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In 2000 I was shot in the right temple point blank with a twenty-two caliber handgun...
Greg D NDE Home Classification NDE 1871 Greg D NDE 3934 Experience Description I stood at the top of the stairs at work looking downward and felt lightheaded...
Mitzi M NDE Home Classification NDE 1872 Mitzi M NDE 3935 Experience Description I was at home, preparing Thanksgiving leftovers for family and friends that were staying the weekend...
Christopher G NDE Home Classification NDE 1873 Christopher G NDE 3938 Experience Description I recently found out that I have Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/Heart Disease which causes sudden death at any moment because of the extra path way in the heart...
Kumar NDE Home Classification NDE 1876 Kumar NDE 3941 Experience Description Due to serious complications of childbirth I was rushed for life-saving surgery...
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We were unloading some crates onto a barge several hundred yards off the coast near the mouth of the Mekong river (we called it the Saigon river at the time)...
I went in for a scheduled surgery on July 10th, 2008...
I remember a few days ago dropping off a friend and driving down the road...
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It was the most wonderful thing I ever been through...
On December 16, 1996, I was driving to work with my sister...
I was given a general anesthetic for a routine surgical procedure for my bladder...
