If you are a caregiver for someone who has a memory impairment, just imagine what it is like for the

June 14, 2020 (Chapter 25 Caregiver Tips in my book)

Just imagine that the memory impairment symptoms are also driving them crazy but they can’t fix their brain. I think that they are trying to figure out how to deal with this.

In 2005 at age forty-seven, I was diagnosed with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Luckily, it has not progressed to dementia. I am now sixty-two. It has taken me many years to get to where I am right now. I think that what has helped me the most is the fact that I am no longer working.

I was working two jobs, six days a week. Because I journal, I can read about how bad my MCI symptoms were back then. I was having fog pretty much on a daily basis. I was barely functioning! I can actually trace my symptoms back to the fall of 1999 which means that I was only forty-one. Recently I realized that in three years my daughter will be forty-one. Sometimes it is hard not to be concerned about whether MCI will enter any of my three children’s lives but I try not to focus on the “what ifs”.

I can be stubborn which means that I don’t give up easily! It definitely comes in handy when you are dealing with the symptoms of a memory impairment. It can be so frustrating dealing with the symptoms!