Dustin Lance Black is in recovery mode after a recent head injury and he expects to make a full recovery!
26.09.2022 - 22:42 / thewrap.com
Instagram post, Black wrote, ” So I vanished for a while… A month ago I sustained a serious head injury that put me out of commission. Showing little improvement, my doctors ordered me to shut off my brain in hopes of it healing. This has been a challenging, frightening time for a creative type who depends on what’s in his skull to work, care and love.
And now I understand the road back will be long.”He added that his “sweet, over the top husband,” Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley, took him to the Greek Islands “to make me shut off.”Alongside photos of the two relaxing near the beach, Black wrote, ” I can already feel this trip is a step in the right direction, and I finally feel safe sharing a bit again. Thank you for all of your love and patience. More to come.
Promise.”He did not specify how he received the head injury. The documentary, “Mama’s Boy,” based on Black’s 2019 memoir about growing up with a conservative, Mormon mother, premieres on HBO on Oct. 18.
Dustin Lance Black is in recovery mode after a recent head injury and he expects to make a full recovery!
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The husband of Olympic diver Tom Daley, Dustin Lance Black, has shared that he recently suffered a "serious head injury" and was advised to "shut off [his] brain" in order to recover. Dustin, 48, said it had been a “challenging, frightening time” but he has been on the "long road back" to recovery. Posting to Instagram, the American screenwriter said that he and husband, Gold-medallist Tom Daley, 28, had taken a trip to Greece to rehabilitate.
Michaela Zee editor Dustin Lance Black, Oscar winner of best original screenplay for 2008’s “Milk,” revealed that he suffered a “serious head injury” last month, saying that the injury is the reason why he “vanished for a while.” “A month ago I sustained a serious head injury that put me out of commission,” Black wrote in an Instagram post. “Showing little improvement, my doctors ordered me to shut off my brain in hopes of it healing.” Black announced the news Monday on Instagram, but did not mention any specifics about what caused the head injury. The Instagram post features a series of photos of Black and his husband Tom Daley in Greece. “But this week my sweet, over the top husband took us to the Greek Islands to make me shut off. I can already feel this trip is a step in the right direction, and I finally feel safe sharing a bit again,” he continued in his post.
Dustin Lance Black, winner of a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Milk, has revealed he suffered a serious head injury last month and is recovering, but that “the road back will be long.”
Dustin Lance Black is opening up about his disappearance from social media and revealed that he suffered a head in jury.
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