Although she seemed fine when she went to National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan to give a speech during its annual graduation ceremony last month, Brigitte Lin recently revealed that she was not actually doing well physically during the event.
In an article written by the 69-year-old actress published recently, Brigitte said that she adjusted her sleep schedule two months before the event, despite always sleeping late prior, so that she could get up early to attend the ceremony.
However, on the eve of her speech, Brigitte said that she had to take two sleeping pills as she was too nervous to sleep. However, she ended up falling off her bed during sleep.
“There was a loud ‘pop’ sound, that was the sound of my ribs hitting the stone slab. I thought to myself, this is not good, will my ribs be broken? I couldn’t sleep anymore. My left chest hurt. I can usually bear the pain. I wondered whether I should go for an X-ray, but I was afraid of bothering others,” she wrote.
In order not to affect the schedule, Brigitte said that she completed work as usual and went to a clinic in Taiwan. The diagnosis revealed that no bones were broken.
However, it was only after she got herself examined again in Hong Kong that she was told she had cracked two ribs, the fourth and the fifth on the left side of her chest, which would take two months to heal.
Nonetheless, the always sunny actress said that she was just thankful that she didn’t injure her face when she rolled off the bed.
(Photo Source: Brigitte Lin Weibo)