I actually read that, gtfo plois.
Also, that would be boring as fucke omf.
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| Author: | Ploid [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:34 pm ] |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ous-along.html Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along By Allan Hall Last updated at 1:59 AM on 23rd November 2009 A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him totally paralysed. He had no way of letting experts, family or friends know he could hear every word they said. Rom Houben was trapped in a coma for 23 years and had no way of letting anyone know he could hear what they were saying 'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,' said Mr Houben, now 46. Doctors used a range of coma tests, recognised worldwide, before reluctantly concluding that his consciousness was 'extinct'. But three years ago, new hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally. Mr Houben describes the moment as 'my second birth'. Therapy has since allowed him to tap out messages on a computer screen. Mr Houben said: 'All that time I just literally dreamed of a better life. Frustration is too small a word to describe what I felt.' His case has only just been revealed in a scientific paper released by the man who 'saved' him, top neurological expert Dr Steven Laureys. 'Medical advances caught up with him,' said Dr Laureys, who believes there may be many similar cases of false comas around the world. The disclosure will also renew the right-to-die debate over whether people in comas are truly unconscious. Doctors in Zolder, Belgium, used the internationally accepted Glasgow Coma Scale to assess his eye, verbal and motor responses. But each time he was graded incorrectly. Only a re-evaluation of his case at the University of Liege discovered that he had lost control of his body but was still fully aware of what was happening. He is never likely to leave hospital, but as well as his computer he now has a special device above his bed which lets him read books while lying down. Mr Houben said: 'I shall never forget the day when they discovered what was truly wrong with me - it was my second birth. 'I want to read, talk with my friends via the computer and enjoy my life now that people know I am not dead.' Dr Laureys's new study claims that patients classed as in a vegetative state are often misdiagnosed. 'Anyone who bears the stamp of "unconscious" just one time hardly ever gets rid of it again,' he said. The doctor, who leads the Coma Science Group and Department of Neurology at Liege University Hospital, found Mr Houben's brain was still working by using state-of-the-art imaging. He plans to use the case to highlight what he considers may be similar examples around the world. Dr Laureys said: 'In Germany alone each year some 100,000 people suffer from severe traumatic brain injury. 'About 20,000 are followed by a coma of three weeks or longer. Some of them die, others regain health. 'But an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people a year remain trapped in an intermediate stage - they go on living without ever coming back again.' Supporters of euthanasia and assisted suicide argue that people who have lain in persistent vegetative states for years should be given the opportunity to have crucial medical support withdrawn because of the 'indignity' of their condition. But there have been several cases in which people judged to be in vegetative states or deep comas have recovered. Twenty years ago, Carrie Coons, an 86-year-old from New York, regained consciousness after a year, took small amounts of food by mouth and engaged in conversation. Only days before her recovery, a judge had granted her family's request for the removal of the feeding tube which had been keeping her alive. In the UK in 1993, doctors switched off the life support system keeping alive Tony Bland, a 22-year- old who had been in a coma for three years following the Hillsborough disaster. Dr Laureys was not available for comment yesterday and it is not clear why he thought Mr Houben should have the hi-tech screening when so many years had passed. ----------------- tl;dnr version = the subjects sef. Dur Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
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| Author: | Bodycount [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
what a great way to spend 20 years |
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| Author: | ItsSeflol [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
I actually read that, gtfo plois. Also, that would be boring as fucke omf. |
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| Author: | Ploid [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
lol Sef, I saw something on the handicap and how they struggle doing the basic things and the lack of ramps screwing up their day. Then seeing you ask for tl;dnr versions of everything caused me to sympathize with your disability. So how severe is it? I'm surprised you made it through all of this on your own. Good job buddy, gold star. I'm totally poking fun at you man lol. We're buddies, that's what I do. Ask vedder, his brother, and his mom. Edit: Anyone ever experience sleep paralysis? You can sense things around you but your brain won't get out of sleep mode (the mode that prevent you from hurting yourself while you sleep due to dreams) and you're just there awake but unable to control anything. Scary stuff, going through that state for years is like some horrible prison nightmare type thing. |
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| Author: | Kooyo [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
fail |
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| Author: | Yorke [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
MY MOM WTF PLOIS? |
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| Author: | ItsSeflol [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
I know you're joking, you don't need to explain it. I'M NOT SOME TWO-BIT DENOMINATOR IN THIS FRACTION OF A LIFE.  to myself ^~^
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| Author: | Ploid [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
Omg I'm so going to die early for this, but I read vedder's post in a bad way. I sorta read it out loud. The way he put the sentence and grammar caused me to think of wtf as "want to f#$^." I blame all of this on vedder. Btw I was the person that screwed up their computers to begin with. They both fell for the hold alt+F4 trick. Suckers Sef I didn't like my condescending tone so I had to add that last bit, and I wanted to also mess with Vedder. Two birds, one post. |
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| Author: | ItsSeflol [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
I still think you're okay at life. |
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| Author: | Yorke [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along! |
Ploid wrote: Omg I'm so going to die early for this, but I read vedder's post in a bad way. I sorta read it out loud. The way he put the sentence and grammar caused me to think of wtf as "want to f#$^." I blame all of this on vedder. Btw I was the person that screwed up their computers to begin with. They both fell for the hold alt+F4 trick. Suckers Sef I didn't like my condescending tone so I had to add that last bit, and I wanted to also mess with Vedder. Two birds, one post. HOLY CRAP WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO PLOIS. MY HEART BREAKS WITH EVERY NEW WORD HE TYPES |
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| Author: | Ploid [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:30 am ] |
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