Your original post was addressed to women with a similar story, so I don't know if my (male) comments are appropriate or not, but we do have some similarities in our situations. My wife was diagnosed with MCI 7 years ago, against a backdrop of an already challenging relationship. That in itself makes dealing with her MCI much more difficult for me. We've been married 18 years, together for 20 and I've known her all my life. She is completely functional in the ADL (activities of daily living) but has terrible short term memory and very poor "executive" function (organization and planning). For example, often cannot manage the TV remote control, navigate an iPhone/iPad app or do multi-step functions of any kind. Yet she can drive herself to the hair salon and back (about a mile from home). Very emotionally labile, depressed and easily agitated (by me). I'm 81 years old and in relatively good health, and she is 3 years younger. I know what you are dealing with isn't easy. It does seem like we're dealing with some of the same issues.