From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:09:37 +0000, MikeH wrote:   
      
   > I have recently had a heart attack and, due to subsequent surgery, a mild   
   > but widespread stroke. I am now 95% recovered and function at quite a high   
   > level. I have a neighbour who, too, has recently had a stroke and he is   
   > really no longer with us, to all intents and purposes. This frightens the   
   > pants off me because I don't mind losing the power of my limbs but I don't   
   > want to "lose my mind" through stroke damage.   
   >   
   > Is it possible to learn and develop a method of leaving one's body at will   
   > in such a way that I could do this voluntarily even after a major,   
   > debilitating, stroke? I could go on, but I think that's the crux of my   
   > question.   
      
   Sorry Mike; but no-one knows for sure; not even those who claim to.   
      
   The best I can offer you is that if your brain dies, your awareness of   
   sufferering will too.   
      
   Sorry; but if you want truth rather than a comforting fantasy, this is the   
   best there is.   
      
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