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@colleenyoung

Hi @jimdianne, it is great to hear that the posts and support here have been helpful for you and your wife. Sorry to hear that her cognitive abilities continue to decline.

When you go to the main page of the Careivers: Dementia support group (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/caregivers-dementia/), you can use the search function to look up past topics that might be helpful for you.

Your wife might appreciate joining this discussion group with people living with MCI:
- Support Group for Those of Us Living With Mild Dementia https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/can-we-have-a-support-group-for-those-of-us-with-mild-dementia/

Jim, how are you doing today?

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Hello. I asked my wife if she'd be interested in joining this group but she declined. In my opinion, she is still in a bit of denial of her aMCI. I recently booked us an Iceland cruise and while purchasing travel insurance I mentioned to her that her MCI, being a pre-existing condition, would not qualify for coverage. She first asked what was MCI. After I reminded her she went a bit defensive. I guess it is to be expected. Overall, she is doing very well and her condition is presently just around memory. Our latest encounter was, while on an Amtrak trip from Minneapolis to Chicago, she went to find coffee at the Chicago Union Station. She got lost and called me and we tracked her down. She said that scared her. I have a tracking App on both our phones and forgot she could just follow her App "dots" back to me. Bottom line... she is still very functional (except for memory). I hope we found her disease early enough that helps to prolong her (and my) stability.