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[quote=Anonymous]To start my mother died when I was young and all my grandparents died either before I was born or when I was a teen. My father is still alive and while I always think of him as old (now 78) I think my MIL is aging very quickly. She is now 75 and up until last year she seemed really good. Never very active but could get around, driving, lived with my FIL in the house they have always owned. Last year she had a bad fall and broker her shoulder which required surgery. In the follow up she was diagnosed with Parkinson's. The rattled her a bit but the doctor assured her she would die with Parkinson's not from Parkinson's. We were with her a lot this summer but haven't seen her since August. They are here for Christmas and I am alarmed by her decline. She can't get around very easily, needed a wheelchair in the airport, mentally missing a lot, etc. My DH says it is just her getting old. My FIL says the same thing. Not that there is much you can do about it but I have no idea if this is typical aging or the Parkinson's. All 4 of my DH's grandparents lived well into their 80s so he seems more familiar with it then I am. But I find it very sudden and scary. Is this who Parkinson's is? [/quote]

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