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I had been seeing a doctor for sickness and weight gain...
I was a passenger in a car traveling along a very twisty mountain road with a beautiful fiord on the right...
Josefa L NDE Home Classification NDE 3136 Josefa L NDE 6326 Experience Description Some friends cut off my breathing by squeezing my chest and lungs...
At the time of attack I went completely unconscious...
In 1974, I had a near-death experience...
I saw a light that looked like a moon, and it was shining down on me...
During the actual delivery, I remember a brilliant white light surrounding me, and I knew what God was...
It is only recently that I have recalled this event and I do not know why...
I overdosed on purpose...
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On 3/9/11 I entered the hospital for colon resection surgery [the surgical removal (resection) of a part or all of the large intestine (colon) and subsequent repair] and was discharged six days later...
I was in incredible pain during delivery and things were not progressing well so at around 17 hours of labor I asked for an epidural...
