Today at 12.10pm my Grandfather died.

He died of a neurodegenerative disease called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
This is a disease that eventually causes complete loss of control of all bodily function.
The real tragedy though is that there are an estimated 6000 sufferers who are undiagnosed in the UK alone.

To know that people are suffering and watching loved ones wither and die as my Grandfather did, without knowing the cause is almost as bad as watching it happen to him was

More details on PSP can be found here