Jim Ashworth-Beaumont

Was it me deciding whether it was worth living or dying, for example?

Yeah.

I think so.

I think so.

Yeah, I think there is a process behind it.

And in hindsight, I can see the process.

But, you know, nonetheless, very interesting and unique experience.

Yeah.

Everybody's seen Robocop, I think.

Yeah.

You have this technician switching on the camera and going, hi, how are you doing?

And then switching off again.

Yeah.

And there were definitely experiences like that where I come to perhaps see a nurse's face, interact with that nurse and then drop out again.

The outcome of being in a coma for six weeks, having a very badly damaged liver, a lot of the body systems had been affected.

I'd gone through the sepsis, etc.

I was very debilitated.

So as well as the nerve injuries I had and the disuse injuries you get from lying about for six weeks, I'd lost about a third of my body weight and most of my muscle mass.

So there was a huge hill to climb in order to get any return to normal function.

I wasn't able to walk.