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I woke up in a hospital bed with a doctor sitting next to me holding my hand...
My experience occurred during anesthesia (narcosis) that I received after the birth of my son...
I had been dealing with insomnia for a few days and decided to try taking a sleep aid...
Mary NDE Home Classification NDE 1751 Mary NDE 3731 Experience Description Personally I do not believe in these things at all...
I was only approximately seven years old at the time of my near death experience...
As a child growing up I've often fainted at school or when too hot...
Nick F NDE Home Classification NDE 1756 Nick F NDE 3762 Experience Description I don't type so fast or write so well as to be able to get it all down here now, but I hope to get the show on the road...
In the early 1980, my kidneys were in bad shape...
I was lying on my bed in my bedroom at my grandmother's house...
After minor surgery (I had a hysterectomy to remove cancerous cells) I caught a so-called 'hospital virus'...
My son's experience: He was wading in a mountain river in the summer, hit a pothole and got caught in river rapids...
Ted V NDE Home Classification NDE 1782 Ted V NDE 3803 Experience Description After a summer monsoon rain event my friend and I were throwing rocks into a flooded river bed or wash...
