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Dealing with a Spouse with a “Mild Cognitive Impairment”

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Many thanks. I went early for my neuro workup in February of 24 because of minor word retrieval issues and a profound family history of Alzheimer’s. And between that and MRI and genetic testing, i am at elevated risk- and while that is academically interesting, I already knew I was at risk.

I’m aware that each case is different. I am just trying to rough out a milestone inventory and average latency between them.

Sorry to bore you. I do go on..

Thanks for your reply.
Pam

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judimahoney | @judimahoney | Jul 7 6:16pm

Hi, there was a year between my husband's MCI diagnosis and Frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.

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wctdoc1943 | @wctdoc1943 | Jul 8 10:07am

Thank you for sharing your personal information on this journey. I'm interested and certainly not bored. My wife was diagnosed wtih MCI about 8 years ago. Her early symptom was short term memory loss. This has progressed to some intermediate term memory loss but the most profound loss now is executive function. I would like to have her retested by a neuropsychologist, but I'm afraid that the result would be very traumatic for her, so I've not sought this. I'm a retired internist (and board certified in geriatric medicine also), but it is hard for me to be objective. And her condition is further complicated by active alcoholism.

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