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On March the 8, 2008, my daughter had come to my house and found me very sick...
Maria N FDE Home Classification FDE 1593 Maria N FDE 3493 Experience Description It was on a morning in the month of November...
Cyndi G NDE Home Classification NDE 1596 Cyndi G NDE 21780 Experience Description I was at the hospital having a second heart valve replacement done in six months...
Harriet K NDE Home Classification NDE 1598 Harriet K NDE 3560 Experience Description I clearly remember watching the angiogram as it was taking place - a person was holding my hand, there was a large square machine above me, and several people at the foot o...
Sanz Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1599 Sanz Probable NDE 3561 Experience Description It was in the course of the surgical operation after the anesthesia, normally I shouldn't have felt anything...
Ryland D FDE Home Classification FDE 1608 Ryland D FDE 3576 Experience Description When I got sucked into the drainpipe, the instant I knew I was in trouble, my life flashed before my eyes not like a movie with scenes in it...
An acquaintance who was using drugs at the time flipped and turned on me...
On April 20 2002, while at work hosting a cribbage tournament with 85 people in the room, including my daughter, I suffered a brain aneurysm ('subarachnoid hemorrhage'), fell to the ground, ceased breathing and my heart stopped...
Vicky M NDE Home Classification NDE 1636 Vicky M NDE 3627 Experience Description I was six years old, diagnosed with meningitis and pneumonia and a collapsed lung...
Pat R Probable NDE Home Classification NDE 1638 Pat R Probable NDE 3631 Experience Description I found myself inside a tube that was like a bank deposit chute...
The first time: I was a little over four years old at the time...
Antonio C NDE Home Classification NDE 1643 Antonio C NDE 3638 Experience Description I cannot remember why I lost control of my motorbike...
