Sorry to hear about the health troubles of an excellent and very kind and supportive Rust crate author.
Toon Spin
I was recently diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. It's a "disease of chaos" that completely upturned my life for a couple months.
I wrote a blog about it that goes into more detail and discusses prognosis. :-)
burntsushi.net/encephalitis/