Living nightmare - man misdiagnosed as in coma for 23 years

[NoddY]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8375326.stm

The stuff nightmares are made of:

"A Belgian man who doctors thought was in a coma for 23 years was conscious all along, it has been revealed...

..."I was shouting, but no-one could hear me," Mr Houben, now 46, was quoted as saying by a German magazine. "

I know how he feels.

[PRC1964]

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Anyone hear a noise?

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[threaded]

It is so horrifying as to be beyond comprehension. How the heck is he still sane?

[eliquant]

I've been in a coma doing I.T. work for over 15 years !

[EternalOptimist]

How the heck is he still sane?

because he is an Optimist
we are all perfectly sane

[gingerjedi]

He lives in Belgium, I doubt he stood out from the norm.

[EternalOptimist]

He lives in Belgium, I doubt he stood out from the norm.

he's probably president of something by now