for those keeping track at home:

1. labyrinth's a.k.a. David Bowie's disease
2. deafness in left ear
3. 'morbid' obesity
4. tearing pain in knees
5. asthma
6. 'rapidly diminishing' vision

and now,

7.Alzheimer's

This one had a different flavor than the others. Overly self-deprecating. No bulky graphs of visual description, and again -- no quote lede.

Perhaps she is writing with summer's newfound looseness. It looks great on her.