Annie Lennox is recuperating after spinal surgery after she was injured last week in Mexico.
The Eurythimics singer was in Mexico for the AIDS conference when her back went into a spasm. Luckily, a chiropractors conference was going on in the same hotel and a doctor from Cancun came to her rescue.In her online blog, Annie writes, “My back suddenly went into spasm last night, giving me more pain than I’ve ever experienced in my life, and a totally numb left foot.”
“But here’s the deal...would you believe that there just happens to be a chiropractors conference going on at the hotel.”
“So... A very nice doctor from Cancun had given my aching vertebra some adjustments, and a great big cortisone shot, which should help me to get to the airport tonight!! I’m gutted, of course, because I was totally primed up to attend the media event, but at this point in time, I’m actually having difficulty getting out of bed”.
She was flown back to Britain and came off the plane in a wheelchair. “At first I must say I felt a bit like Elizabeth Taylor,” she wrote after arriving home. “Got an MRI scan this morning, and am now sitting up in bed with my left foot like a dead fish.... freezing and numb. I’m going to have to get myself a crutch and a parrot, so I can fob myself off as a pirate and scare the neighbourhood preschoolers! Just kidding folks.”
Annie was due to release her first best-of album on September 16. The album has now been rescheduled for early next year for when she is better so that she can promote the release.
