Has anyone (personally) been in a coma for more than 3 months?
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my brother's been in a coma for going into 6 years now, you're lucky you got out of it, be thankfull
914073
i would relive this past year (well august and before) because i can't remember most of it. i have amnesia because i went into a diabetic coma complete with really bad seizures. when i was in the hospital was when i celebrated my one year anniversary with my boyfriend/fiance (almost fiance but then i went in the hospital and had trouble committing because i  forgot everything) i love him with everything in me but i want that first year back, those little reasons why i love him are what i don't know and that breaks my heart.\n\nhaley
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Of course you must constatly try to stimulate all his senses.  Touch, smell, taste, sight, sound... this will keep his mind and body active.  But you should check out this recent discovery.  It might give you hope.  But Im not sure about permanent brain damage, or diabetic comas.  Another problem might be his age,  but this certainly is a new and hopeful chance. \n\n"Reborn\nWe have always been told there is no recovery from persistent vegetative state - doctors can only make a sufferer's last days as painless as possible. But is that really the truth? Across three continents, severely brain-damaged patients are awake and talking after taking ... a sleeping pill (zolpidem). And no one is more baffled than the GP who made the breakthrough. Steve Boggan witnesses these 'strange and wonderful' rebirths."  The Guardian September 12 2006
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The pain will last awhile. I had my skull cut in half to have brain surjery. The pain is bad afterwards and lying down it does hurt. My head hurt me for quite some time after the surjery. They gave me viokidin and that helped alittle. Youe just going to have to give it time. It took awhile for me.
730269
Yea... I died 3 times...total crashes in a hospital.  O2 sats to 0,  coma, 3 years to get up again.No O2, no heart beat, no nothing. Myabe some random firings of neurons in the dying brain, stimulating memory cells. No, there is no out of body experience after death, only those memories coming back fuzzily and random
290148
Yes,have you never heard of stories of people, who while in a coma can remember you visiting them in the hospital, and everything you said to them? Being comatose doesn't always mean you don't feel anything, or not being aware of what is happening around you, all it means is that you AREN'T ABLE TO RESPOND.
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hi .. instead of getting useless worries why not have some simple knowledge about it .. \n\nSTROKE IDENTIFICATION: \n\nMy friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word, I agreed. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously. please read: \n\nDuring a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the afternoon. Ingrid's husband called later saying that his wife had been taken to the hospital and passed away. She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some stroke victims don't die, they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. \n\nIt only takes a minute to read this... \n\nA neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke . . . totally. He said the trick was having a stroke recognized, diagnosed and then getting the patient medically cared for within three hours, which is tough. \n\nRECOGNIZING A STROKE \n\nThank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. \n\nRead and Learn! \n\nSometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. \n\nNow doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions: \n\nS *Ask the individual to SMILE. \n\nT *Ask the person to TALK, \nto SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE. (Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today) \n\nR *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. \n\nNOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke. \n\nhope it will help ..
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I am terribly sorry to hear about your friend. I hope he or she will get better soon.\nThe human brain consists of many different parts, the fact that your friend is in a coma does not tell us which parts of his or her brain is affected.\nI've found these links for you, hopefully the can help you understand more about how the brain is organized and how the different parts interact:\nhttp://www.waiting.com/brainanatomy.html (this subsite is especially about coma: http://www.waiting.com/comabasics.html )\nhttp://www.neuropat.dote.hu/anatomy.htm\nBest of luck to both of you.
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Yes.  My ex beat and tortured me for 4 long years.  He nearly killed me and I nearly lost our child when pregnant.  He cheated and mentally abused me so bad that I couldn't even hold my head up.  I finally escaped after nearly being killed.  In my agony I prayed for God for vengeance...not long after I got away from him, he suffered a nearly fatal accident.  He was 'huffing' the chemical freon when it caused him to pass out.  While passed out, the can rolled in front of his face and kept spraying.  After he was found, he died twice and was jumped with the paddles.  He was in a coma for 3 months and had 13 plastic surgeries for the 3rd degree burns on his face.  He lost an eye and suffered permanent scars.  Every surgery felt like a lit match on his skin.  Even though something so devastating would have been possible because of his lifestyle, I truly believe it was fate, God, karma, whatever that interviened because of how horrible he treated another human being who only was fool enough to love him.  I also try to live by the idea of what comes around goes around, it's a good believe that will keep you in check and helps to make you a better person.
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i think it was about 3 weeks
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my head hurts a lot\nmy brain must be in trouble...well maybe something is happening...I think many years ago the car crash was REAL...and I am in a coma...and this is all a dream...but am I having enough fun here..in this dream..or do I want to wake up and go back to that old job...? I am not sure...so maybe I will go to sleep in this dream and dream about what to do....what I want to know is if I wake up when I am sleeping in my dream..\ndo I wake up in the dream of dreaming or do I actually wake up from my coma?\nand how do I know if the nurse says to me...you have bee in a coma for a few months..that I am awake..or dreaming...\nso I will stay asleep as long as I can...\nnot to bad..\n\nand sorry I do not know the song..after all I am in a coma..\n\nsmile\ngood luck\n\nSHhh do not wake me up..please...\nhave a great day
714129
Hi well the recovery period is normally between 2-12wks,but some times some off the symptoms may continue up to 2 years,but if there is no improvement at all in 3-6mths is very unlikely you will recover.Good Luck
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Definitely see a doctor about this. Brain damage can occur if she suffered head trauma. Fainting is caused by lack of oxygen to the brain due to poor circulation or a number of other sources. If it's for a short period of time, there shouldn't be too many long term problems, but if it's for 4-5minutes or more, large amounts of brain cells can die. I repeat, go see a doctor about this.
628449
Technically Alive but Practically Dead.He is in a state of Coma and the chances of his recovery back to normal are slim.
538646
A long time, but you don't want to risk it.  There was something I read about some guy who tried to make some record - he did like 11 days.  By the end, he was hallucinating and talking complete gibberish.  Then again, I've read stories of overweight people who dropped dead from heart attacks due to prolonged lack of sleep.\n\nI can tell you, in terms of actual lack of sleep, I've pulled I think close to 72 hours (in between 2 and three days, I can't remember now), and started to hallucinate a bit.  It's also happened when I've done 3-5 hours a night every night for about 6 weeks.  It's a really bad idea, and was incredibly stupid.  It's not good to do unless you absolutely have to, when there's no other choice.  It's better to stop whatever work you're doing and get your sleep - it's not worth risking your health, and even life, over.
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I have, it scared the s*** out of me!  I woke up from a nap and could hear my husband and kids downstairs and couldn't move my body.  My brain was fully alert and I tried to holler to my husband because I was scared to death and I couldn't even do that.  I eventually convinced myself that I was still sleeping and having a bad dream...I must have drifted off because when I woke up again I was fine.  That is bizzare enough in itself.
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I had a real similar event last summer, on the Fourth of July.\nbut it was due to a brain tumor,  the rest sounds real familiar matter of fact, deja vu.\nI'm a 42-year-old male two daughters.\nand a girlfriend, that I'm amazed she stayed with me :)\nI also lost a lot of memory.  Most of it as a comeback.  I still have seizures everyday.  \nI can empathize with you about the anger thing.  I still have family members that are not speaking to me :)\nthe doctor told me that it's real normal, for the anger and it seems to me.  It's a different kind of anger than just plain angry.\nand I was lucky to have a loving girlfriend that has stayed with me,\n\nstory is way too long to put into this context.\nI understand everything you've gone through.\nand if you need someone to talk to.\nit would be good for me to talk also.\nAllanMayta@yahoo.com\n\nAllan Mayta