Perhaps due to her head injury - I was surprised at how readable it was and just presumed she had significant help editing it (although that is unclear, perhaps not).
On the contrary, I enjoyed it and read the whole thing with interest.
I felt like after reading the first paragraph, everything afterwards was just the same, written differently over and over again.
This is the best article I have read that was posted to HN this year. Most other articles that try to be insightful just reveal the writers own stupidity and desire to follow trends.
I did not see the same tricks in this article.
To me it felt very self-centered. Like that bit about having the worst injury. Was it really worth pointing out?
Worst injury out of the family, and I'd definitely agree with her. I definitely throughout the story was able to imagine myself being in her position and how dreadful it would be. I think self centered is totally fine, since it's her shitty circumstances that could really happen to anyone.
Losing your intelligence could very well be one of the scariest things.
Many people I have known remarked on how an older person they know has a failing body and an active mind. The mind being the most important.