If you look at the disease progression and his blogging history, it was a few months before he did open up about the situation. (He may have discussed it earli

If you look at the disease progression and his blogging history, it was a few months before he did open up about the situation. (He may have discussed it earlier on HN, I haven't gone through his history to check on this.) Once he began, however, he continued to the bitter end. And yes that is commendable.