Well, shit.

Author Robert Jordan diagnosed with amyloidosis, which has an untreated life expectancy of about a year, or a median life expectancy of 4 years with treatment."

Via Metafilter.

Dude, finish the damn series already. If you keel over before it's done, I'm going to do something nasty on your grave. And I rather expect that I'll be standing in line for the priviledge.