'I Feel Crumpled': British Author Hanif Kureishi Documents Journey After Fall

British novelist Hanif Kureishi said last week that he may not ever hold a pen or walk after a fall in Rome, Italy on December 26 after which he has been paralyzed.

While Kureishi did not specify his condition, he said he received treatment in a hospital in Rome and made slight improvements.

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter said on Twitter on Monday, "I sat up today. I sat up today," as he documented his journey of recovery.

Kureishi wrote, "Four physiotherapists came to my room. They started to move me with the determination of putting my feet flat on the floor. They turned me, and for a moment I sat on the bed staring ahead of me. I have to say, I felt proud and amazed and incredibly dizzy."

Kureishi has candidly expressed his pain and frustration on Twitter, writing threads about what it feels like to be paralyzed.

On Monday he wrote, "I feel crumpled and uneven. I slump. I used to choose my shirts carefully, in colours I thought suited me, and I moved and swung around the city. But now I can’t even do up my own buttons."

The author said last week that on Boxing Day he began to feel dizzy after he returned home from a walk. "I lent forward and put my head between my legs; I woke up a few minutes later in a pool of blood, my neck in a grotesquely twisted position, my wife on her knees beside me," he wrote.

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