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Sylvia R NDE Home Classification NDE 2079 Sylvia R NDE 4248 Experience Description A surgeon had performed a hysterectomy on me and I was being wheeled to my room...
It all started seconds before the crash occurred I got this really scared feeling then a feeling of complete peace, like everything was going to be alright...
Debbie NDE Home Classification NDE 2081 Debbie NDE 4253 Experience Description I was staying at a hotel in Florida on holiday with my family...
I had a near death experience during the heat wave of 2003...
I had delivered my son, who weighed 10lbs 3oz, naturally with no medical intervention, specifically no prostaglandin in the third stage which can prevent post-partum hemorrhage...
I had been in a lot of pain after almost four hours of surgery...
I was visiting my brother at his home...
I was at the hospital with my mother and I remember I was nervous or scared since they were going to draw some of my blood...
Ludmila NDE Home Classification NDE 2093 Ludmila NDE 4168 Experience Description I was on an obstetrical table; they made me unconscious through a mask...
Dorie's Mom NDE Home Classification Secondhand NDE 2097 Dorie's Mom NDE 16009 Experience Description I am going to be seventy years young on my next birthday in July...
It was a boring Saturday night, just after a city celebration called 'Crazy Water Festival', where it had rained all day...
