# Man makes partial recovery from Locked In Syndrome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-partial-recovery-from-locked-in-syndrome/551727>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-partial-recovery-from-locked-in-syndrome/551727 "2010-08-27T22:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-partial-recovery-from-locked-in-syndrome/551727/1 "2010-08-27T22:39:22Z")

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Story [here](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7966357/Pensioner-tells-how-he-beat-locked-in-syndrome-after-massive-stroke.html).

I know there’s a Doper who suffers from this, but I can’t remember his or her name.

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**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-partial-recovery-from-locked-in-syndrome/551727/2 "2010-08-27T23:17:41Z")

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**Blinky** , I believe.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-partial-recovery-from-locked-in-syndrome/551727/3 "2010-08-27T23:19:15Z")

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**blinkie**! Yay - I remembered something!

Maybe instead of just wanting it really bad, his injured brain healed up somewhat.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-partial-recovery-from-locked-in-syndrome/551727/4 "2010-08-27T23:20:24Z")

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Well, that would have been more awesome if I had posted it instead of dicking around. 🙂