My husband 63 yo diagnosed almost 2 years ago from agent Orange. Within this time he meds (levadopa) have been increased to 4x a day plus extended at night. The VA has him seeing a speech pathologist due to difficulty in swallowing. He is involved with tai chi self employed a general contractor but his daily activities have declined and will fall asleep thinking he has not slept at all. They now want to test him for sleep apnea. He is a strong will proud minded man and I am concern these qualities might cause denial and business errors. I need to know if his conditions are normal decline or more rapid? Also I need to know If I should start making provisions of finding a means to supporting us. Without him or license our present construction business will no longer be.
She was eventually diagnosed with PD and passed in a care home last year at age 89. She was never shaky, controlled by meds but she'd had numerous strokes over the years, increasing dementia and eventually frequent falls, necessitating residence in a care home for the last three years of her life.
As said above, it seems that progression is different in every case.
Just want to get the word out, so I can get N in!