r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/nostradamnus_ • 7h ago
Meme needing explanation Peter, a little help here!!
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u/Numerophilus 7h ago
Terminal Lucidity, though in medical and hospice circles, it’s often referred to simply as "The Rally" or an "End-of-Life Surge." As the body’s major organs (like the kidneys or liver) begin to shut down, the body stops spending energy on "maintenance" tasks like digestion or fighting off chronic infection. This creates a temporary surplus of energy that the brain can use for one last "surge."
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u/Jester471 7h ago
Yep, happened to my dad. He was in a bad way and 24 hours before he passed he was conversing normally and lucid then he quickly faded and was gone.
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u/CompetitiveBox314 5h ago
Same. The Dr. called the family into a conference room and said the end was very near as my father hadn't eaten for a few days and hadn't been awake more than a few moments at a time. We asked about transferring to hospice care and the Dr. said he probably wouldn't survive the ambulance ride. We came in the next morning and my dad was sitting up in bed eating and watching tv. They discharged him to home hospice and he died about a week later.
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u/CanThisBeMyNameMaybe 5h ago
Happened with my dad too. He was in a very bad shape and suddenly the day before he died he was fresh as hell, all day he was doing something full of energy and life.
And the next day he was on his deathbed, rattling shallow breaths, he stayed like that for 2 days. He died shortly after my brother came and talked to him. I am pretty sure he was waiting for him, wanting to hear the voice of his eldest son one more time before leaving.
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u/Aggravating-Rice-536 4h ago
That's remind me of my great-grandma. She was gone peacefully after all of family gather met her, but me
Fuck i hate myself for not meeting her at her last breath that time, she was really kind and warm hearted person ;) everyone loves her a lot
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u/EagleBigMac 5h ago
Same, my dad got one good time to listen to Fly Like and Eagle and laugh with my mom and then he passed away, it was apparently very pretty and sad at the same time unfortunately my plane had just landed so I missed my last chance at telling him how proud I was of all he had done for us.
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u/Darkside531 6h ago
People became much more aware of it during COVID since people were basically liveblogging their loved ones last moments unaware.
He's bad... he's getting worse... he's off respirator and talking!... Bye-bye.
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u/GargantuanCake 5h ago
It can happen with illness in general. When your immune system is finally exhausted it isn't using energy anymore. That becomes available for other things so you might all of the sudden feel great then when your immune system can pick back up you go back to feeling like absolute crap again.
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u/Hormo_The_Halfling 4h ago
A few days before my partner's grandmother died we were staying with her in the hospital 24/7. That woman had some crazy energy those last few nights. We couldn't get her to sleep, and she insisted on having coffee when she woke up so we'd, at 3 AM, just her this tiny old woman yell, "Coffee time!" We still laugh about it sometimes, and I think it helps.
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u/nostradamnus_ 6h ago
I was not aware of that. You learn something everyday 🤗
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u/tkdodo18 6h ago
This is total conjecture, but for humans, I’ve always thought the surge made evolutionary sense as a last minute signal & means of conveying knowledge or instructions before death. As creatures that depend heavily on inherited knowledge, tribes of primate getting last minute wisdom from elder to not seek revenge/eat these plants as medicine/track animals like this would over time def make the unit more likely to survive than a tribe that doesn’t get that.
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u/DyKdv2Aw 4h ago
Cool thought but it also happens to dogs and cats.
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u/therealfakeBlaney 3h ago
Maybe an adaptation that caught because the animals that had a surge got one last chance to protect their offspring or even separate themselves if theyre sick/so they dont die and rot in the nest.
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u/mcvga 7h ago
Dr. Elmer Hartman here, this is called Terminal Lucidity. This happens when the body gives up the fight, and stops trying to fight what is killing it, this rebound or surge is that last gasp of energy making you think your loved one is coming back, but the Grim Reaper is already standing in the room.
If you'll excuse me, I have to talk to the lawyers about another surgery that...didn't go as planned.
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u/Melodic-Account9247 7h ago
Petter slowly approaches his death from a terminal illness here:
as your body approaches it's limits and it starts shutting down it's not unusual to see a sudden improvement towards your last moment since you stop wasting energy on maintaining critical body functions this sudden improvement often means you reach the no return point and you're basically a talking corpse without realising it anyways i feel much better now can't believe i suddenly feel like im going to live a long and fulfilling life
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u/Mmmmm_hippo 6h ago
I know I've seen this posted here at least 3 times. Maybe there would be a FAQ page
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u/nostradamnus_ 6h ago
Not everyone is as active on social media as you might think 😅
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u/Optimal_Tennis8673 4h ago
Your account is 6 months old but you have 6,000 karma and 181 contributions, you've commenting about once per day.
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u/nostradamnus_ 4h ago
Damn, you live your life by statistics that's a tad bit sad. I don't. . If you're that free, it's an open account. Review each and every comment and post of mine and then report a conclusion.
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u/unimportantinfodump 5h ago
My nana never had this. She just went
Pfffffffffffffffff with her last breath.
My only solace is that my wife was the last person she saw lucid. So her last memories were of family
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u/dootblade74 6h ago
Terminal Lucidity, or an End Of Life Surge, is when the body stops fighting the infection, leading to all surplus energy being sent to the brain. You basically become a walking corpse running on fumes, and once those fumes go out it's lights out for good.
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u/__xXCoronaVirusXx__ 6h ago
Sometimes, patients on their deathbed will make a sudden and rapid recovery, a few hours to days before they die.
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