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My appendix ruptured...
The day had been an emotionally difficult one, as my mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer...
Michaele S NDE Home Classification NDE 2823 Michaele S NDE 5363 Experience Description I was driving my 9 year old daughter home from the dentist and she was sleeping on the seat beside me...
For weeks I had been feeling painful tugging and cramping in my lower left abdomen...
Douglas H NDEs Home Classification NDEs 2837 Douglas H NDEs 6014 Experience Description The first time, I fell three stories and had some serious head injuries...
I had been feeling ill and in pain for weeks...
I had dreamt days earlier of a woman, a friend’s wife, who I know in real life and had offered me food (I refused in real life)...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
Maria GP Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2874 Maria GP Possible NDE 5378 Experience Description I had been in pain for many hours and could not achieve dilation...
Alexandre B FDE Home Classification FDE 2875 Alexandre B FDE 5375 Experience Description I was swept away by a wave on a Corsican beach and was saved by my father just before swallowing sea water...
I was suffering from an attack of kidney stones for the third time that week, and a new doctor came in and said, 'I'm going to give you the maximum pain reliever that you can take, for your weight: 250 mg of a mixture of morphine and Demerol...
Karen NDE Home Classification NDE 2896 Karen NDE 6120 Experience Description I don't remember the day I was hospitalized, but the days before I was knew I was really sick...
