Stephen King's hell

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Oct 29, 2015
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To paraphrase Hilbert , no one can kick us out of SK's Hell , as much as no one can kick mathematicians out of Cantor's Paradise.
True this. I experienced a near-death experience 2 years ago (after almost 50 years of heavy smoking), and was kept in a medically-induced coma for 4 days. My wonderful son, knowing what a fan I was (and probably anxious for something he enjoyed to take up his time while he was 'on watch') read 'Dr. Sleep' to me in its entirety.
Between the drugs I was taking to keep me 'under', my extensive knowledge of other SK works/worlds, and my own active and informed imagination, I spent 4 days in Hell.
Bottom line....If you think it would be a kindness to read SK to a comatose/reduced level of consciousness friend - DON'T DO THIS THING. I could hear what was being read, but I was actively involved in it, and had no power to help myself.
Now, as I take every opportunity to encourage people who are thinking about kicking the nicotine habit (There is none so chaste as a reformed whore) I tell people that on the day I 'died', I went straight to Hell - and to me that feels true.
 

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Abby
Feb 19, 2016
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True this. I experienced a near-death experience 2 years ago (after almost 50 years of heavy smoking), and was kept in a medically-induced coma for 4 days. My wonderful son, knowing what a fan I was (and probably anxious for something he enjoyed to take up his time while he was 'on watch') read 'Dr. Sleep' to me in its entirety.
Between the drugs I was taking to keep me 'under', my extensive knowledge of other SK works/worlds, and my own active and informed imagination, I spent 4 days in Hell.
Bottom line....If you think it would be a kindness to read SK to a comatose/reduced level of consciousness friend - DON'T DO THIS THING. I could hear what was being read, but I was actively involved in it, and had no power to help myself.
Now, as I take every opportunity to encourage people who are thinking about kicking the nicotine habit (There is none so chaste as a reformed whore) I tell people that on the day I 'died', I went straight to Hell - and to me that feels true.

I find your post very interesting because three years ago I too was in a induced coma for five days (for a freaky respiratory *event*) and post surgery (on the fifth day they performed surgery that probably saved my life) I suffered from a disorder called ICU Delirium, (probably jump-started from the heavy pain meds) which was hell. It left me with some cognitive impairments as well as a horrible case of PTSD. It was undoubtedly the worst experience of my life. I hate to even think of it.