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Dealing with a Spouse with a “Mild Cognitive Impairment”
My husband was diagnosed with MCI in 2019. He is pretty independent, just forgetful of time, dates, location of places, anything electronic & events from our life together (we’ve been married 52 years). It’s all just getting to me. I find myself wanting to be alone so I’m not continuously reminded of these changes. Because my friends/family are out of state, working, or involved with their own families, I really have no one to talk to so I’m seeing a therapist twice a week to deal with the sadness, anger, grief I have over his condition. I just wonder if other women find themselves in this position & how they are dealing with it.
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@tryingtimes10 So difficult reading all of these posts. My mom passed away almost 20 years ago from cancer. My dad is now nearing 91. His brother closest in age recently passed from alzheimers.
Dad has mild dementia. He’d get lost if he walked out of his front gate. He can’t remember what he did an hour ago. He doesn’t recognise people who used to revere him in his career and are kind enough to still greet him when we’re out. He remembers the distant past clearly. He says the same things frequently (currently fixated on yellow cars, and how few sedans there are any more)
I really don’t know how we’d cope if we didn’t have the whole extended family helping out.
My heart breaks for all of those carers doing it without the support we have and with the heart breaks of losing their loved one in the here and now 💔😪 It’s not supposed to end like this 😰♥️
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