For first time in history, vegetative patient able to tell doctors he is not in pain

[ARock]

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;38444660][video=youtube;VRz0VgUIivM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRz0VgUIivM[/video][/QUOTE]

There is no rating to properly describe how this made me feel.

[IPK]

Then why is he vegetative,i would say paralyzed,since not able to move but able to think correctly.

[ConcreteBath]

This is one reason i support stem cell research. I can't even imagine being without stimuli for [i]twelve[/i] years. Hopefully things like this can be remedied in the future.

[T2L_Goose]

Med students are currently slitting their wrists because they just paid out the ass for a text book that they cannot use or sell rip.

[Rocâ„¢]

[QUOTE=The Un-Men;38440393]Jesus fuck this reinforces being in a coma/locked up inside my own body as my biggest fear.[/QUOTE]
I'd imagine being literaly a world of screams, made by me.
Screaming out of my mind, trying to be heard...

[Tobin]

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;38444660][video=youtube;VRz0VgUIivM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRz0VgUIivM[/video][/QUOTE]

[T]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=203731&dateline=1344825735[/T]

[TheTalon]

You know what's probably worse? Being put under for surgery, but you're still awake and conscious and not even numb, but can't do shit about it, and nobody else knows

[Mr. Someguy]

I'm baffled that people can come out of this stuff with their sanity intact.

[Alcoholocaust]

Vegetative state is permanent AFAIK