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I had surgery October 25th 2006...
Sometime during the operation, I became conscious and was freezing cold...
I went to the dentist's office for some cavities that needed to be filled...
I had to have a biopsy of my bladder as an inflammation showed up on the ultra sound...
Jean R NDE Home Classification NDE 1384 Jean R NDE 280 Experience Description I suddenly was aware I was a spirit looking down at my body...
Christine S NDE Home Classification NDE 1390 Christine S NDE 268 Experience Description I remember passing out from the smoke and not being able to breath...
On January 27, 1997, while in my local hospital, I suffered a cardiac arrest...
I had been having intense fever for three days with great bodily pain and a rapid heartbeat...
Burnie A NDE Home Classification NDE 1422 Burnie A NDE 205 Experience Description When I was unconscious I felt like I was watching a play, I was traveling to different places, some fields, riverbeds, and my home...
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Pluma S NDE Home Classification NDE 1440 Pluma S NDE 179 Experience Description My boyfriend at the time got some cocaine, and said I couldn't do any unless I did it like he did, with a needle...
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Conditions around the time of the experience: Brief interludes of asphyxiation/apnea due to violent episodes of heavy coughing probably caused by allergic reactions to pollen that spring, reactions which were much stronger than at any other time...
It was a very hot and sunny day...
