Lo Bosworth in Miami: Ex ‘Hills’ star talks long road to recovery after health issues
Lo Bosworth is opening up for the first time about some health struggles.
In a Saturday Instagram caption next to a video of her doing floor exercises in her Miami Beach apartment, she tells her followers her disturbing news.
The onetime “Hills” castmember revealed that she had a traumatic brain injury from a freak accident she suffered two years ago at a NYC restaurant.
The 34-year-old “Laguna Beach” alum revealed that while eating at a banquet table at a Lower East Side eatery, a swinging kitchen door fell off its hinges onto her head.
“I was in the hospital and suffered a moderate to severe concussion for months. I took weeks off work and the road to recovery was long. I remember visiting a friend a few weeks later and feeling totally lost on Third Avenue and 21st Street, not knowing which direction to walk in.”
To this day, the wellness entrepreneur is still dealing with the aftereffects of the accident.
“I still struggle to recall words from time to time and get my thoughts out coherently two years later,” she told her 830,000 followers.
That’s not all: Bosworth was also diagnosed with mononucleosis, a recurring virus which can cause swollen lymph nodes, a sore throat and extreme fatigue.
“One day I had to put my head down on my desk at work because of sheer exhaustion and fell asleep,” Bosworth said, adding that she “laid in bed for months and months whenever I could” as she continued to work full-time at her personal care company Love Wellness.
Among the reality star’s sympathetic followers:
Venus Williams.
The tennis star said in the comments section that she could relate as she suffers from Sjögren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that can cause disorientation, fatigue and joint pain.
The two Sunshine State residents may eventually meet up, they said, as Williams lives in Palm Beach, about an hour north.
Bosworth moved to South Florida about six weeks ago, snapping a pic of the ocean with the caption, “Here, for now.”
Williams wrote back, “See you soon.”
On Monday, Bosworth thanked her fans in an Instagram video for their support.
“Didn’t expect a response like that at all but I realized after hearing from you on this topic that it’s an incredibly important convo to have, even if you look OK on the outside you may not be OK on the inside.”
Samuel Andres Mendoza carefully chooses from dozens of colored pencils spread out on his kitchen table, humming a reggaeton song as he deftly applies contrast to the “Dragon Ball” anime character taking shape on his sketch pad.
It is not just a pastime anymore for the 14-yearold. Without his mother’s knowledge, he began selling his drawings on his Twitter page to help the family get by and to pay for a special diet that dochours tors say he needs in Venezuela’s troubled economy.
“Hi. I’m Samuel, I’m selling my drawings for $1 to help my mom with my diet, buy her a house and a shop so she won’t work on the street and get sick with COVID-19 and buy peanut butter for me. Thank you, sir and madam,” he tweeted along with photos of four drawings.
It caught the eye of many and he now has more than 15,000 followers, selling dozens of drawings that he has worked up at a table between a worn-out couch and a rusting refrigerator in the small family home in Barquisimeto, about five west of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
“The truth is I did not know that I was going to draw like that, but time has passed, and I have managed to paint for real,” Samuel said this month, showing his finished drawing of Dragon Ball’s Goku. “And here it is.”
In a crisis-wracked country where workers earn an average of $2 per month, his sales can make a big difference for a family budget strained by his need for high-protein foods to deal with a form of malnutrition.
Samuel’s mother, Magdalena Rodriguez, who has two other children, sells
snacks from a table in Barquisimeto’s main plaza. She also found work as a cleaner. Still, it has been difficult to afford the relatively expensive highprotein foods needed by her son.
“It’s not easy,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez, 38, discovered Samuel’s effort when he asked for her bankaccount information so that people could pay for his work.
Venezuelan artist Oscar Olivares, who runs an art academy, saw Samuel’s tweets and gave him a scholarship to study drawing. Social-media followers have also gifted him a laptop, a set of artists’ pencils — and peanut butter, a good source of protein.
“I’m proud of him, really. I don’t have words,” Rodriguez said. “But I do feel angry sometimes, I feel helpless, because I think that at his age, he should be studying, learning, and not wanting to work to help me.”