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I was feverish and uncomfortable with all the lines going in and out of my body...
Rose D NDE Home Classification NDE 2472 Rose D NDE 4867 Experience Description I was having an asthma attack but this one seemed much worse than any I'd had before...
I was wearing a green hospital gown and mask...
On 9/8/1995 I was in the hospital for a day surgery...
Trevor J NDE Home Classification NDE 2479 Trevor J NDE 22363 Experience Description Improvised explosive device bomb blast...
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Ran a mini-marathon on a very hot (a hundred degrees plus) day...
I was having extremely bad headaches for about five days prior to this happening...
In the last couple of years before Christmas 2006, I'd lost my husband, home, horses, dogs, and my car...
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I was working a second shift job so after my husband left for work, I took a nap...
I had been given a general anesthetic and barely recall losing consciousness...
It was summertime, July 1975, I was eight years old at the time...
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Ken M Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2497 Ken M Possible NDE 4896 Experience Description I was surfing in Carlsbad, California in the early morning before work...
