Thread: Bright Lights!

I had a death or near dear death experience (i'll never know if I was dead or not) in 1990 from being crushed in an industrial accident.

the lights went out , blackness , no flashes , just dark silence , then I was revived by ambos , a most uncomfortable feeling , so maybe I had been a bad enough bastard to meet the prince of darkness first.

then it was morphine for a week , in lala land , dont remember much at all , the only bright lights were nurses checking my pupils. the second week was weaning off the morphine and being manipulated by physiotherapists. still plenty of lights in my eyes from nurses.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I had a death or near dear death experience (i'll never know if I was dead or not) in 1990 from being crushed in an industrial accident.

the lights went out , blackness , no flashes , just dark silence , then I was revived by ambos , a most uncomfortable feeling , so maybe I had been a bad enough bastard to meet the prince of darkness first.

then it was morphine for a week , in lala land , dont remember much at all , the only bright lights were nurses checking my pupils. the second week was weaning off the morphine and being manipulated by physiotherapists. still plenty of lights in my eyes from nurses.

That'd be as close as I would want to get. What did you say "
I'll be good. I'll be good, I'll be good, I promise I'll be good".

Bloody Nurses! They wake you up & shove a light in your eyes to see if you are asleep & to ask if you want anything to make you sleep. Huh, how does that work? Either a torch or turn on the whole bloody room.


I suppose they find a few stiffs that have gone in the Night but bugger me........ they could give you a heart attack by waking you up.

UTIs + Senior Males are a 'given' for hallucinations, with or without medications. Saw it in an 84 year old friend.

I had a bacterial infection back in June when a kidney stone made of the same bugs was zapped out, and the resulting trip into sepsis was the more terrifying experience ever. Audio was fine, but visual cortex was tripping the light something fantastic.

Yes, I WOULD wish it on my worst enemy ! The 'closed eye' visions were still happening up to a day before discharge, two weeks in recovery ward after ventilated/sedated for 3 days in ICU - From what was supposed to be an over-nighter.

Hospital tells me recently that a stay in ICU can have repercussins similar to PTSD. Would explain a few things, since.
By the way, 'Sepsis' in Australia kills around 5,000 people per year. Treatment is limited to band-aids,- keeping patient breathing/heart beating till they fix themselves.... Or not. Around 20% don't.

Originally Posted by superquag

UTIs + Senior Males are a 'given' for hallucinations, with or without medications. Saw it in an 84 year old friend.

I had a bacterial infection back in June when a kidney stone made of the same bugs was zapped out, and the resulting trip into sepsis was the more terrifying experience ever. Audio was fine, but visual cortex was tripping the light something fantastic.

Yes, I WOULD wish it on my worst enemy ! The 'closed eye' visions were still happening up to a day before discharge, two weeks in recovery ward after ventilated/sedated for 3 days in ICU - From what was supposed to be an over-nighter.

Hospital tells me recently that a stay in ICU can have repercussins similar to PTSD. Would explain a few things, since.
By the way, 'Sepsis' in Australia kills around 5,000 people per year. Treatment is limited to band-aids,- keeping patient breathing/heart beating till they fix themselves.... Or not. Around 20% don't.

The 'closed eye' visions were still happening up to a day before discharge,

Was I imagining that what I observed was through Closed eyes? Was very real to me with eyes wide open. Temp was a touch over 40c & they could not get it down until I told them of my old Mum's method of using a folded wet Face washer dipped in a mix of water & vinegar & changed often on one's forehead.

Was it a coincidence? Who can say? Worked for me.

Hang on, someone should write a Film Script & name it that. Kubric sort of has & is titled "Eyes Wide Shut". A semi Erotic fillum.

Had another Close call for the bright lights a couple of days ago. Since leaving hospital I started to develop a cough. It usually starts after talking or having drink of something. Any was I was sitting in my lounge chair and had a couple of sips of "Thickened Water" , a few minutes later
sitting in the lounge room and I Coughed which brought the liquid back up the esophagus, it start to drain down the wind pipe so I could breathe,madly trying to get it back up and being unable to alert Heather , I was banging my hands together trying to make some noise hoping Heather would here me. Heather did come and we managed to get it out, but my airway was still closed. it finally opened. this took all of probably seconds but it seemed like eternity to me. it left Heather gagging and feeling sick. I happened again 2 days later at lunch time, but not as bad. I spoke to my speech pathologist and saw my doc who organised a rush x ray of my chest so waiting for the results.
As I have a high risk of asphyxiation with this MSA it is really scarey , as it now has started to happen to me.