Terry Pratchett - Getting diagnosed with dementia (Part 1/4)

Best selling author Terry Pratchett reveals what it was like to be diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), a rare variant of Alzheimer's disease.

This video accompanies the launch of the new Alzheimer's Society report called Dementia: Out of the Shadows

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http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/outoftheshadows


There are more than 750,000 people in the UK affected by dementia with numbers set to rise to 1 million by 2021. More than half of these have Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading care and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them.

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[Lukiel666]

Terry, I have to say you are in the highest 10% of the population when it comes to intelligence and you're a creative genius so when we're talking about at a slight degradation in YOUR mentality; well still far above the average in my opinion.

[wsaylors]

I think I would call Terry a 'Brave Battler' too. A great writer handling an unimaginable diagnosis with dignity and intelligence. Fingers crossed for you, Terry!!

[ssaemulus]

Terry is one of the greatest human being alive. Reading his books have enriched my world in ways that nothing else did, or could ever have.

Best wishes for Terry.

[BlindWaffelz]

Wow good to hear from him, missed this first time around wen he came out! I'm carer family members with Neurological disability very like Alzheimers Disease called Neurofibromatosis Type 1...yep bet u havn't heard of it...genetic so it starts at birth & never goes away...oh also my daughter is a lower leg amputee cus of it...oh & my m8 is nearly blind cus of it...oh & frnd lost her teenage son to it wen he died of the classic Nf1 brain tumour...we need a Celeb to come out wiv Nf1

[lordxeras]

Terry, you are a comical and philosophical genius, you're amazing with the pen, and I love your books. you're the best Knight-author since Sir Aurthur Canon Doyle!

[Merglet]

I'd put him in the top 4% at least.

But I agree with you otherwise :D

[leoandpao]

Hello my mother has PCA as well. It has been very difficult especially because she was actually diagnosed with PCA a few months ago, when she was actually suffering with it for about 5 years already. Any advice, on how for example to move on, what steps to take to move forward and help my mother? Thank you.

[DannySMalone]

Definatley. Many diagnosed with either cancer or Alzheimers would just there and then stop living and mope around.

It seems to me that Sir T P is business as usual. The witty comment here and there and books being written. Live for a purpose is the best thing to do.