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Title: Coma Post by: G1BTW on November 23, 2009, 07:43:05 PM http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230092/Rom-Houben-Patient-trapped-23-year-coma-conscious-along.html
I'm not a Daily Mail fan but found a copy on the train today and read this whole article with my jaw dropped. Poor bastard. What a horrific situation to be in. Reminded me of a book I once read, The Coma, by Alex Garland. Not critically acclaimed, but a fascinating read http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0571223087/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=471057153&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0571223079&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0PGW5GXNYVNKXS0YN360 Title: Re: Coma Post by: G1BTW on November 23, 2009, 07:45:23 PM I did lol at the 'Glasgow Coma Scale' though. Probably developed in A&E at 2 am on a Saturday morning...
Title: Re: Coma Post by: InsaneTTM on November 23, 2009, 07:45:44 PM Darkness
Imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell. Metallica - One Title: Re: Coma Post by: G1BTW on November 23, 2009, 07:47:12 PM Darkness Imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell. Metallica - One nice, ty Title: Re: Coma Post by: G1BTW on November 23, 2009, 07:49:56 PM ****! How would you cope?!?!
Every day, the world goes on around you, unaware of your conscious existence, and you have no way of communicating with it. It's almost like he became a professsional internet poker grinder for 23 years.... Title: Re: Coma Post by: G1BTW on November 23, 2009, 07:55:16 PM Ian Banks said this was the best book he ever wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Iain-Banks/dp/0316858544 Title: Re: Coma Post by: mondatoo on November 24, 2009, 12:18:24 AM This is a crazy story.
The thing that actually bothered me the most was that every single person who knows somebody in a coma will mostly have false hope that maybe there relative/loved-one/friend may have the same problem.Is false hope better than none at all ??? Title: Re: Coma Post by: G1BTW on November 24, 2009, 01:19:33 AM This is a crazy story. Interesting point, hadn't considered that. The thing that actually bothered me the most was that every single person who knows somebody in a coma will mostly have false hope that maybe there relative/loved-one/friend may have the same problem.Is false hope better than none at all ??? Acc to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8375326.stm @@@ Mr Houben's story was revealed in a paper written by Steven Laureys, a doctor at Liege University who wrote a recent paper that detailed the case. In it, Mr Laureys said that in about 40% of cases in which people are classified as being in a vegetative state, closer inspection reveals signs of consciousness. @@@ |