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I was on a road trip to see my oldest daughter...
Karen L Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3472 Karen L Probable NDE 6924 Experience Description The experience was very brief...
The 17th of November 2011 I went to the operating room for a lipoma [tumor of the fatty tissue] operation in the right armpit, nothing serious, only the risk of any operation with a general anesthesia...
On Friday, September 13, 2013 I was scheduled to undergo a bilateral TMJ arthroplasty with abdominal fat grafting (taking fat from my abdominal area and replace my missing articular discs in my temporomandibular joints)...
I'm not sure where to begin with trying to describe my experience, so I think the best place is probably from the beginning...
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My 10 year old daughter was staying home with me due to my illness...
Kelly Q Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3492 Kelly Q Probable NDE 6951 Experience Description When I felt my heart stop, I was instantly outside my body...
Just one impulse and there I am above a strange scene : 5 to 6 people in green overalls, take turns on an aspiration machine that they have connected to a woman's body of about 33 years...
Theresa C NDE Home Classification NDE 3498 Theresa C NDE 5455 Experience Description I was at home having lunch with my mother, brother and grandmother...
We had just cleared a 'decoy' surface-laid IED nearby a narrow curve along one of the main maneuver corridors...
I was in treatment for stage 4 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma I was home and in tremendous pain...
In 1960, I was 6 years old and drowning...
