Coma

[livingwith]

I fell from a 6th floor apt. building. 3 yrs. ago. I was in a come [coma] for 7 weeks. Now I am having more problems then before, I was hoping to get some info on how it could be affecting me. the dreams and nightmares still affect me. I dont know if it is from the medication or isolation. I am not the same, after 20 surgeries everyone says how luckey I am…I dont feel 2 lucky
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[linbad]

Hi Amy,

I can understand a little about how you feel now. I didn't think I had a problem with my memory but it is giving me trouble now after 6 months after being in my coma. It is very very disturbing when you stand there trying to figure out words (that are simple to everyone else) that you cannot for the life of you , think of. I have more aches and pains that bug me now. It feels like you exercise and you realize that you used muscles you never thought you had. Can you tell me more about how you are feeling?

I must say I do feel lucky and grateful but sometimes I wonder why I was spared..

Take care Amy...

[Daryl]

I understand how you feel! I had a Van try to make a U-turn in front of me in 94 while I was driving my motorcycle to work. I was in a coma for 6 days when I came out I had no clue that I lived in AZ even though we moved there 15 years before. I got to learn how to walk and do everyday things all over again. Everyone has always said how lucky I am. Personaly after fighting to remember things I do day to day I do not agree with those people. I look normal so everyone thinks I should be normal just like them. But I am not! I am very "ow do you say"? quick to make decisions. If someone tells me I did something wrong and I don't think that I did I get very emotional and start almost yelling. Have been pulled over by police and almost taken to jail because I just can't hold back the rage.
Then there are these feelings I get some times. I feel like My spirit is pulled from my body and I can see it drifting away but can't do anything about it. Then after about 20 sec or so I come back and am ok. I don't think I do anything out of control but I can not say for sure. This at times happens while I am driving. My PU truck or my Work truck that is a big tractor trailor. But I look and act normal most of the time so I am able to drive.

[linbad]

It has been six months since I was in the coma and I feel like I have reborn( it's the only way I can think to describe it.I don't act any different except some memory loss .I have stop trying to figure out why I was spared but I am so grateful. The memory loss Is manageable....I am sorry you are going through what you are going through. But who knows what will happen in the future but I am living each day like it is my last..One day at a time and enjoy the monent you are in....take care