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 palliative care, get support as soon as you can, by the time you are overwhelmed doing the paperwork and the waiting periods will be impossibly harder.
Google "L-dopa"
> 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
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 med the physician prescribed, and whether there’s current research to support its use in post-stroke care as a neuroprotectant.
Its source is poor quality and there aren't many good sources otherwise, so it's still suspect. https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=ryan&p=42&ite...
Glasgow Coma Scale
Eye Opening Response • Spontaneous--open with blinking at baseline 4 points • To verbal stimuli, command, speech 3 points • To pain only (not applied to face) 2 points • No response 1 point
Verbal Response • Oriented 5 points • Confused conversation, but able to answer questions 4 points • Inappropriate words 3 points • Incomprehensible speech 2 points • No response 1 point
Motor Response • Obeys commands for movement 6 points • Purposeful movement to painful stimulus 5 points • Withdraws in response to pain 4 points • Flexion in response to pain (decorticate posturing) 3 points • Extension response in response to pain (decerebrate posturing) 2 points • No response 1 point
Categorization: Coma: No eye opening, no ability to follow commands, no word verbalizations (3-8) Head Injury Classification: Severe Head Injury----GCS score of 8 or less Moderate Head Injury----GCS score of 9 to 12 Mild Head Injury----GCS score of 13 to 15
There are stories of people in comas who were given a medication like zolpidem that wakes them, but it's actually sleepwalking and the person is not conscious. Search: https://www.google.com/search?q=zolpidem+coma
These kinds of cases can help explain what consciousness actually is, which is hardly a settled question.
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
"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."
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]
The second, real story seems so much more tragic somehow.
Americans tend to overestimate the importance of their events to describe the world changing.
Given that the woman was from Toronto, probably $0.
I had the "bad" insurance at work, which had bigger co-pays for day-to-day stuff, but happened to have no max on coverage. I paid nothing.
