What do you do if you are diagnosed with a memory impairment and your significant other is less than

(Chapter 13 Interaction with Spouse or Significant Other & Chapter 26 MCI Tool Box in my book)

You have to be clear with your significant other and explain to them that if you had a choice that you would not have a memory impairment and you could probably remember more. They need to be the one to change and learn how to adjust to your symptoms. They need to also be understanding and patient. You need their support and for them to not add stress to your life. That can make the memory impairment symptoms much worse.

I think that you need to continue to talk to them about what they need to do or say to help you. Make sure that you let them know what they are doing or saying that is not very helpful. Please encourage them to attend your next doctor's appointment. They also need to do their best on educating themselves about your memory impairment but you can also teach them a lot about it just by sharing your thoughts and difficulties with them.

After living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) diagnosis for about fourteen years, I have learned quite a lot. I have had to do that in order to figure out how to manage and cope with my symptoms. When you are living with a diagnosis such as mild cognitive impairment, it can take a lot of energy just to function each day. I need to always make the best choices for me. I only choose to surround myself with people who are understanding and supportive, rather than critical and uncaring. This helps me to function at my best. I'm actually doing better now than before I was diagnosed.

Since I stopped working, I have much less fog in my brain. I used to work two jobs, six days a week. The only reason that I know this is because I have journaled about my mild cognitive impairment journey since 2006. I can go back to my journal and read how often I was in the fog when I was working almost fifty hours a week.