More on illness - brain tumors?! What?
I need a disease that could be diagnosed early (the character is an otherwise healthy 22-year-old man), that is incurable or practically so, and that would progress quickly enough that the said guy would be looking at only a few years before he was debilitated by the symptoms. At the same time, it can't be too quick because for story purposes he needs at least a year, preferably a bit more, between the time the illness is diagnosed and any serious symptoms setting in.
Oh, and if the symptoms could include tremor, muscle weakness/slow response time, double vision, or anything else likely to seriously fuck up a professional athlete's life, that would be yummy.
The thought I had was some sort of glial cell tumor, in the motor centers of the brain. Is that plausible at all?
Oh, and if the symptoms could include tremor, muscle weakness/slow response time, double vision, or anything else likely to seriously fuck up a professional athlete's life, that would be yummy.
The thought I had was some sort of glial cell tumor, in the motor centers of the brain. Is that plausible at all?