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re: New research into people in a vegetative state
Posted on 4/12/26 at 9:05 am to Cheese Grits
Posted on 4/12/26 at 9:05 am to Cheese Grits
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I am a Meatatarian, I do not eat fruits or vegetables.
I am a Metarian—I live in Metairie.
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Posted on 4/12/26 at 9:17 am to Eurocat
Reminds me, Joe Kennedy was a swell guy.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 9:54 am to UnluckyTiger
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The nurses at the hospital were basically urging me to be ready to pull the plu
quote:
Absolute witch that woman was
How does her telling you to get ready for the worse case scenario make her a "withc"?
That is part of her job and I suspect she does not take any joy in giving that news to loved ones. Perhaps a little compassion for hte folks who work in end of life care. Those people stare at death daily.
Old doc on Netflix about the subject that is fascinating.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 9:57 am to Marco Esquandolas
quote:Lucky…
I am a Metarian—I live in Metairie.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 10:10 am to Eurocat
I believe it.
Watched my grandfather take his last breath.
We were all standing around his hospital bed watching, saying our goodbyes. He kept fighting it. It seemed like 30 minutes or so rattling off breaths.
The hospice nurse suggested we leave the room. As soon as we turned our back and left, he stopped and passed. Almost like he knew we were standing there watching
Watched my grandfather take his last breath.
We were all standing around his hospital bed watching, saying our goodbyes. He kept fighting it. It seemed like 30 minutes or so rattling off breaths.
The hospice nurse suggested we leave the room. As soon as we turned our back and left, he stopped and passed. Almost like he knew we were standing there watching
Posted on 4/12/26 at 10:41 am to CatfishJohn
quote:immediately
Pull my plug.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 10:49 am to jclem11
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That is part of her job and I suspect she does not take any joy in giving that news to loved ones. Perhaps a little compassion for hte folks who work in end of life care. Those people stare at death daily.
I could never have that job. God Bless the good folks who operate in that space. No way I could ever handle it.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 10:54 am to UnluckyTiger
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basically urging me to be ready to pull the plug
Doctors aren’t much different in theory from car mechanics. It’s mostly trial and error. Then prescriptions. You can’t put all your faith in them because they really don’t know shite. I’m sure they put him in that state with a respirator in the first place.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 11:07 am to CatfishJohn
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Terrifying. Pull my plug.
Exactly.
EVEN IF you’re still yourself inside, would you want to kept alive?
Perhaps with this breakthrough, researchers can now figure out a way to discern via imaging a patient’s thoughts as to whether they want to continue existing in their locked-in state(hoping to eventually recover), or to be allowed to die in a comfortable manner.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 11:46 am to Eurocat
I was in a bad car wreck on 9/11/24 (of all days). It was my fault, I was rushing to catch an eariler train to get to work to have a meeting to talk about the 7 basis points I was getting charged by the house. I thought it was completely out of bounds having just analyzed my employment agreement the night before and was ready for a fiight with my boss telling him he owed me money based on the language of my agreement.
Anyway on my way to the train, I clipped the guy in front of me and he spun me directly into oncoming traffic. I got t-boned by a 4 door pickup with 4 men heading to work. The pick up (I'm told - I have no memory of anything) was going about 50mph when it hit my driver's side door.
It paramedics arrived, got me out with the Jaws of life, and took me to the first hospital.
They contacted my wife and she got to the hospital and was met by a priest. She found out I was still alive and the local hospital airlifted me to a Trama 1 hospital to try and save me. I broke all my ribs, shattered my pelvis, fractured my neck, but my limbs, hand, and fingers were fine.
Anyway, I was in a coma for a month and some of my friends were in the room when the doctors tried to wake me up (weeks later, after surgeries to repair my pelvis, ribs, and neck). Dr's were screaming and giving me titty twisters but nothing - I was unresponsive.
One day I woke up with all these tubes and wires attached to me and didn't know where I was or what happened.
I had no memory of the accident, the surgeries, or ever seeing my deceased parents, Jesus, the devil, or anything.
2 more months in various rehabilitation hospitals and finally got released when I still had to go all day out patient therapy (speech, occupational, physical) for 2 more months. Finally got back to work online from home for another month and finally back full time on the train commuting in to Chicago.
It was a miracle I survived the accident, a miracle I have no pain, a miracle I'm able to get back to my job.
I constantly pray for the people I met at the rehabilitation hospital and the rehabilitation out patient center as they have it so much worse than me.
God gave me another chance at life and I don't ever take that for granted. I'm actually going to ride my bike today as it's warm here in Chicago.
I'm blessed and a true miracle man.
I love Tiger Droppings and all things LSU. I was never so depressed after walking out of Tiger Stadium after the Texas A&M beat down last fall, but God continues to amaze me as we got rid of the freeloader coach and the lousy AD. I can't wait for the upcoming football and basketball seasons!
GEAUX TIGERS!!
Anyway on my way to the train, I clipped the guy in front of me and he spun me directly into oncoming traffic. I got t-boned by a 4 door pickup with 4 men heading to work. The pick up (I'm told - I have no memory of anything) was going about 50mph when it hit my driver's side door.
It paramedics arrived, got me out with the Jaws of life, and took me to the first hospital.
They contacted my wife and she got to the hospital and was met by a priest. She found out I was still alive and the local hospital airlifted me to a Trama 1 hospital to try and save me. I broke all my ribs, shattered my pelvis, fractured my neck, but my limbs, hand, and fingers were fine.
Anyway, I was in a coma for a month and some of my friends were in the room when the doctors tried to wake me up (weeks later, after surgeries to repair my pelvis, ribs, and neck). Dr's were screaming and giving me titty twisters but nothing - I was unresponsive.
One day I woke up with all these tubes and wires attached to me and didn't know where I was or what happened.
I had no memory of the accident, the surgeries, or ever seeing my deceased parents, Jesus, the devil, or anything.
2 more months in various rehabilitation hospitals and finally got released when I still had to go all day out patient therapy (speech, occupational, physical) for 2 more months. Finally got back to work online from home for another month and finally back full time on the train commuting in to Chicago.
It was a miracle I survived the accident, a miracle I have no pain, a miracle I'm able to get back to my job.
I constantly pray for the people I met at the rehabilitation hospital and the rehabilitation out patient center as they have it so much worse than me.
God gave me another chance at life and I don't ever take that for granted. I'm actually going to ride my bike today as it's warm here in Chicago.
I'm blessed and a true miracle man.
I love Tiger Droppings and all things LSU. I was never so depressed after walking out of Tiger Stadium after the Texas A&M beat down last fall, but God continues to amaze me as we got rid of the freeloader coach and the lousy AD. I can't wait for the upcoming football and basketball seasons!
GEAUX TIGERS!!
Posted on 4/12/26 at 11:55 am to Eurocat
"I don't know whether I'm alive and dreaming or dead and remembering"
Posted on 4/12/26 at 12:44 pm to jpatrick
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Finally got back to work online from home for another month and finally back full time on the train commuting in to Chicago.
Were you able to straighten out the issue with the 7 basis points?
Posted on 4/12/26 at 12:52 pm to soccerfüt
Dang it, füt, if I had been drinking something, I would have spit it out. 
Posted on 4/12/26 at 1:29 pm to Eurocat
While I was getting a colonoscopy, I was aware enough to remember the doctor and one of the nurses talking about trying a new restaurant. I guess the lady in charge of dispensing the Michael Jackson sleep medicine noticed and topped me off.
I don’t remember a bright light or seeing any relatives who have had colonoscopies in the past, though.
I don’t remember a bright light or seeing any relatives who have had colonoscopies in the past, though.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 2:00 pm to Eurocat
So much for the saying “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
Posted on 4/12/26 at 3:03 pm to Eurocat
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But new research shows that many such patients — tens of thousands of Americans — may actually be hearing and thinking.
Darkness
Imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
Posted on 4/12/26 at 3:29 pm to CatfishJohn
quote:I spent a month in a coma and was locked into the nightmare so long that they made their way to my long term memory. I can recall every bit of it like it happened in reality. I legitimately think I have PTSD from it and still have moments pretty often where I suddenly wonder if I'm awake or not and freak out.
Terrifying.
Pull my plug.
First thing I did after waking up was tell my family to smother me with a pillow if I ever ended up in a coma again.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 3:35 pm to tigerskin
quote:The way it worked for me is I could hear and see people around me but they'd be pulled into my dream state, which seemed like the real world to me, so I didn't know I was in a coma. Blood tests and shots would manifest as someone running up to me in the street and sticking me with a dirty mystery syringe, for example. When they changed the catheter I thought I was tied down and being castrated.
I would be screaming my best to encourage them to pull it.
And sometimes I'd be in full dream state and oblivious to my surroundings. When I was aware it was heavily distorted. For instance, since I couldn't get out of bed, I would think I was hanging from a hook in my back high on a wall and the wall on the 'foot side' of my bed was the floor.
And I was always incredibly thirsty and searching for something to drink.
This post was edited on 4/12/26 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 4/12/26 at 7:30 pm to northshorebamaman
Were your eyes ever open during your coma? I’m asking because my brother is in hospice now near the end. He had a major stroke three months ago that caused major brain damage and was totally comatose for three weeks.
For the past two months he will be intermittently awake. But he can’t communicate or move voluntarily. He did respond to verbal cues until recently with small gestures like blinks and quick hand movements.
I’ve been so sad seeing him trapped like that…Wondering how much he’s actively perceiving.
For the past two months he will be intermittently awake. But he can’t communicate or move voluntarily. He did respond to verbal cues until recently with small gestures like blinks and quick hand movements.
I’ve been so sad seeing him trapped like that…Wondering how much he’s actively perceiving.
Posted on 4/12/26 at 8:07 pm to Twenty 49
"Were you able to straighten out the issue with the 7 basis points?"
Nope, when I got out of the coma my partner told me management raised it to 10 basis points...
Nope, when I got out of the coma my partner told me management raised it to 10 basis points...
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