Moderators dtel Posted November 23, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 23, 2009 23 years ago you were in a car accident and you were misdiagnosed as being in a coma. And during this 23 years you could not move at all, not even blink or give any sign, but the whole time your brain was working perfectly ! " For 23 years Rom Houben was imprisoned in his own body. He saw his doctors and nurses as they visited him during their daily rounds; he listened to the conversations of his carers; he heard his mother deliver the news to him that his father had died. But he could do nothing. He was unable to communicate with his doctors or family. He could not move his head or weep, he could only listen." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/23/man-trapped-coma-23-years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 a 23 year nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream! At least in this case, he has a computer that helps him communicate unlike the Harlen Ellison short story, where it was a super computer tormenting the five surviving humans. Still, imagine - 23 years and could do nothing but lay there and listen t the going ons. I hope that we can better diagnose if somebody is truly in a coma vs somebody that is just merely paralized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Good job nobody decided to cut off his food and starve him to death. I hope he continues to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 That is insane... Yet one more reason I would just want to have the plug pulled. I bet that will be an interesting book once he gets it written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Wow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Bottom Notch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Under many health care scenarios- he would have been toast. Imagine hearing the doctors tell the nurse to turn off the machines!! That would really suck!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 24, 2009 Author Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2009 I bet that will be an interesting book once he gets it written. I would think it would be somewhat strange. Could you imagine some of the things you would think of over that long of a time period with no way to communicate or anything, except thinking. I would think the only thing that kept him from going crazy was listening to everything around him, I would guess his hearing is very good now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yet one more reason I would just want to have the plug pulled. Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer watches the first few minutes of a movie, where this woman is in a coma, then picks Elaine to pull the plug if he's ever in that condition. A funny scene where they are in the lawyer's office going over various scenarios and deciding if she should pull the plug or not. with that in mind doc...if you had no neurological function, and were being kept alive only by machines; BUT, you could still participate in the Klipsch Forum--do we pull the plug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yet one more reason I would just want to have the plug pulled. I'm sure he was extremely frustrated and bored, but it sure beats being dead. To me, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 24, 2009 Author Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yet one more reason I would just want to have the plug pulled. Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer watches the first few minutes of a movie, where this woman is in a coma, then picks Elaine to pull the plug if he's ever in that condition. A funny scene where they are in the lawyer's office going over various scenarios and deciding if she should pull the plug or not. with that in mind doc...if you had no neurological function, and were being kept alive only by machines; BUT, you could still participate in the Klipsch Forum--do we pull the plug? Doc does not want the plug pulled if he can still take measurements ! [8-|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 No way, I'm with Mike on this one. Press a pillow over my face as soon as possible. Honestly, who wants to live 23 years like that? Also, I suspect any thoughts of this guy recovering physically are just fantasy. "I would rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Sort of like the Metallica 'One' video.... I would want the plug pulled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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