Incredible sad read and I wish you the best of luck if any journey is ahead of you. We will all come pretty soon after you! Wordpress is an awesome tool and project. I don't know you or your work but I'm sure it's just awesome. Thanks for improving the open source world for us with your skills!
Whenever faced with death in my life, I have always found comfort in Richard Dawkins wonderful speech.
I hope you'll do the same.