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Marion NDE-Like Home Classification NDE 533 Marion NDE 1087 Experience Description During the coma, one evening, a ‘thought’, not a voice, forced itself upon me: ‘You will recite the ‘Our Father’ and you will forgive your mother...
Silvia C NDE Home Classification NDE 535 Silvia C NDE 1097 Experience Description Everything began when I was at some friends’ house and suddenly I felt a severe headache and felt sick...
Surgery-related...
The first thing I recall is seeing my 'fiancé' beside my bed and then doctors/nurses surrounding the bed in a 'flurry of activity' and then seeing myself lying in the bed and being shocked by that...
I suffered a massive heart attack on March 14, 2005, at about 5pm in the evening...
I was admitted for surgery with high blood-pressure problems...
James P NDE-Like Home Classification NDE-Like 556 James P NDE-Like 20664 Experience Description After the surgery for a traumatic brain injury, the doctors put me into a coma for a couple weeks to help give my body time to heal...
Hello...
Hello...
I had swollen lungs, so I couldn't lie on my back...
Park Sang Hee NDE Home Classification NDE 595 Park Sang Hee NDE 1098 Experience Description Before being put under anesthesia, I prayed and left everything to God...
Six years ago, I was at a picnic with a bunch of friends...
