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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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Post by xattt »

gcanyon wrote: post #44
xattt wrote: post #26

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The story probably happened, but the coma portion is embellished. It notes that she was able to participate in rehab and eat food, so she wasn’t unconscious in the traditional sense. It sounds like there was spontaneous return of function, which happens in various degrees following stroke anyway. Residual function plateaus about 1-2 years after on average, but this case would be an outlier. I am more intrigued which…

The Glasgow Coma Scale: https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/ef...

The NIH Stroke Scale gives a clearer picture of the degree of impairment from stroke: https://www.stroke.nih.gov/documents/NIH_Stroke_Scale_508C.p...

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

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Post by mkr-hn »

seattle_spring wrote: post #43
mkr-hn wrote: post #31

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

I've never heard that term before and Google has failed me. Can you explain?

They were like web directories and the stuff they link to, but for one person's interests. The closest comparison in modern terms is a personal blog, but these would often host music and videos and random niche stuff like game save files and code.

They often had a MIDI file auto-play if you had a sound card with MIDI support. Fancier sites had an MP3, but not every computer could handle it. Some had guestbooks or forums.

Everything/nothing was usually abbreviated to e/n, but that leads to even fewer results on Google.

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

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Post by pmarreck »

aaron695 wrote: post #52
razzio wrote: post #8

The husband dedication to support his wife is totally amazing.

That is fiction for you, it has amazing people in it. But in real life this would be impossible medically, one person simply could not keep such a body functioning. And more importantly mentally impossible. And setting yourself up against fictional stories probably isn't good for you. Fiction might be good to push yourself as a better person, but not to these ridiculous saccharine extremes. With anything real, like p…

I mean, didn't they make a movie called Awakenings about the true story of a bunch of people emerging from long-term vegetative states?

Google "L-dopa"

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

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Post by ido »

qw wrote: post #53
ido wrote: post #51

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I wonder if it only seems more dramatic because you are more familiar with the 50s and 80s than with the 20s and 40s? E.g. in many ways the 20s was a lot more liberal/"modern" than the 40s in a lot of places. I think a European going from the roaring 20s to the fascist/nazi 40s would have a hell of a shock.

I think the numbers refer to age and not decade. If you are 50 years old and wakes up at 80 your quality of life has dropped dramatically.

Ah, in that case that's true!

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

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Post by jboy55 »

lucb1e wrote: post #30
joegahona wrote: post #18

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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.

Steve Wozniak mentions this happening to him after a plane crash. Where he had a period where he didn't form permanent memories, and when that passed and he was able to, it was as if he awoke from a coma, even though he was functioning and interacting with people during this time. Think if the Memento (kinda based on a real case) guy suddenly regained the ability to hold memories, he would "awake" and to a period years later.

Perhaps something like this happened, where she was "around" and "interacting" but regained the ability to store memories and thus she "awoke".

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

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Post by Thorrez »

aaron695 wrote: post #52
razzio wrote: post #8

The husband dedication to support his wife is totally amazing.

That is fiction for you, it has amazing people in it. But in real life this would be impossible medically, one person simply could not keep such a body functioning. And more importantly mentally impossible. And setting yourself up against fictional stories probably isn't good for you. Fiction might be good to push yourself as a better person, but not to these ridiculous saccharine extremes. With anything real, like p…

It sounds like there were some other people involved:

> He consulted experts, but no one could help her.

> After two years of physical therapy, he finally got her to the point where she could set up and walk, assisted on either side.

> She had cataract surgery, a hysterectomy and a hip replacement.

> a retirement community in Florida

> Dr Glenn Englander, who was treating her for high blood pressure the day before she awakened from her coma

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

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Post by evan_ »

actually_a_dog wrote: post #41
evan_ wrote: post #33

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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

It's far more likely that two people in their 80s would die at approximately the same time by natural causes than anything like Munchausen's by proxy.

I didn’t say die
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