Joni Mitchell has discussed her ongoing recovery from a brain aneurysm in a new interview.
The singer-songwriter was taken to hospital in March 2015 after being found unconscious at her home in LA.
A statement on her website later said she was “resting comfortably” and making “good progress”.
But in a rare interview with The Guardian, Mitchell said she was still “struggling” to walk, and that her recovery was “inching along”.
“I haven’t been writing recently. I haven’t been playing my guitar or the piano or anything,” she said. “No, I’m just concentrating on getting my health back.”
The 76-year-old likened her current condition to the polio she suffered as a child, saying: “You know what? I came back from polio, so here I am again, and struggling back”.
“Once again I couldn’t walk. I had to learn how again. I couldn’t talk,” she said. “Polio didn’t grab me like that, but the aneurysm took away a lot more, really. Took away my speech and my ability to walk.
“And, you know, I got my speech back quickly, but the walking I’m still struggling with. But I mean, I’m a fighter. I’ve got Irish blood! So you know, I knew, ‘Here I go again, another battle.'”
The Canadian singer added that she was “showing slow improvement but moving forward”.
Credit: bbc.com
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