Support Group for Those of Us Living With Mild Dementia

And so forth and so on about my research study🙂.
I had 2 more nuclear medicine pet scans this week and also got the summary of the tests from my neurologist. Thursday I have the dubious honor of the spinal tap . Fortunately this will be the last procedure this year.
My neurologist said that there has been a small progression of the Lewy body disease, visible from the scans. So he changed my cognitive meds to a stronger dose in order to slow the momentum.
Thus endth my study for another year, 17 more to go. Regards, Ashley

@sisyphus i have the same
opinion. I have undeniable degradation of cognitive reliability, but I also have quite inadvertently robbed myself of a social circle and believe that is impactful in this context.

I thought I was being smart selling my house ahead of my condition requiring it and moving 1.5 hours away to a smaller cottage near my oldest son and his wife.

The problem is there are no neighbors I might reasonably invite over for cocktails or coffee. So I am quite isolated. My circle has always developed organically and that isnt likely here.

The point is not just or even mostly my social circumstance. It is that I fear the isolation will accelerate my impairment.

Well Mayo friends, it’s been a minute as I’ve been living life on life’s terms.
I had my skin biopsy last week, look forward to results.
My trip to Minnesota is just a couple weeks out and am excited about that.
Never thought I’d be so excited about going to a hospital 😊
My dreams had calmed a little, but two nights ago I had Vivid interactive dream of an old love and her grandparents that raised her. I had not seen or spoke with them in 17 years or so.
Following morning I decided to google search the grandparents and ended up seeing obituaries for all three.
My lady friend passed away in 2017 @ 48 yrs old.
This Saddened me ..
To add to it, last night I dreamt heavy and just before I woke there was a female voice calling my name and I responded with “hello” and called out a name.
Soon after I woke.!
And I live alone on a ranch.
I know this because I have a sleep camera and looked at footage towards end of night and I actually said this out loud in the real world!!?
Man, I’m not sure what or why, I had not thought of her or grandparents in forever.
Thanks for listening.

I have Alzheimer's Disease. I'm in the early stages and have mild cognitive impairment. Our local Alzheimer's Association had classes and meet-ups for caregivers, but not for folks with MCI. I nagged them repeatedly to set up a get-together for folks with MCI. I'm happy to say that they set up a group meeting at their office, and now we gather once a month! While our partners and caregivers attend, it has been made clear that the group is not a time to express their concerns as caregivers. It's a time for folks with MCI to gather and share their experiences, concerns, etc.

Well Mayo friends, it’s been a minute as I’ve been living life on life’s terms.
I had my skin biopsy last week, look forward to results.
My trip to Minnesota is just a couple weeks out and am excited about that.
Never thought I’d be so excited about going to a hospital 😊
My dreams had calmed a little, but two nights ago I had Vivid interactive dream of an old love and her grandparents that raised her. I had not seen or spoke with them in 17 years or so.
Following morning I decided to google search the grandparents and ended up seeing obituaries for all three.
My lady friend passed away in 2017 @ 48 yrs old.
This Saddened me ..
To add to it, last night I dreamt heavy and just before I woke there was a female voice calling my name and I responded with “hello” and called out a name.
Soon after I woke.!
And I live alone on a ranch.
I know this because I have a sleep camera and looked at footage towards end of night and I actually said this out loud in the real world!!?
Man, I’m not sure what or why, I had not thought of her or grandparents in forever.
Thanks for listening.

@gardenia123 I read on internet that mci is reduced with high dose METHYLCOBALAMIN, like 1000 micrograms daily for a few weeks. I take 300 and now win my chess games at 83 yrs.