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- pogfreak, on 10/11/2007, -14/+275He's gonna flip when he sees the hospital bill
- halleyscomet, on 10/11/2007, -2/+218"What amazes me today is all these people who walk around with their mobile phones and never stop moaning. I've got nothing to complain about," said Grzebski.
That's a nice bit of perspective. - inactive, on 12/26/2008, -8/+180@pogfreak "He's gonna flip when he sees the hospital bill"
Not so much... They have universal healthcare :). - cesarandreu, on 10/11/2007, -9/+167Very touching. I cannot imagine myself being in a coma for 10 years, much less 19. Too many things would change. I would feel dumb trying to use a computer or anything electronic.
- inactive, on 12/26/2008, -7/+151wonderchemist: "I dunno about that one, 19 years ago is 1988. The foundations of the modern GUI was already out there (Windows 2.0 and System 6)"
Yea - especially in communist Poland in the 80's. There was no food in the stores, not to mention anything electronic :). - sfpfc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+136Basil Exposition: Austin, the Cold War is over!
Austin Powers: Finally those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh? Eh comrades? Eh?
Basil Exposition: Austin... we won.
Austin Powers: Oh, smashing, groovy, yay capitalism! - alabamasucks, on 10/11/2007, -6/+138He must be pissed about his front row Guns N Roses tickets
- Threnody, on 10/11/2007, -6/+131Yeah ten years would be tough. I mean, when you're used to Windows 95, how would you know how to use Vista?
Oh wait... - sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -5/+126What word did he wake up to? What happened to his grandchildren?
- Ulisses, on 10/11/2007, -1/+108A situation exactly like this serves as the plot for Goodbye, Lenin!
- cr4ft, on 10/11/2007, -11/+103Just shows you how we're all guilty of taking so much for granted
- mattcoady, on 10/11/2007, -1/+89Kent Brockman: Tonight, on Eyewitness News: a man who's been in a coma for 23 years wakes up.
Man: Do Sonny and Cher still have that stupid show?
Kent: No, uh, she won an Oscar, and he's a Congressman.
Man: Good night! [turns over and dies] - JayyMan, on 10/11/2007, -2/+78His wife is the hero.
"For 19 years Mrs Grzebska did the job of an experienced intensive care team, changing her comatose husband's position every hour to prevent bed-sore infections," Super Express reported Dr Boguslaw Poniatowski as saying.
The Yahoo! story is a little different.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070602/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_poland_awakening - atdigg, on 10/11/2007, -4/+77From what I know Dr. Kevorkian assisted people who wanted to die, not people in coma (but I might be wrong).
That's called "physician-assisted suicide", when you are in come you cannot commit suicide. - HyperJack, on 10/11/2007, -1/+74Well that was a nice sleep. Hmm. Time for a coffee I think.
- Myko, on 10/11/2007, -6/+69michael, you're an idiot - there was a major difference between schiavo and this fellow. schiavo was completely brain dead, for one. i.e: her brain no longer had the capability of functioning for anything except regulation of breathing and the like. no cognitive ability. This guy was in a coma, his brain did not deteriorate to the level hers did.
I can't believe you people are still bitching about terri even after the autopsy proved 100% that the doctors, and her husband, made the correct choice. - timo1023, on 10/11/2007, -7/+69Weeeelcoooooome tooooo theeee fuuuuutuuuuuureee!!!
Futurama, eh? - sundancekid503, on 10/11/2007, -0/+62Though happy to be awake, he's really disappointed that we still don't have hoverboards.
- Tallon29, on 10/11/2007, -1/+56A coworker of mine was in a coma for 4 days after contracting Insefilitis(sp?). He said he was totally aware of everything that went on around him, but was unable to move or respond in any way. That has to be the most horrifying, traumatic experience for someone to go through.
Reminds me of the Metallica "One" music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j39ABZyzek - SniperGX1, on 10/11/2007, -7/+61Good thing his brain wasn't dead and shrunken like Terri Schiavo's.
- chris9902, on 10/11/2007, -0/+50He's just about to enter the 90s. God how I envy him.
- anagoge, on 10/11/2007, -1/+49Truly amazing. So much has happened in the last two decades.
- thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+45I know we're (on digg) all thinking about the technology advances first...
But his family.... How do you catch up on nearly a score of years with the people you have loved the most? - smackhero, on 10/11/2007, -2/+42Clippy: it appears that you are trying to awake from a coma, would like me to:
- tell the nurse that you're awake now
- direct you to the bathroom so you can take the piss you've been holding in for 19 years
- increase your morphine drip and sleep for another decade - abid786, on 10/11/2007, -4/+42"It's essentially the same as time travel."
Oh! Thanks for making it clear. Next time I am time travelling, I'll be sure to note how it feels, so I can relate to this Polish fellow. - nreynolds, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3919 years older?
- Brian48216, on 10/11/2007, -3/+41@michael4lsu
There is a difference between a Coma, which is what this guy was going through, and PVS (Persistant Vegitative State) which is what Terry Schaivo was in.
"A coma is a profound or deep state of unconsciousness. An individual in a state of coma is alive but unable to move or respond to his or her environment. Coma may occur as a complication of an underlying illness, or as a result of injuries, such as head trauma. A persistent vegetative state (commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as "brain-death") sometimes follows a coma. "- http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/coma/coma.htm
This guy is able to talk and what not, his brain likely didn't change too much. Compared with Terry Schaivo whose brain lost half it's mass due to PVS.
So drop that *****. She wasn't even capable of feeling pain at that point. The two cases are very different. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31Has anyone ever asked these people who wake up after years in a coma, if they feel rested? Cause I'd like to know that.
- idugcoal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31Are you serious? Maybe you're confusing a coma with death?
- SomaSynth, on 10/11/2007, -2/+32"There was no food in the stores, not to mention anything electronic :)"
Oh, it wasn't that bad. Plenty of peaches and apples to pick. I once found 20,000 złotych in a sandbox and bought ice cream. I even had change left for bubble gum. The gum came wrapped in a short comic strip, so that was a 2 for 1. - exemef, on 10/11/2007, -3/+32what happened to the train?
- PeTeRZz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+31Man, That would be just insane to wake up 19 years later. The technology leap must be mind blowing.
- Hayaemsay, on 10/11/2007, -1/+29@timo1023
'Welcome to the world of tomorrow!' - Jawsh91, on 10/11/2007, -0/+23Man: What are all these tubes doing here?
- sk8ordiemofo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24Rob Schneider was a family man living in communist poland, with everything going right for him, until he got hit by a train! But hes about to find out, that catching up after a 19 year coma, is harder than it looks! Rob Schneider is....the 19 year coma guy!
- samadam, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24yeah it is interesting that in the past 19 years the only two real inventions that caught on are the internet and cell phones. And you don't see the internet walking down the street. Must be strange.
- 15charmaxwtf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20I hate those dreams where you're stuck and can't move, I can't imagine how messed up being in a similar situation in real life would be, and for longer.
- Birdoftruth, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18@ thcobbs
I would like to know too. They don't deserve any of those insults. - smackhero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18wow, i'm sure it's different for everyone, and different types of comas can result in different levels of consciousness, but being completely aware of your environment but being unable to move or respond to those around you would be pretty scary and traumatic. it'd be enough to make me go mad probably if i were like that for several years.
i mean, we're social creatures, and we need social interaction. i'd rather be in a dream state, which we are used to being in for a third of our lives, rather than being conscious but completely paralyzed. that's sorta like having a night terror, which is pretty scary when you don't know what's going on. - otoutosama, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19I believe the origin of the Poland jokes is WWII where Poland put up a valiant effort to resist Hitler even though far overpowered. Apparently people thought it was very stupid for the poles to fight back when they were so clearly outmatched, especially since they still had some cavalry units mounted on horseback fighting against Germany's panzers. Although I can see why trying to stick a bayonet into a tank can be considered stupid, I think they really should have a more heroic reputation than stupid.
- FatBird19, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18"What amazes me today is all these people who walk around with their mobile phones and never stop moaning." said Grzebski.
A sad day for him if he ever comes to America. - inactive, on 12/26/2008, -0/+16Actually, the whole attacking tanks with bayonets thing was just a communist propaganda. When I was growing up in Poland, even newer history books were debunking these myths. Horses were being used for fast transportation, but the soldiers had guns and could fight as normal infantry. The obvious advantage of having a horse was their ability to move quickly thru difficult terrain, where you could not use standard vehicles.
- waluum, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17"What amazes me today is all these people who walk around with their mobile phones and never stop moaning. I've got nothing to complain about," said Grzebski.
I think this is one of those very rare cases where one man is right, and the majority of the population is wrong. - vanarothiel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16Wow, it's actually the first time I've read some news in my local media before it hit digg =D
- merlingen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18Errrr Mao has been dead for a while, China is pretty capitalist in all but name now...
- bluechips23, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16"Yes sir, the Germans have united and Bill Gates is the new richest person in the world. And oh yeah, America is in yet another war."
- koonchu, on 10/11/2007, -9/+23@atdigg:
"when you are in come you cannot commit suicide"
Yeah, but you can drown in it, which is kind of like suicide. - knaps, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16This reminds me of a funny movie in Germany called Goodbye Lenin in which the main character's mother falls into a coma before the Berlin wall/communism fell, waking up afterwards. The whole movie is her son trying to hide that from her (she used to be a party member and the shock could cause some complications)
- Samzo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13i wanna know more about what his coma was like... does he remember anything? was he dreaming? he was in his own fantasy world for 19 years... sounds dope
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