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My wife forgetting: Diagnosed with MCI

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Oct 12, 2021 | Replies (65)

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A new adventure at the gym. This should make everyone smile.
My wife & I have been going to the gym 4-5 days a week and the exercise is great for my wife. I can tell the difference in her if we don't go for two days. When she locks her coat and pocket book in a locker, she uses a combination lock (and it's not a issue because I wrote the combination on the inside of the side of her sneaker). Well, the other day i was waiting for her to come out of the ladies locker room and it was taking awhile. then she came out and asked about the combination for the lock. We went over the combination and she went back into the locker room. I asked the manager (a lady) to check on her. then both of them came out and said they couldn't open the lock. Then it was my turn to try (manager made sure it was empty). My wife pointed out the locker and I tried the combination without any luck. Next step was to cut the lock. We got a bolt cutter and I cut the lock and left the locker room. Think it's all over? guess again.
my wife said it's not her things in the locker. Huh? Then her and the manager looked around the locker room and low & behold her lock was on another locker AND the combination worked! We bought the other woman a new combination lock and I gave my wife a new lock with a key and I put red & yellow tape on the lock to make it stand out (even in the dark). She now has the key on a necklace that she wears around her neck.
We successfully jumped over another bump in the MCI road. Hope this brought a few smiles

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DanL @tunared You are fantastic! Such creative and thoughtful ideas to make life work for you both......Wnat a great life partner. Blessings, DanL , elizabeth

Dan -
Your problem solving approach to keeping your wife healthy and involved make me smile. What a wonderful and compassionate partner you are.
Sue

Yes....I’ve done that myself but didn’t get to the lock cutting stage....humor in everything