Terry Pratchett hits the headlines
13th May, 2008 Jenny Posted in News | No Comments »
You have probably seen references on TV and in the papers about Terry Pratchett’s announcement that he has a form of dementia. He has just donated £500,000 to Alzheimer research.
Whether you are a fan of his science fiction books or not, you will probably identify with his fighting approach to having dementia. He was quoted as saying:
When I found out, I thought “I have got to tell about 8-10 people who are really close to me.” Then I thought “Why am I worried about this? Why am I keeping it a secret? I haven’t actually done anything wrong!” But I was behaving as though I had. So I decided to stop.
He also said
“There’s humour in the darkest places”
and
“I am not dead.”
SDWG has a kindred spirit here.
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