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She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

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Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

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Sounds shady and fake AF My brother was in coma for a 1year, when he woke up, he couldn't speak for a few days and he couldn't walk at all for a few months So 30 years in coma, and waking up as a granny, i doubt you can ever make it and be this aware

What, you don't trust "generationterrorists.com"?

It looks like a classic E/N (everything/nothing) site.

Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

#32
There is a movie loosely based upon her story.

Forever Love is a poignant new television movie about a woman who awakens from a 20-year-long coma and begins her life all over again. ... 24-year-old Lizzie suffers a stoke. ... 20 years after her stroke, Lizzie wakes up. Miraculously, Lizzie is pronounced perfectly healthy and begins to try to assimilate back into a world that has radically changed ... [1]

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145783/

Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

#33
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At least she woke up before her husband died. Can you imagine waking up with the news that he passed after taking care of her for 30+ years?

This is the kind of detail a writer would throw into a heart wrenching story about love. A faithful husband dies just days before his wife wakes up from a 30 year coma.

If the wife wakes up soon after the husband dies you have to ask if there’s a causative relationship there- e.g., Munchausen by proxy

Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

#34
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I wondered, too, and there isn't a lot of reliable information about it online

I did a books.google.com search and there were no primary references, just a few lines in books about "amazing facts" and a reference to an episode of "Maury."

I was in a dead ass coma for a month. When I awoke I couldn't talk or move my arms and legs. After 3 months of daily in hospital rehab I could walk maybe 50 yards at a time and get up from a sitting position without aid and went home. It was a year before I felt I was normal. I was not overweight or in bad health before this. It's amazing how fast your body just quits if you don't move at all.

Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

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Yeah, also "ate simple foods." These are red flags for me.

On the other hand, she had no recollection of anything in between but seemed to very well recall what was recently happening before she fell into that state. Mentally what we'd call a coma even if her body was not at the level of a vegetable. Intriguing story either way.

No, "mentally what we'd call a coma" would involve being unconscious. Remembering anything is well beyond the bounds of a coma.

Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

#36

Wow, this is heartbreaking. I think I would rather just never come out of the coma - the trauma this poor women endured ….

She didn't think it was traumatic, perhaps a little disappointed in her finite body, but she was happy about the relationship!

"marriage vows and promised to stay together"

"Our romance began all over again."

"tragic 1963 and the good final years she had with the man who loved her forever."

Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

#37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did a books.google.com search and there were no primary references, just a few lines in books about "amazing facts" and a reference to an episode of "Maury."

I was in a dead ass coma for a month. When I awoke I couldn't talk or move my arms and legs. After 3 months of daily in hospital rehab I could walk maybe 50 yards at a time and get up from a sitting position without aid and went home. It was a year before I felt I was normal. I was not overweight or in bad health before this. It's amazing how fast your body just quits if you don't move at all.

I hear ya. I was in bed for a two days after having my appendix removed and for a few days just walking felt like I was climbing stairs.

Re: She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)

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post #32

There is a movie loosely based upon her story. Forever Love is a poignant new television movie about a woman who awakens from a 20-year-long coma and begins her life all over again. ... 24-year-old Lizzie suffers a stoke. ... 20 years after her stroke, Lizzie wakes up. Miraculously, Lizzie is pronounced perfectly healthy and begins to try to assimilate back into a world that has radically changed ... [1] [1] https://…

50's to 80's seems like a much more dramatic jump on so many levels than 20's to 40's. For the latter, you are dropped into the second act of your life and expected to catch up to a new world. Fish out of water stuff.

The second, real story seems so much more tragic somehow.

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