In a strange bit of coincidence....

...RPGnet brought this article to my attention:

Last year Terry Pratchett, the bestselling author of the Discworld fantasies, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. How does the writer cope with a disease that whittles away at his brain?

When writer Terry Pratchett was told he had Alzheimer's disease, his first thought was "that's a bit of a bugger". That, and "I hope they hurry up and find a cure quick."

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"It's now hunt and peck, and there will be a moment sometimes when the letter A just totally vanishes and I don't quite know what happens.

"It's as if the keyboard closes up and the letter A is not there anymore. Then I'll blink a few times and then the letter A comes back."

I thought this touched on a few issues that are similar to the ones I mentioned in my last post -- being acutely aware of sweeping changes being made to your mind and body.  It's definitely worth a read, even if you aren't particularly a Terry Pratchett fan.