If you simply have too much work to handle, ask the boss for help.

Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.

You have to work 200 hours to help build your home. It's a hand up rather than a hand-out, it's not a giveaway.

However, after menopause and certainly into the 60s it would appear that doing a Pap smear every year isn't critical -- maybe once every two to three years.

We recommend that at age 50 most adults think about an initial colonoscopy. If someone has had a colonoscopy when they are 50 and they don't have any polyps or a family history of cancer, then we recommend a colonoscopy every 10 years.

I generally tell my patients that, if you're in good health during the 20s, 30s and 40s, you only need a general checkup once every four to five years. But around age 50 you should start thinking about annual checkups, trying to look for things that are increasing in incidence with age.