Man in ‘coma’ heard everything for 23 years

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34109227/ns/health-more_health_news/?GT1=43001

:shock:

81

wow..

that would be nuts

supersonicyears

I wonder if they did that test on Terri Schiavo?

Lesbelges

Now if you think your life is boring, this about this guy!

23years where probably 95% of the time you're alone with your eyes closed!

snipes824

damn thats nuts.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

23 fucking years...........

FUCK!!!!!!

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I'm not much of a Metallica fan, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a Metallica song about someone in a similar situation?

pjsteelerfan

scb wrote:

I'm not much of a Metallica fan, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a Metallica song about someone in a similar situation?

ONE I think

AllNiteThing

scb wrote:

I'm not much of a Metallica fan, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a Metallica song about someone in a similar situation?

Yeah, it was 'One'. I believe it was based on a book called 'Johnny Get Your Gun' or got his gun, something like that. I read it a long time ago. It's about a WW I soldier who hits a landmine that blows up his arms, legs and face. So basically it's just his torso with a feeding tube down his esophagus. I think he might still have his eyes to blink or something, because he was able to communicate in some miniscule way. The whole book is basically him reflecting on his life, war and his awful situation and how he is being kept alive in his own personal hell without being able to say anything. Fairly depressing book and movie.

PureandEasy

It would be like being in one of those dreams where you try to scream out and nothing comes out – BUT FOR 23 YEARS.

poor guy

decides2dream

:shock: :shock: :shock:
holy fuck.
my worst nightmare.
just smother me with a pillow. please.
whether vegetative or 'locked-in syndrome'...i would not want to live like that.
23 years.

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ever see the flick the sea inside?
man.....i am 100% for the right to die and pulling the plug.

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decides2dream wrote:

:shock: :shock: :shock:
holy fuck.
my worst nightmare.
just smother me with a pillow. please.
whether vegetative or 'locked-in syndrome'...i would not want to live like that.
23 years.

..........................................


ever see the flick the sea inside?
man.....i am 100% for the right to die and pulling the plug.

I guess this is why it's a really good idea to have a living will!

decides2dream

scb wrote:

I guess this is why it's a really good idea to have a living will!

you bet!
i really need to get around to it and get one of those.


imagine in a car accident at 20...an then the rest of your life...like that? yikes.
hell, even now at 41. no thanks.

norm

kill me

decides2dream

norm wrote:

kill me

right now?

norm

decides2dream wrote:

norm wrote:

kill me

right now?

friday...i want to enjoy thanksgiving :P

decides2dream

norm wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

norm wrote:

kill me

right now?

friday...i want to enjoy thanksgiving :P

you just made me laugh loudly in my cube!
*kisses*

Who Princess

I just keeping imagining the anger and frustration I'd feel if I was aware of what was going on around me and couldn't let people know it! How could somebody cope with that for 23 years?
On the other hand, I have a living will so I probably wouldn't be trying to cope with it that long! :lolno:

decides2dream

whoprincess wrote:

I just keeping imagining the anger and frustration I'd feel if I was aware of what was going on around me and couldn't let people know it! How could somebody cope with that for 23 years?
On the other hand, I have a living will so I probably wouldn't be trying to cope with it that long! :lolno:

seriously, scb is right - this dude is a poster child for living wills!
i mean, fuck.....this happened to him at 20! who thinks about such shit at 20? even at 40...i think about it, but i always think..i still have time. man, i hope i do, but really....EVERY day is a gift. i really need to get on this. hell, i think you can do it yourself with documents online. i may start lookin'.

dimitrispearljam

crazy,,,

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decides2dream wrote:

whoprincess wrote:

I just keeping imagining the anger and frustration I'd feel if I was aware of what was going on around me and couldn't let people know it! How could somebody cope with that for 23 years?
On the other hand, I have a living will so I probably wouldn't be trying to cope with it that long! :lolno:

seriously, scb is right - this dude is a poster child for living wills!
i mean, fuck.....this happened to him at 20! who thinks about such shit at 20? even at 40...i think about it, but i always think..i still have time. man, i hope i do, but really....EVERY day is a gift. i really need to get on this. hell, i think you can do it yourself with documents online. i may start lookin'.

I can see it now... I get in a car accident tomorrow with no living will and my family is scratching their heads trying to figure out what I would want... and finally someone says, "I know how we'll figure out her opinions on these controversial subjects - we'll check the Pearl Jam Message Pit!"

decides2dream

scb wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

whoprincess wrote:

I just keeping imagining the anger and frustration I'd feel if I was aware of what was going on around me and couldn't let people know it! How could somebody cope with that for 23 years?
On the other hand, I have a living will so I probably wouldn't be trying to cope with it that long! :lolno:

seriously, scb is right - this dude is a poster child for living wills!
i mean, fuck.....this happened to him at 20! who thinks about such shit at 20? even at 40...i think about it, but i always think..i still have time. man, i hope i do, but really....EVERY day is a gift. i really need to get on this. hell, i think you can do it yourself with documents online. i may start lookin'.

I can see it now... I get in a car accident tomorrow with no living will and my family is scratching their heads trying to figure out what I would want... and finally someone says, "I know how we'll figure out her opinions on these controversial subjects - we'll check the Pearl Jam Message Pit!"

well, my husband knows damn well my wishes. my mom and sister's should know too. however, w/o it being in writing, idk how well getting done what you want done...gets done. ya know?

Black Diamond

This dude needs a night out at a Pearl Jam show... That is if he has heard of them...

supersonicyears

AllNiteThing wrote:

scb wrote:

I'm not much of a Metallica fan, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a Metallica song about someone in a similar situation?

Yeah, it was 'One'. I believe it was based on a book called 'Johnny Get Your Gun' or got his gun, something like that. I read it a long time ago. It's about a WW I soldier who hits a landmine that blows up his arms, legs and face. So basically it's just his torso with a feeding tube down his esophagus. I think he might still have his eyes to blink or something, because he was able to communicate in some miniscule way. The whole book is basically him reflecting on his life, war and his awful situation and how he is being kept alive in his own personal hell without being able to say anything. Fairly depressing book and movie.

I saw that movie years ago. It was pretty depressing.

haffajappa

i heard about this story on the news today on my way to school

mca47

Nuts!!

LikeAnOcean

Honestly, I would have rather just died. Even if I knew 23 years later I'd recover 100%. I think after two days I would have gone insane. There's only so much ones imagination can provide.

If I'm ever in a coma or like that with no hope of recovery, I hope someone has the sense to just pull the plug.

chime

Just read this article and it seems to suggest most of those with locked-in syndrome would rather live

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8378262.stm

If you haven't I would recommend reading The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

decides2dream

chime wrote:

Just read this article and it seems to suggest most of those with locked-in syndrome would rather live

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8378262.stm

If you haven't I would recommend reading The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

didn't read it but saw the film...and it was awesome!
that said, he seemed, in the flick anyway, to want to die.



i think the imperative to live is a strong one, and perhaps the idea of barely a life or no life at all.....one would choose life. being alive is a pretty damn wonderful thing, so i guess even with a very limited life many feel it's worth it more than the alternative. me, i can't imagine it....and i hope i never have to live it.


just read the article - thanks for posting.
and yes, just what i thought:

"Not everyone is on anti-depressants. They choose not to be. People who are in locked-in syndrome say it isn't great but it is better than being dead."

Heatherj43

TheBeach wrote:

AllNiteThing wrote:

scb wrote:

I'm not much of a Metallica fan, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a Metallica song about someone in a similar situation?

Yeah, it was 'One'. I believe it was based on a book called 'Johnny Get Your Gun' or got his gun, something like that. I read it a long time ago. It's about a WW I soldier who hits a landmine that blows up his arms, legs and face. So basically it's just his torso with a feeding tube down his esophagus. I think he might still have his eyes to blink or something, because he was able to communicate in some miniscule way. The whole book is basically him reflecting on his life, war and his awful situation and how he is being kept alive in his own personal hell without being able to say anything. Fairly depressing book and movie.

I saw that movie years ago. It was pretty depressing.

I had to do a book report on "Johnny's Got His Gun" when I was in Junior High school. the guy had no way to communicate. He couldn't see, hear, talk, feel, no senses at all, but he had his mind. He did know when the nurses were around him caring for him and yes, he spent his time reflecting on the war and in the book its him telling us, the reader, what he is thinking.

Heatherj43

LikeAnOcean wrote:

Honestly, I would have rather just died. Even if I knew 23 years later I'd recover 100%. I think after two days I would have gone insane. There's only so much ones imagination can provide.

If I'm ever in a coma or like that with no hope of recovery, I hope someone has the sense to just pull the plug.

I would had wanted to die also, even with the end results being as they are. Problem is you can't even kill yourself when like that. Jack Kerkorkian had a purpose you know!