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Samuel C NDE Home Classification NDE 3047 Samuel C NDE 6284 Experience Description I awoke at about 2 AM, having a powerful thirst...
I had an attack of pancreatitis while at work...
One day when I was about 11 or 12 (this is my best estimate of my age at the time) I was swimming alone in our pool...
Georgia P NDE Home Classification NDE 3080 Georgia P NDE 6332 Experience Description I was pregnant with my first child; from my fourth month on I kept having problems...
Connie N Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3123 Connie N Probable NDE 6386 Experience Description Birth of youngest child...
Josefa L NDE Home Classification NDE 3136 Josefa L NDE 6326 Experience Description Some friends cut off my breathing by squeezing my chest and lungs...
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Poppy Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3198 Poppy Probable NDE 6500 Experience Description While I was undergoing neurosurgery, I experienced a period of darkness and then I saw grey and pink lights...
Jodi K Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE due to medication overdose...
After eighteen hours of labor, the delivery was not going well at all, and it was too late for a c'sarean...
The following experience description was written in 2004...
