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I broke my back about six years ago in a skydiving accident...
Janie Anesthesia Experience Home Classification Anesthesia 3287 Janie Anesthesia Experience 6631 Experience Description I was having my tonsils out and I woke up in a theater, feeling myself drop my Rupert Bear cuddly toy...
It's been 16 years since my experience and for many years I wasn't able to talk about it out of fear of judgment...
Probable NDE due to auto accident at age 17 in Singapore...
Todd N NDE Home Classification NDE 3292 Todd N NDE 6638 Experience Description It was a hot summer day in Florida...
I do not remember what led up to my drowning, but I saw my life flash before my eyes...
After giving birth to my son, I was taken to a room where I passed out because I was bleeding very badly...
Dharam S NDE Home Classification NDE 3296 Dharam S NDE 6645 Experience Description I was a disk jockey (DJ) at the time and worked spinning at Hollywood after-hours parties until 6am in the morning and stayed up much later to party with roommates, friends, ...
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I was spending a weekend at the beach in Sète (near Spain on the Med), and I was in a restaurant with my husband, my son and my mother...
All I remember is being up above where the nurses and doctors were working on my body, and looking down and watching...
When I was young, I went to a New Year's Party with my friends...
Helen E NDE Home Classification NDE 3305 Helen E NDE 6664 Experience Description I had been hemorrhaging due to a contraceptive (which soon after was pulled off the market)...
