justin0469 Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Paralyzed Man Was Awake for 23 Years, Not in Vegetative StateBelgian Researcher Proves a Paralyzed Man Was Fully Conscious With Brain ScanBy LAUREN COXABC News Medical UnitNov. 24, 2009 A paralyzed Belgian man who spent the past 23 years incorrectly diagnosed as being in a vegetative state, was fully conscious and could hear everything around him the entire time. Rom Houben was believed to be in a coma for 23 years, but was in fact paralyzed. The man, Rom Houbens, can finally communicate, thanks to a neurologist's persistent research. Doctors had assumed the 1983 car crash that paralyzed Houbens, now 46, had also put him in a vegetative state -- awake but not conscious of his surroundings. Houbens, a one-time engineering student and martial arts enthusiast was trapped in his own world. That is, until Dr. Steven Laureys of the University of Liege, using modern brain scanning technology unavailable in the 1980s, saw that Houbens' brain lit up with near-normal functioning when he was asked a question. Houbens had heard the doctors, nurses and family speaking in his room for decades. "I shall never forget the day when they discovered what was truly wrong with me -- it was my second birth," Houbens told the German magazine Der Spiegel, communicating via special keyboard. Laureys discovered Houbens' state in a Belgian hospital three years ago, but the case has only just come to light after Laureys published a study in the journal, BMC Neurology earlier this year. He argued that new imaging technology will show that many more people like Houbens, believed in a vegetative state are actually misdiagnosed. According to ABC News senior health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser, misdiagnosis can happen fairly easily in the beginning of treatment.There's two more pages to the story: http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/MindMoodNews/doctors-find-vegetative-paralyzed-man-awake-23-years/story?id=9159555That's insane. I can't imagine the fear and frustration laying there for 23 years, hearing everything, but unable to respond or say anything or ask for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillinTime Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Wow that's crazy. That would piss me off, but nobody would know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 That's what prison should be like. We would have alot less repeat offenders if it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 That's what prison should be like. We would have alot less repeat offenders if it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vw151 Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 woah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 That's what prison should be like. We would have alot less repeat offenders if it was.Or even Hell? That is pretty insane and tragic tho!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Thats gotta suck! What if you had an itch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35RFTW Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Worse yet, what if Terry Schindler Shaivo (the girl in florida they pulled the feeding tube out of 1 or 2 summers ago) was in the same condition, can you imagine being starved to death and not being able to do anything about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Wonder if he overheard anything interesting in those 23yrs! Or maybe some lonely night nurse had her way with him thinking no one would know . Oh god, maybe a male nurse! Yikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Wonder if he overheard anything interesting in those 23yrs! Or maybe some lonely night nurse had her way with him thinking no one would know . Oh god' date=' maybe a male nurse! Yikes [/quote']Did you really have to go there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Did you really have to go there? Sorry, but you know, in 23yrs, soooommmethin hadda happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 That's insane. I can't imagine the fear and frustration laying there for 23 years, hearing everything, but unable to respond or say anything or ask for help. I've been married for 26 years. Pretty much the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyco1 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm not buying it until he uses one of those eye following devices that Steven Hawking does instead of the handler guiding the hand on the keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I've been married for 26 years. Pretty much the same thing.haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Wow! I cannot even begin to imagine. Wonder if he overheard anything interesting in those 23yrs! Or maybe some lonely night nurse had her way with him thinking no one would know . Oh god' date=' maybe a male nurse! Yikes [/quote'] But if he was paralyzed, could he still get it up? For either nurse?I've been married for 26 years. Pretty much the same thing. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 But if he was paralyzed, could he still get it up? For either nurse? For the sake of this thread being funny lets just say yes, party pooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm not buying it until he uses one of those eye following devices that Steven Hawking does instead of the handler guiding the hand on the keyboard.Yeah, I saw that too and thought this is BS! Besides if I was in a state like that, please finish the job and kill me!!!! We are kinder to animals than we are people when it comes to humane treatment. There is no way I would want to be trapped inside a usless body I can no longer control while being fully aware of everything that goes on around me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Wonder if he overheard anything interesting in those 23yrs! Or maybe some lonely night nurse had her way with him thinking no one would know . Oh god' date=' maybe a male nurse! Yikes [/quote']my name is buck, and im here to fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSparky Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 being paralyzed shouldn't affect his erectile capabilities... it's not a muscle like you would think. it's not voluntary either in the first place when you get a woody. it's just a valve like thing slowing blood flow out, so it gets pumped up with blood. so when hot nurse betty walks in, he could have possibly accidentally popped it up anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Shoot for the head, it's a zombie thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiomike Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 I've been married for 26 years. Pretty much the same thing.And I'm bettin your wife doesn't frequent this site, right??? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YSR_Racer_99 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) http://youtu.be/WM8bTdBs-cw Edited January 3, 2012 by YSR_Racer_99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 If wieners don't get paralyzed, just walk in a hotty Next time and forget the brain scans... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I am with gump! It would save tons on money lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 being paralyzed shouldn't affect his erectile capabilities... it's not a muscle like you would think. it's not voluntary either in the first place when you get a woody. it's just a valve like thing slowing blood flow out, so it gets pumped up with blood. so when hot nurse betty walks in, he could have possibly accidentally popped it up anyway. You brought this thread back to talk about the guy's peni? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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