We all want to deny aging and infirmity but the fact is that many of us — and I’m speaking mostly for baby boomers — can no longer pretend that youth is eternal. We find ourselves having to face all kinds of inconvenient and embarrassing infirmities, some surprising and some expected. But unlike past generations, baby boomers will not be denied their pleasures.

And that very much goes for sex. Contrary to the ageist notions of the young - notions that we are all guilty of having harbored at one point or another during our lives - as you age, your sexual needs do not go up in some puff of elderly smoke. Oh, sure, in some ways and from time to time, the flesh can’t keep up with the spirit, but the spirit never stops egging you on.

Of course, I’m not speaking for myself. My goal is to die at 100 in the middle of an orgy.

So on a recent tour of certain health related sites, I discovered a sex tape, Sex, Intimacy, and Diabetes, for people with diabetes. And although I don't have diabetes, I was thrilled. As an aging baby boomer, I watched this tape and found myself imbued with revolutionary spirit.

Viva libido!

Oddly, although this educational DVD is designed to help people with diabetes overcome fear of intimacy and concerns regarding performance, the conversation delivers sound advice for all couples, straight and gay, who are now facing or will face sexual boredom — or perhaps “plateaus” is a kinder word.

You’ll likely giggle when a sultry former Miss America talks about how she and her husband worked to eroticize her insulin pump; and the women out there will surely have a laugh or two listening to a husband discussing his journey of discovery that led to the realization that there’s more to sex and physical pleasure than the old in and out.

And speaking of Miss America: surprisingly and happily, the DVD even has some very candid star power including Nicole Johnson Baker, the first Miss America (crowned in 1999) with diabetes and Jim Turner of HBO’s Arliss — celebrities with diabetes and sex lives.