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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the child from a second marriage, and my dad already had grandchildren when I was born. I was probably in my teens when the symptoms started but around 20, I think, when he was finally diagnosed with Parkinson's. He was in his 70s at that point. I was pretty sure he had it long before the official diagnosis because of things I noticed in photos although my mom was a bit in denial. (She and I both knew several people who had had it, so neither of us were strangers to it.)

What I will say is that while there are similarities between different people with Parkinson's in terms of symptoms and disease progression, each person's journey will be different in terms of their specific symptoms and how quickly (or not) it progresses.

Michael J Fox's foundation (michaeljfox.org) has some good resources on understanding the disease, as does the Parkinson's Foundation (parkinson.org).

But I would agree with PPs that having his doctor talk to them could be helpful too.

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