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I was driving...
I had a massive bilateral pulmonary embolism three days after being discharged from the hospital...
I was diving with a guide and a buddy in the red sea...
During my third back surgery, I became completely aware and the memory is as clear as I type this...
I was visiting my sister, her husband and 2 sons who lived out in the country while I was in my late 20's (I'm now 40)...
Unfortunately, as I was very young at the time, the memory of the near death experience is slowly fading...
It was Tuesday October 13th, 1998...
I was a quiet night...
I tried to kill myself 14 different ways that day...
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I have had a previous OBE experience and night terrors for as long as I can remember the previous OBE occurred while under sedation for a dental treatment when I was about nine and seems to be pretty standard fair based on other accounts...
I was suffering from gallbladder stones...
I lived alone at the time...
