@kjc48 you have every right to be fearful. Change, or the thought of it, sometimes makes everyone uncomfortable.
Did the doctor mention that MCI does NOT always lead to dementia? It’s true.

Write a gratitude list. It’s a great way to keep your thinking in the present.

Blessings

Those feelings of fear and loneliness are familiar to most of us. After the diagnosis, anger set in and then, depression...those feelings come and go for me. On the positive side, changes have not happened as quickly as I feared. The memory lapses have worsened over the course of a year. He doesn't have the skills of problem solving as he once did...he still is driving although I see that changing soon. there have been a couple of episodes of angry outbursts that scared me..unexpected, unreasonable. My response was not good...I got over it. Traveling is a challenge but since we are snowbirds, I need to figure it out. Each trip is different and I try to anticipate how I can make everything go more smoothly. Everyone is different...you'll hear that a million times...but for us the changes happen slower than I feared they would. We are 2 years in from the formal diagnosis, and he is still able to share in social events...difficulty following conversations... putters in his garage every day. As long as I keep things on an even keel he does ok...I avoid disagreeing on unimportant matters. Keep the peace if it is a matter of simply pointing out he is misremembering. It doesn't matter. Let it go. I am trying to prepare for the next outburst and be prepared to not react. My husband is a very mild mannered man and he never had angry outbursts so this behavior, for me, it the most difficult.