Terry Pratchett diagnosed with Alzheimer's

[Darth_Pugwash]

http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html

Very sad news. I've probably read more Terry Pratchett books than any other author. Hopefully he has afew more books in him yet.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Yeah, maybe this will allow him to end the series the way he wants it to end. Let's hope . . .

I remember reading that he would sometimes get letters from dying people, saying that they hoped that when they met Death it was as he described him . . . he said those were the sorts of letters that would leave him staring at the wall.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

OH SNAP!

This is not good.

 

[Brighteye]

Very saddening.

 

[aneeshm]

Tremendously sad. He's brilliant.

How long has be got?

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Tremendously sad. He's brilliant.

How long has be got?

Too short. It's early onset Alzheimer's according to the site.

 

[Masquerouge]

Hang on tight Terry! Keep us laughing!

 

[El_Machinae]

Gosh, I hate this disease. 50% chance of hitting people by the time they're 85.

With those odds, you'll know quite a few people with this disease, in your day.

We should be doing more.

 

[useless]

This sucks. why does it always happen to the good people?

 

[Rhymes]

Gosh, I hate this disease. 50% chance of hitting people by the time they're 85.

With those odds, you'll know quite a few people with this disease, in your day.

We should be doing more.

Some time ago I read about a study which suggested that smoking decreased your chance of having Alzheimer by a very large %...... now that I think about it it might just have been because smokers didn't get old enough to develop the disease

 

[Masquerouge]

We should do a "Alzheimer is evil" thread instead of all these silly "bad religion" ones.

 

[Julian Delphiki]

Saddened by this i just begin to read The Colour of Magic again.

 

[brennan]

IIRC the advance of Alzheimers is slowed drastically by use of appropriate medication and keeping mentally active. I trust TP has a good many years in him yet.

 

[El_Machinae]

We should do a "Alzheimer is evil" thread instead of all these silly "bad religion" ones.

But "I was assaulted by an Alzheimer's patient" and "My dogcatcher had Alzheimer's and was incompetent" just aren't as funny!