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I lost consciousness from an overdose...
I knew I was taking my last breath for I could feel the air become thicker with smoke than with air (due to the fire)...
At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event...
My family lived in Fresno, California at the time and I was sent to Lancaster California to live with my aunt and uncle...
I was in the hospital at the time for a serious illness...
I was having an asthma attack but this one seemed much worse than any I'd had before...
I was out of my office after work, when I wanted to pass the road I saw a car in high speed coming in my direction...
I experienced two separate events within a seventy-two hour time frame with the onset of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)...
In November of 1991, I was struck by a car which left me in a deep coma and I was instantly unconscious...
Because of the bite of a coral snake (micrurus lemniscatus), during the fifth day after the bite I suffered a breathing break because of the collapse of the left lung...
It was approximately 10:00 at night...
As a preamble to this story, I want you to know that up until that moment (1981), I was used to swimming in swimming pools and quiet waters...
