A currently crippling fall may see Hanif Kureishi unable to walk or ever be able to hold a pen.
I believed I was dying, the 1986 Oscar nominee wrote on Twitter Friday.
I believed I had three breaths left.
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I then experienced what can only be described a scooped, semi-circular object with talons attached scuttling towards me.
I had become divorced from myself.
I believed I was dying.
I believed I had three breaths left.
It seemed like a miserable and ignoble way to die.
From the floor my wife heard my frantic shouting.
She saved my life and kept me calm.
For a few days I was profoundly traumatised, altered and unrecognisable to myself.
I am in the hospital.
I cannot move move my arms and legs.
I cannot scratch my nose, make a phone call or feed myself.
As you might imagine, this is both humiliating, degrading and a burden for others.
Ive had an operation on my spine and have shown minor improvements in the last few days.
