My husband has diagnosed MCI, Mild Cognitive Impairment. He started “slipping” several years ago but 2 years ago he was having more issues with memory and anxiety. We decided to see a neuropsychologist and gerontologist. After his diagnosis we didn’t know how or what to tell people. Holding it in became too difficult so now most everybody knows just like we know all our friends with diabetes, cancer and heart disease. If someone asks what’s wrong with you, he tells them.” I have Mild Cognitive Impairment, that’s another way of saying my memory is slipping. “ We are still very social and he works out at the gym, takes classes and
Goes out to lunch with friends. He no longer drives so has to be picked up.
If this is just the beginning for you, hopefully you have many more quality years together and him with his buddies.