Hello mom..........sorry to hear of your g /mothers news re: Parkinsons diagnosis. Understandable that you should feel worried and concerned for her. I was only diagnosed last week with pd...........six months earlier I was diagnosed with Crohns disease......four years earlier it was a brain tumour !!!! ( never could get 'anything' right ...lol )
My neurologist told me he would expect it to be five years before I get any significant changes. So, the way I see it I have to continue to TRY (not always easy ) to live each day to be the very best........laugh, love and anything else that makes you both feel good. The pharmacist also told me it was ten years for his mother-in-law before her symptoms increased......she was just lucky enough to be able to continue virtually as per normal.
Hope this helps you both.......one day at a time remember !.......Love to you both, Vicky, Australia