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It’s been a while since I commented. I’ve actually been in talk therapy every three weeks and that has helped me. My husband has a little more than mild cognitive impairment. It’s been about two years now all of our children recognize it not any friends or other relatives. he is quite brilliant. He does New York Times crossword puzzle Every Saturday but now he does it with our son who’s 27 who lives in Arizona they do it over the phone. through this journey. I’ve learned a lot about what to say, and what not to say I was told by not only his neurologist, but my therapist that we should never bring up MCI. when he asks questions over and over again or if it he forgets something, I just told him — we’re not supposed to say “I just told you that or remember we’ve been over that last week.?” No he doesn’t remember and it just gets them all anxious and upset. I learned that anxiety is a big part of this disease and so he takes some meds for anxiety, but the doctor wants him to go up 25 to 50 mg more to keep that under control and has recommended another medication like Aricept, but he doesn’t really wanna go on that either. He takes a number of supplements from our naturopathic doctor and walks outside 3-5 miles every day gets a lot of sun and pretty much takes a three hour nap every day. we cook together we eat dinner together we walk sometimes together we go out to lunch or dinner together and we visit our children who live around us as often as we can. I try to keep it light and as much Sameness as possible because I’ve learned that too much change is not at all good for MCI patients. I thought maybe we would take a ballroom dancing he agreed so let’s see if we can do that. We do love to travel but finances are very tight so for now we’ll do fun things around the house. We watch Netflix movies together the Yankees together, we play scrabble or otger board games And try to make things as normal as possible. As for me it’s very challenging because knowing how this man was for the last 35 years, a sharp intelligent, very good, looking dapper, kind, strong, compassionate man, a loving father and a loving husband, and to see these subtle changes happening to him Can be very emotional and disheartening as a caregiver. I’m a little bit scared as to where this is all gonna be going and what’s going to happen but I do take one day at a time. I pray a lot. I read I work part time and I’m grateful for any type of support therapy I can get so thank you for listening and I hope that this has helped someone to understand their situation a little bit better. Does anyone in this group recommend a medication that is helping their loved one? God Bless!

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Thank you. 😮