Melanie Reid’s chronicle of her life-changing spinal injury in The World I Fell Out Of was discussed at the second meeting of the Glasgow Neurology Book Club. Reid has previously documented her ‘adapt or die’ approach to post-injury life within her column in The Times magazine. From the immediate recognition that her life was forever changed when her chestnut mare refused a jump, to the practicalities of daily life nine years following her accident, this account is ferociously honest. We are introduced to the terrifying world of tetraplegia and what it means for a 52-year-old woman suddenly to be disconnected from her body, losing her physical, personal and sexual identity in an instant. In her account, Reid vividly and entertainingly describes the staff and patients of the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, …

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我从梅兰妮·里德 (Melanie Reid) 跌落的世界

在格拉斯哥神经病学读书俱乐部的第二次会议上讨论了梅兰妮·里德 (Melanie Reid) 在《我跌倒的世界》中改变人生的脊柱损伤的编年史。里德此前曾在《泰晤士报》杂志的专栏中记录了她对伤后生活的“适应或死亡”方法。从她的栗色母马拒绝跳跃时立即意识到她的生活永远改变，到她事故九年后的日常生活，这个描述非常诚实。我们被介绍到四肢瘫痪的可怕世界，以及一个 52 岁的女性突然与她的身体断开连接，瞬间失去她的身体、个人和性身份意味着什么。在她的叙述中，里德生动而有趣地描述了伊丽莎白女王国家脊髓损伤科的工作人员和患者，……