Graham Miles – Recovery from Locked-In Syndrome
Diagnosed with ‘ locked-in syndrome’ and paralysed from head to toe, stroke victim Graham Miles was told that he would never recover. Doctors said he would be a prisoner in his own body for the rest of his life. Locked-in sufferers are completely paralysed but remain conscious and are able to think and reason as normal. They can usually move their eyes and can sometimes communicate by blinking. (See, e.g., Diving Bell and the Butterfly) There is only limited treatment available including using electrodes to stimulate muscle reflexes which can sometimes bring some minimal feeling back. But research over the last 20 years has revealed the brain′s capacity to regenerate in a way that was once thought impossible. Miles is apparently an example of this. he left the medics ‘utterly bewildered’ by taking his first faltering steps. (Daily Mail)
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