and she was very pleased with the results. I checked NIH and they reccommended the operation for the adults and children with profound hearing loss.

On other topics like dating, the advice could be improved by just saying "Be yourself". On clothing, I disagreed with the advice for women to always wear gloves. I remember wearing gloves to church when I was young on Easter Sunday but never when it was hot.

A lot of her advice was good common sense but I really wanted more depth. When the doctor discussed Alzheimer's and Dementia. She advised women to not worry about getting Alzheimers because it was not that common. With her very short discussion, I did not feel that she had the needed expertise. I would have preferred that she left the topic out of the book. I think that if I sat down with her when she and Whoopee were writing the book. I would told to her to stay with orthopedic advice.… (more)