27 Years Ago

I remember it like it happened yesterday.....After two days of blood tests, cat-scans and other tests the Neurologist came into my room with the diagnosis. He looked at me and said "I'm sorry but you have Parkinson's" and I said to him "why are you sorry and what the hell is Parkinson's"? He then went on to explain that they don't know what causes it so there is no cure, that it is a progressive degenerative neurological disorder that only gets worse. He said I had other symptoms besides the twitch in my thumb, slowness of movement, stiffness, rigidity. Thoughts were going through my mind……how long do I have? Is it fatal? I’m only 30 years old, I have a newborn and a 2 year old….what about them?