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I was slowly aware of a light ahead of me...
David J NDE Home Classification NDE 1947 David J NDE 4050 Experience Description I found myself in a dark void...
It was three months into being diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma...
I remember a severe tightness/pain in my chest, and gasping for air with the feeling I wasn't getting air...
In consciousness I remember the surgeon telling me that I had to have surgery...
Okay, I remember it was a night like many others, when I went out with the man who was at that time my husband, going out with the intention of using drugs...
I was about fourteen years old when I died...
Jason NDE Home Classification NDE 1962 Jason NDE 4082 Experience Description I was not drawn to a light or a life review or even a tunnel of light...
I had a spinal anesthetic during a long and difficult labor...
Blester PW NDE Home Classification NDE 1966 Blester PW NDE 4091 Experience Description I was in contact with a woman who I was supporting in Glasgow...
Raina J NDE Home Classification NDE 1967 Raina J NDE 4092 Experience Description Much of the auto accident is blurry...
Kathy R Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 1968 Kathy R Possible NDE 4095 Experience Description I was celebrating my twentieth birthday and had invited just a few select people around - mainly sisters and brothers...
