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I have never been the same since NDE when I saw my body in the street...
It was my first time at the ocean at age seven and a day after a hurricane had been out at sea, warnings posted to swim at own risk and warnings also on radio...
My blood pressure dropped out while having an operation to remove a cyst off my lower spine...
Went body surfing with buddies...
We had a large tank of helium at work to inflate balloons for sales and other special events...
When I was six, my mother gave me chewable children's aspirin due to a fever...
I saw myself in bed; I was at the ceiling and I thought that was fun, I loved the bird's eye view...
There was the accident...
The operating room staff were rushing around me on the table while I watched from a corner of the ceiling above them on the other side of the room...
I was at the beach, body surfing for about 30 minutes...
I still remember very clearly what happened...
I was running along a river with my dogs with my husband and grandchildren close...
