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Abstract from the book ‘Sorry that Death refused me...
Pain and fear of something that was happening inside me...
Carolyn B NDE Home Classification NDE 1100 Carolyn B NDE 3069 Experience Description It was a Wednesday night August 2005 when I was rushed to emergency due to chronic abdominal pain and vomiting thought to be pancreatitis...
I was feeling peaceful when an ex-boyfriend arrived and we started really fighting...
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Lala NDE Home Classification NDE 1103 Lala NDE 21555 Experience Description It was almost 4 am...
During the ceasarian, I dreamt that my father was just up ahead of me on a slight incline...
Cynthia R NDE Home Classification NDE 1109 Cynthia R NDE 3097 Experience Description At first I heard what seemed to be a train going through my head - a brief darkness and I climbed up Golden stairs...
Silvia NDE Home Classification NDE 1111 Silvia NDE 3086 Experience Description I was in a school trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina with all my schoolmates...
I was choking on a piece of candy I was given...
It was 103 degrees outside and I was lucky to be wearing jeans this 25th day of June, 2003...
I can remember it was 1976 or 1977...
Dixie E NDE Home Classification NDE 1121 Dixie E NDE 3125 Experience Description According to the registered nurse, an old lady visiting someone in the hospital (Darien) saw me sitting in my car, looking 'dead...
