I’ve been here too long, since January 10th (my accident was on Boxing Day last year). My sanity, such as it is, has been severely tested. Unfortunately I’ve been unable to go mad. More than anything I’m desperate. I want to get out and come back to London, though London is probably something of a fantasy. I imagine things will be better once I am in my home city, back with my friends and family, but I also know that that might not necessarily be the case. Things will inevitably continue to be difficult.
I’m afraid of leaving here. I am afraid of staying here. The boredom is overwhelming. I am having less physiotherapy than before; the course I was on has come to an end, which means I am lying in my bed for hours of the day, with not much to do.
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