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One of the first things that I experienced was at the accident scene...
Pain and fear of something that was happening inside me...
That day, Wednesday the 14th, they did a corrective rhinoplasty on my nose and by itself the surgery and recovery went without incident...
I was traveling home from work in the fog in a car driven by my workmate Mark...
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 at the oral surgeon's office this morning for a dental implant...
I had already lost a lot of blood when I was on my way to the hospital...
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...
I lived in Zimbabwe, Africa and was driving back to boarding school with my cousin in the front passenger seat and two friends in the rear of the vehicle...
Well when I was seven years old I had been rocking on a chair in the kitchen...
