There's that one guy who did, and even he pretended to enjoy his life, you could tell he was miserable.
The Man in an Iron Lung (A Polio Survivor's Story) (youtube.com)
Paul Alexander, “The Man in the Iron Lung”, passed away on March 11th, 2024. After surviving polio as a child, he lived over 70 years inside of an iron lung.
Kids with spinal muscular atrophy use these types of ventilating devices when their respiratory muscles become paralysed. Some live for years...